Florence with Kids: A Children Approved Itinerary, Florence, Italy
Florence city centre is not the easiest place to visit with kids.The city is absolutely stunning, but the kind of experiences it offers are kind of a hard sell to kids, especially very young ones.
The colourful churches and the medieval towers that make adults travel here from the other side of the world only mean so much to small children, and while they are fully able to notice how different everything is from back home, they would still trade any Florentine building with a stop at a playground.
This doesn’t mean that you should give up on the idea of visiting and take a walking tour of Florence city centre with kids: today, we did just that and saw that with a bit of lateral thinking we all had a great day. We wanted to see Florence’s main squares and we devised an itinerary that we hoped would keep us and the kids happy.
One: don’t be overly ambitious. To avoid majour breakdowns and tiredness, we always make sure that the itinerary is short and doesn’t involve too much walking (aka: time on dad’s shoulders).
In this case, we went to the city centre in the afternoon and only spent about 3 hours there. This time is definitely not enough to see Florence city centre well, but it gave us a strong sense for the place nonetheless and the mood stayed good, which made for a fun day out! ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
The colourful churches and the medieval towers that make adults travel here from the other side of the world only mean so much to small children, and while they are fully able to notice how different everything is from back home, they would still trade any Florentine building with a stop at a playground.
This doesn’t mean that you should give up on the idea of visiting and take a walking tour of Florence city centre with kids: today, we did just that and saw that with a bit of lateral thinking we all had a great day. We wanted to see Florence’s main squares and we devised an itinerary that we hoped would keep us and the kids happy.
One: don’t be overly ambitious. To avoid majour breakdowns and tiredness, we always make sure that the itinerary is short and doesn’t involve too much walking (aka: time on dad’s shoulders).
In this case, we went to the city centre in the afternoon and only spent about 3 hours there. This time is definitely not enough to see Florence city centre well, but it gave us a strong sense for the place nonetheless and the mood stayed good, which made for a fun day out! ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Florence with Kids: A Children Approved Itinerary
Guide Location: Italy » Florence
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Insider Tips)
Author: Marta Correale
Read it on Author's Website: http://www.learningescapes.net/florence-city-centre-with-kids/
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
Guide Location: Italy » Florence
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Insider Tips)
Author: Marta Correale
Read it on Author's Website: http://www.learningescapes.net/florence-city-centre-with-kids/
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Santa Maria novella
- Santa Maria del Fiore
- Battistero
- Piazza Della Signoria
- Fontana del Nettuno
- Ponte Vecchio
- Uffizi Gallery
- Piazza Duomo
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