Florence: Skip-the-Line Uffizi Museum Tour Kids & Families

About This Experience

This is a private tour of the Uffizi for one family at a time, lasting two and a half hours, from an operator that only runs family tours. You meet the guide in Piazza della Signoria, next to the museum, skip the ticket queue and go in together. The guide chooses which paintings to stop at based on your children's ages, and uses games, quizzes, scorecards and multimedia devices to keep them looking: Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Leonardo's Annunciation are on the list, with Michelangelo, Raphael and Caravaggio as the group allows. Reviewers mention children aged 4, 6 and 11 enjoying it. When the guide leaves, you can stay in the gallery as long as you want.

A few museum rules matter more with children. Under-18s enter the Uffizi free with ID, so bring a passport or ID card for each child as well as each adult; the operator asks for everyone's full name and date of birth straight after booking because tickets are nominal. Strollers are allowed inside if not oversized, front baby carriers are fine, and large child-carrier backpacks are not. There is a feeding and changing room inside the second-floor cafe, open until 6 p.m. The visit begins with 126 steps up the Grand Ducal Staircase, about four flights; there are lifts.

This suits a family that wants one grown-up museum on the trip to actually work for the kids, and is willing to pay private rates for it. If your children are teenagers who would rather hear the art history straight, the Uffizi Gallery Private Tour is the plainer option; with no guide at all, the Uffizi Gallery Reserved Entry Ticket with audioguide plus the museum's own family trails, such as Monsters in Art, is the low-cost route.

The price is per adult for a party of two adults. The museum admits under-18s free, but what the operator charges for children is its own pricing, so check the total for your family size before booking. Cancellation is free up to 24 hours before. For families staying in the center, the description offers a hotel-lobby meeting instead; ask the operator to confirm after booking.

Highlights

• Private tour for your family only, 2.5 hours
• Guide chooses the works to suit your children's ages
• Games, quizzes, scorecards and multimedia devices to keep children engaged
• Botticelli's Birth of Venus and Leonardo's Annunciation on the route
• Stay in the gallery as long as you like after the guide leaves
• In English or Italian

What's Included

• ✓ Private guided tour for your party
• ✓ Professional guide experienced with children
• ✓ Uffizi admission for the party
• ✓ Reserved entry that skips the ticket line
• ✓ Free cancellation up to 24 hours before

Not Included

• Gratuities (optional)
• Food and drinks

What to Bring

• Passport or ID card for every adult and child, matching the names given at booking
• Comfortable shoes
• A small bag only; strollers are allowed if not oversized, large child-carrier backpacks are not

Good to Know & Caveats

• Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund.
• The operator asks for the full names and dates of birth of everyone in the party immediately after booking; tickets are nominal and ID is checked at the entrance.
• Under-18s enter the Uffizi free with ID; children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
• Reserved entry skips the ticket queue; everyone, children included, passes the metal detector, and when the gallery is full staff may hold entry briefly.
• The visit starts with 126 steps up the Grand Ducal Staircase; lifts are available.
• There is a baby feeding and changing room inside the second-floor cafe, open until 6 p.m., and changing tables in the basement toilets near the entrance.
• The description offers a hotel-lobby meeting for families staying in the center; confirm this with the operator after booking.

Meeting Point

Piazza della Signoria, in front of Palazzo Vecchio and a minute from the Uffizi courtyard. The description also offers to meet families staying in the center at their hotel lobby; confirm this with the operator.