Kid-friendly places in Florence
A garden hotel with an 11-acre private park, a kids club, connecting rooms, cots on request and an outdoor pool in summer.
A suite from 40 square meters with a double bed and two daybeds, and a heated rooftop pool for guests.
Two-bedroom rooms and suites with a separate living room, plus interconnecting rooms, baby cots, bottle warmers, highchairs and baby crockery.
A Family Suite with a separate bedroom, a kitchenette, and a living room that sleeps up to two kids, with a cot on request.
A historic tower hotel with connecting rooms and junior suite combinations, plus a kitchen apartment a minute from the entrance.
Triple and quadruple suites in rooms from 22 to 95 square meters, some with kitchenettes, and a baby pack on offer.
Apartments from 33 to 100 square meters with full kitchens, some sleeping four to six, and child equipment on demand.
A 100-square-meter Premier Suite with two salons, sofa beds, a full kitchen, two bathrooms and a 32-square-meter terrace.
Suites for two to four with kitchenettes, including Classic Suites with a second double bedroom, steps from Piazza della Signoria.
A villa hotel with a Family Room of two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a terrace, and a garden pool that is heated in winter.
A park with play equipment separated by age, a climbing frame, a big lawn and a vegetable learning plot.
A garden with many trees and large shaded areas, and a smaller gated play zone with toddler and big swings, a slide and seesaws.
A playground with an inclusive design built around football and stadium elements, beside the sports district.
A terraced hillside garden with swings, little play houses and climbing, plus picnic tables and a mix of sun and shade.
A garden with a play area below a historic glass tepidarium, and a mosaic snake on the upper terrace.
A small garden playground with new play pieces and rubber paving, next to Santa Croce.
Quad rooms with a double sofa bed behind a wood and glass partition, and a junior suite with sliding doors between living room and bedroom.
A Family Room and a two-bedroom suite with river views, by Ponte Vecchio.
A two-bedroom suite with one bathroom, in a historic central hotel with rooms facing inner courtyards.
Connecting double and twin bedrooms with two bathrooms and soundproofing, on Piazza di Santa Maria Novella.
A campsite with tents, pitches and mobile homes, and a water park with a 40 cm child lagoon, a swimming pool and a shaded relaxing pool.
A riverside park with a free-climbing structure, a skating track, soccer and basketball courts, picnic tables and a model of the dome.
A huge riverside park with several play areas and broad paths for cycling and rolling.
A wooded hillside park with wooden play equipment near the Soffiano entrance, shaded benches and trails for nature and history.
A park with separate play zones for ages 0 to 6 and 6 to 12, a castle with secret slides, sand, swings, tree cover and picnic tables.
A big park in Novoli with spiral paths, several play areas and hundreds of trees, fenced all around.
A neighborhood playground with a fire engine, drums and chimes and a soccer area, busy with local kids after school.
A neighborhood playground with three play structures, shaded benches and a fenced soccer pitch.
Sourdough pizza at the San Frediano branch on Piazza dei Nerli, known for quick service.
A municipal library with a section for readers up to 14, with multilingual books, workshops, story sessions and a roof cafe nearby.
A big historic garden with fountains, an amphitheatre and long gravel paths.
A 463-step climb up inside the cathedral dome, with a view over the city from the top.
A cafe on the panoramic loggia above the Innocenti museum, reached by lift and open to people without a museum ticket.
Specialty coffee and brunch in a historic former refectory, with a courtyard.
The gallery that holds Michelangelo's David, with a room of musical instruments and an accessible entrance on Via Ricasoli.
Triple and quad rooms with real single beds instead of sofa beds, each with a private bathroom, in a historic building.
A miniature train museum with workshops for ages 2 to 3, 3 to 6 and 7 to 10, and a bistro attached.
A literary cafe with a courtyard and cultural programs including readings, in the Oltrarno.
A Tuscan trattoria with a kids menu of tomato pasta or grilled chicken breast and fries.
A Tuscan garden restaurant with handmade pasta, charcuterie and grilled meats, near the Carraia playground.
A natural history museum of zoological specimens and minerals, with anatomical waxes and a hall of skeletons.
An interactive museum of Leonardo's machines and inventions on Via dei Servi, with experiments to try.
A history and art museum with a kit for kids included with the ticket, and a kids audio route in four languages.
The Italian national football museum in Coverciano, with an audio guide and a sensory app for blind and deaf visitors.
The cathedral museum, with sculpture, game-based visits for ages 6 to 11 and an audio app in English and Italian.
Florence's old town hall on Piazza della Signoria, with huge painted halls and activities by age built around secret passages and frescoes.
A history of science museum with old instruments, globes and astronomy, plus workshops and guided activities.
A large collection of armor and decorative arts, with a separate free garden that has a pond.
A Renaissance palace that hosts changing art exhibitions, with activity kits and visits by age group.
Customizable sandwiches and Tuscan deli food, with rotating pasta dishes and a separate gluten-free press.
A riverside cafe and bistro with a large outdoor area where kids can move around, and a seasonal Italian menu.
A bistro attached to the HZERO train museum, with an international menu.
Pasta and pizza with outdoor tables on Piazza Santo Spirito.
A Tuscan trattoria on Via del Porcellana serving traditional home cooking.
A Tuscan trattoria on a small square, liked by kid dining guides.
A Tuscan and Italian trattoria on Via Ghibellina, also known as Il Gatto e la Volpe, with plain pasta on the menu.
A trattoria inside Mercato Sant'Ambrogio serving tomato pasta, lasagne and meatballs.
A Tuscan trattoria known for approachable home cooking and good value, with a menu that changes daily.
Florence's best known art museum, with a family room for breastfeeding and changing, and changing tables near the entrance and the stairs.