ROME- Kid friendly shore excursion recommendations

[danadi18]

Hello,

 

I will be traveling to Rome this summer withy 3 daughters (ages, 11, 12, and 14) in tow.  I'm finally starting to plan our shore excisions and would love any recommendations for tours that will keep their interest.  I was looking at Rome4Kids as well as Rome in Limo.  We'd love to go to the Colosseum too.  Any info is appreciated!

[kohanfam]

This might interest you. 
Golf cart tour - rollingrome.com golf cart tour.  $100/person, 4 in cart. 3pm, 3hrs.

[edinburgher]

3 hours ago, danadi18 said:

 

I will be traveling to Rome this summer withy 3 daughters (ages, 11, 12, and 14) in tow.  I'm finally starting to plan our shore excisions and would love any recommendations for tours that will keep their interest.

Have no personal experienceof this, but saw it just recently on tv, where parents on a cruise took their kids to it and as they appeared to thoroughly enjoy it,  may be one to consider?

 

Gladiator School (Rome)

[CCJack]

for sure the colosseum would be a nice stop... big and open and kids would love it.   I am also thinking to make a stop into St. Peters in the Vatican.  Kids may not be that interested, but you could make a quick stop of it and see this beautiful structure at your own pace from the inside and leave when you want.     The Vatican museum may be a different story.  That is more of a half day commitment, very crowded and I am not sure kids that age will appreciate it.  Not necessarily an easy place to exit the flow of people as you walk through,....

 

Have fun....

 

 

[Hlitner]

With children/teens of that age we would suggest giving them a "project" of doing some of their own research and listening to their ideas.  There is much to enjoy in Rome.  We took our DD to Europe when she was 9, and visited 4 countries (using Eurorail passes).  Now, over thirty years later her favorite memory was when her mother took her to buy a pair of shoes in Paris :).  You would have thought the Eiffel Tower would have thrilled DD, but no, it was those shoes.  She also fondly remembers one nice dinner where the waiter treated her like a Princess.  Bottom line is that kids often have their own agendas.

 

Hank