Rome with kids: five days between ruins, gelato, and honest exhaustion

How to cross Europe's most-visited city with kids aged 4 to 11 without ending the trip fighting inside a trattoria at 10 p.m.

1. Rome with kids: five days between ruins, gelato, and honest exhaustion

   How to cross Europe's most-visited city with kids aged 4 to 11 without ending the trip fighting inside a trattoria at 10 p.m.

2. 01.

   The Colosseum is only worth it with CoopCulture's "Family Skip-the-line" ticket (28 € adult, 12 € child 6-17, free under 5), entrance at Largo della Salara Vecchia at 9 a.m.

3. 02.

   Villa Borghese is Europe's best urban park for kids: family bike 12 €/hour, Bioparco zoo 17 €

4. 03.

   Gelato Giolitti (Via degli Uffici del Vicario 40, open since 1900) and Fatamorgana (multiple locations) are the only two addresses worth queuing for

5. 04.

   San Callisto Catacombs do NOT work with kids under 10 — darkness, death narrative, 90 min in a tunnel

6. 05.

   Trastevere after 7 p.m. turns into a loud party; go between 5 and 8 p.m. and have an early dinner

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   How to cross Europe's most-visited city with kids aged 4 to 11 without ending the trip fighting inside a trattoria at 10 p.m.