Tours For My Kids in Rome
Our child-friendly tours can be adapted for children of all ages - toddlers, tweenies, teenagers...and even the accompanying adults!
These can be stand alone tours or combined.
There is almost always an outdoor component to these tours so dress appropriately (wear comfy shoes, bring a scarf for your shoulders in case we go into any churches, bring sunscreen and water for hot days!) and do bring snacks and drinks to keep your little ones happy!
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Your Big Hitter Adventure (Colosseum, Palatine and Forum)
The Jewels of Rome: Squares, Stairs and Fountains
Your Campidoglio Adventures
Mysteries and Magic Adventure (Castel Sant'Angelo to St Peter’s Basilica)
Rome Through the Ages: Historic Walking Tour
Exploring the Vatican (Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St Peter's Basilica)
Exploring Ostia Antica: the remarkable Port City of Ancient Rome
The Big Hitter Adventure (Colosseum, Palatine and Forum)
This is surely in your top ten things to see in Rome - prepare to be awed by the spectacular Colosseum, and the evocative ruins of the Paletine and Forum, brought to life by your expert, child-friendly guide. A tour that the whole family can enjoy.
This is the perfect introduction to Ancient Rome... we will stand atop one of the 7 hills of Rome and learn how it developed from an iron age village to an Imperial palace for the Emperors of Rome (and we'll hear about the exploits of the good Emperors and the bad ones!). We'll explore the ruins of the Roman Forum and learn about Rome as a democratic-ish Republic, and what led to the Fall of Rome in in the 5th century CE. And of course we will visit the Colosseum, where gladiators, the superstars of the Roman world, killed animals and each other (we can turn the gore up or down depending on your tastes!) and work out how you could survive!
Tickets not included: Combined ticket needed. You can get an idea of prices here, but please contact us before purchase so we can find the best way of doing things.
Meeting Point: hotel or at the exit of Metro Station "COLOSSEO" (line B ground level)
Ages: Suitable for ll ages. Buggies not advisable. There is lots of walking outside, so a baby carrier might be better. Reins advised. Baby change hard to find, so be prepared to change outside! Bring snacks as there aren't many cafes on this walk!
The Jewels of Rome: Sqaures, Stairs and fountains
Tourists have been visiting the Trevi Fountain for hundreds of years...on this family-friendly tour you will follow in the footsteps of the famous, and not so famous Grand Tourists of the past and discover whether your tastes are similar, or different!
On this historic walking tour we will follow in the footsteps of the Grand Tourists of the 18th century, who would travel through Europe to visit the architectural and artistic wonders of Rome. We will visit the jewels of Rome: The gateway to Rome Piazza del Popolo, the 18th century soaring Spanish Steps, the magical Trevi Fountain constructed in the 1730s (you must throw some money in and make a wish!), the mind-blowing dome of the Ancient Roman Pantheon and the elegant 17th century Piazza Navona, built on the site of Stadium of Domitian (1st century CE), mainly used for athletics, with fountains by the Baroque master Bernini. While we walk we too will be stunned by the beauty and history of Rome, and discover what Tourists were like in the 1700s, and see if we are at all similar!
Tickets not included: none
Meeting Point: hotel or main exit of line A "FLAMINIO" Metro Station.
Ages: all ages. Buggies suitable although might be uncomfortable on the many cobbled streets. Reins advised for busy places. Lots of squares to run around in and cafes to have a snack.
The Campidoglio Adventure
Are you ready for this climb?! It might help your kids expend some of their energy, ready for the many different sensory experiences on this geographically small walk!
This tour provides history, art, architecture and politics exploring one of the historic Seven Hills of Rome, the Campidoglio or the Capitoline Hill, which gets its name from a Temple to Jupiter that was once here. After we find the Goddess of Rome, you can run around in the stunning Campidoglio square designed by the Renaissance genius Michelangelo, with the reproduction of the bronze Roman statue of Marcus Aurelius on his horse (you’ll see the original in the museum), as well as a Roman block of flats, and you’ll look over the Roman Forum – it is quite a view!
We will go into the historic Basilica of Santa Maria in Araceli, or St Mary of the Altar of Heaven, founded in the 6th century CE and rebuilt in the 1200s and see, amongst other things, the relics of Saint Helena the mother of Emperor Constantine who made Christianity the religion of the Roman Empire (If you’ve got loads of energy you could have a race up and down the 124 steps that were built in 1348 to commemorate the Black Death). You’ll finish off with the Capitoline Museums, a child-friendly museum dedicated to Ancient Rome, in which you will see the symbol of Rome – the statue of the She-Wolf who rescued Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. You’ll finish up on the terrace at the top of the Museums for refreshments and a wonderful view.
Tickets not included: Tickets needed for museum. You can get an idea of prices here, but please contact us before purchase so we can find the best way of doing things.
Meeting Point: meet in Piazza Venezia on the corner of Via Del Corso, at Palazzo "Bonaparte" and Bar Napoleone.
Ages: All ages. Safe contained spaces with opportunities to walk/crawl. Lots of visuals and changes of environment. A number of steps so have a light, fold-up buggy or a baby carrier.
Mysteries and Magic adventure (Castel Sant’ Angelo to St. Peter's Square)
Do your children want to do a bit of ghost-hunting in this wonderful and mysterious building? Well, even if you don't see any real ghosts, this tour will help make the ancient world come to life for you - you only need to bring your imagination!
Castel Sant’Angelo is an extraordinary place - mysterious and full of ghosts - that is sure to fire the imagination of your little ones. In the 2nd century CE it was built as a tomb for the Roman Emperor Hadrian, but it had a second, very unusual function as an astronomical device, basically you can use the building to study the stars…but you’ll find out more about that on the tour!
The building was incorporated into the Roman Walls surrounding the city in 280CE, and later on it was used by the Popes as a Renaissance palace full of treasures, an impregnable fortress, a prison and as the seat for the terrifying Inquisition Tribunals, prosecuting people who challenged the authority of the Catholic Church.You will also get wonderful views from the terrace and battlements (and a bar for refreshments) before a short walk past Renaissance palaces to get to St. Peter’s Square to appreciate the architecture (from the outside) of St Peter’s Basilica and hear some more about the history of the Papacy.
Tickets not included: Tickets needed for Castel Sant’Angelo. You can find pricing information here, but please contact us before purchase so we can find the best way of doing things.
Meeting Point: hotel or exit of Ottaviano Metro Station (linea A), by the green newspaper kiosk.
Ages: All ages. Toddler safe. Opportunities to walk and run. Changes of environment and lots of great visuals. Buggies not advisable due to lots of steps and narrow passages.
Rome throught the ages (historic Walking Tour)
This is the Isola Tiberina, one of the many wonderful sights you will see on this family-friendly walking tour that will take you through centuries of Roman history.
This walk takes you from Ancient Rome, to the Middle Ages and then up to the modern day – you’ll begin with Ancient Rome – you’ll see what remains of the Circus Maximus, an ancient Roman chariot racing stadium that held audiences of 250,000 people, as well as the oldest Roman Markets and the site of Julius Ceasar’s murder on the Ides of March (March 15th). You will see the boat-shaped Tiber Island, used since antiquity with an historic hospital founded in the 16th century, and you’ll explore the Jewish Ghetto and find out about its history and the fortunes of its Jewish inhabitants from its establishment in 1555 to the horrors of World War II.
Tickets not included: No tickets required.
Meeting Point: Hotel or exit of Metro Station B "CIRCO MASSIMO", by the green Newspaper kiosk.
All ages. Lots of opportunities to walk and run. Lots of opportunities for refreshments. Buggy friendly. Lots of walking.
Exploring the Vatican (Sistine Chapel and St. Peter's Basilica)
Explore the seat of the Roman Catholic Church with your family on this kid-friendly tour and you will be blown away by the beautiful art, magnificent architecture, and fascinating stories!
So we imagine that you will want to see the Sistine Chapel while you are in Rome – it is amazing HOWEVER it is very crowded, queues can be long, there is a strict and long route through the museum with NO deviation, in the summer it gets very hot, no buggies are allowed in the Basilica, and it is a tiring tour for adults, let alone kids – so really think about whether your kids will be up for it! If you decide to do it then we will of course do our best to make it the most enjoyable and engaging tour possible!
So on this tour you’ll explore the Vatican Museums, part-Palace-of-the-Popes (you’ll see the grandeur and wealth of the Papacy through the architecture), part-art-gallery (you’ll learn about the history of the church through the art collections of the Popes) and you’ll be amazed by the works of Renaissance masters Raphael and Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel. Then you’ll pop through to St Peter’s Basilica to explore the sculpture and architecture of Michelangelo and the great Baroque illusionists Bernini and Borromini.
Tickets not included: Needed for Vatican Museums. You can get an idea of prices here, but please contact us before purchase so we can find the best way of doing things.
Meeting Point: Hotel or at Caffè Vaticano on Viale Vaticano, opposite the Museums Entrance.(nearest tube Linea B Ottaviano Metro Station)
Ages: Not advisable for toddlers as it gets very hot and very crowded in the summer months and no buggies are allowed in the Basilica. A tiring and long tour with a lot to take in even for adults! But if it is a must see, we can make it as painless as possible!
exploring Ostia Antica: the remarkable Port City of Ancient Rome
Ostia Antica is definitely worth a visit - there is something for everyone in your family to enjoy and much more navigable with a knowledgable tour guide.
Ostia Antica is known as the Pompei of Rome and you need a full day to really appreciate it’s wonders. The day starts with a 20 minute train ride from central Rome on which we will see the views from the train and start finding about some of the history of Rome. Ostia Antica was the was the first Roman Colony and a busy, vibrant port city for Ancient Rome from the
4th centuryBCE. From the late Middle Ages it was forgotten and fell into ruin, before being rediscovered in the late 1800s. The ruins we see include people’s homes, shops, public baths, bars and taverns, Ostia’s own Forum for politics, a theatre for entertainment and a trading space for the merchants, and all this will show Ostia Antica as a real, working, Ancient Roman town, a melting pot of different races, cultures, religions and foods.
Tickets not included: Needed for Ostia Antica. You can get an idea of prices here, but please contact us before purchase so we can find the best way of doing things.
Meeting Point: Hotel or at the main entrance of the Linea B Metro Station "PIRAMIDE"
Ages: Suitable for all ages. Plenty of opportunities to run around. It is all open air so be prepared for rain, perhaps bring a change of clothes. Limited baby changing facilities so be prepared to change toddler outside?. Can bring a picnic or there is nice self-service bar at Ostia Antica - or both!