The 4 Best Florence Escape Games

1.Florence Self-Guided Treasure Hunt & Medici Mystery Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 69 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $17Our pick

Follow a Medici-inspired mystery through Florence with step-by-step puzzles sent by WhatsApp. You’ll connect major sights with quieter corners, learn local history, make choices in the story, and stop for an included sweet treat. The private, self-guided quest takes about two hours and works in English or Italian for ages 8 and up.

“Fun way to tour the city! We definitely discovered some new places that we hadn’t walked through before. I would recommend this for a couple.”

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2.Best of Florence Treasure Hunt Tour for Kids & Families

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 44 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $244

Explore Florence with a private, child-focused guide who uses games, trivia, iPads, flash cards, and small prizes to bring the city to life. Walk from the historic center past the Ponte Vecchio, Palazzo Vecchio, the Duomo, and the Porcellino before ending near San Lorenzo Market. Guides such as Martina, Rachele, Giovanna, and Ilaria are praised for adapting activities to children from about age five upward.

“Our tour guide, Vanessa, was very knowledgeable and interesting. It was difficult to keep the kids together so many people but we rallied around them and kept them focussed.”

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3.Medici Secrets & Mysteries: Interactive Walking Tour Game

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 36 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours (approx.) · from $7Best value

Follow 11 app-led puzzles through central Florence on a Medici conspiracy story. You’ll reach the Medici Chapels, Palazzo Medici, the Duomo, Ponte Vecchio, and Palazzo Pitti while moving at your own pace. This private, guide-free experience lasts about 90 minutes to two hours and can be paused and resumed.

“Was a lot of fun, could have been even better if they had cheat map/ pics to know that we were going in the right direction. With 3 kids, stroller, traffic, it was getting a bit hectic for my husband and I.”

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4.Florence Inferno: Dante’s Haunted Exploration Game and Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 33 reviews · 1 to 2 hours (approx.) · from $7

Use the Questo app to follow an English-language Dante story from Piazza della SS. Annunziata to Via del Proconsolo. Along the way, solve 10 interactive puzzles, uncover eerie Florence tales, and pause whenever you like. This private experience takes about one to two hours and works best after dark, though you must begin at the marked starting point.

“Great time working together touring the city’s small pieces of the community. Loved seeing the details all over!”

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