Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Museums & Monuments
Hopeless for pushchairs, yes, but older kids love scaling new Florentine heights with an energy-burning
hike up Palazzo Vecchio's Torre d'Arnolfo (
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), the Duomo belltower or around the inside of its
astonishing dome. Recommended museums for the over six year olds include the Museo di Storia Nat-
urale - Zoologia La Specola (
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), Museo Stibbert (
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) and Florence's state-of-the-art
science museum, Museo Galileo (
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).
Parks & Playgrounds
The best playgrounds for under six year olds are near the
duomo
(cathedral) on Piazza Massimo
d'Azeglio and across the river on Lungarno Santa Rosa and Piazza Torquato Tasso. The vintage
carou-
sel
on Piazza della Repubblica never stops enchanting.
Children over six never tire of playing hide-and-seek between statues in Giardino di Boboli (
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here
) or tearing round 118-hectare
Parco delle Cascine
(Viale degli Olmi; 1, 9, 12, 13, 16, 26, 27,
80 & B), which in summer has an open-air
swimming pool
to splash around in.
Tours
City Sightseeing Firenze
( 055 29 04 51;
www.firenze.city-sightseeing.it
; Piazza della Stazione 1; adult 1/2/3 days €20/25/30)
Ex-
plore Florence by red open-top bus, hopping on and off at 15 bus stops around the city.
Tickets, sold by the driver, are valid for 24 hours.
BUS
Tuscany Bike Tours
( 055 386 04 95;
www.tuscany-biketours.com
; Via Ghibellina 34r)
One-day, 23km-long bike tours
in Chianti with lunch, castle tour, wine and oil tasting (€80); transfer to Chianti by minibus.
BIKE TOUR
Italy by Segway
(
www.italysegwaytours.com
; Via dei Cimatori 9r)
Guided Segway tours (€75, three hours) as well
as more mainstream bike tours (€35, three hours) in the morning or at sunset. Reserve in
advance online.
SEGWAY TOUR
ArtViva
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WALKING TOUR
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