Hi, Leaving for Italy next weekend with my husband and 14 month old son. Does anyone have information on which museums definitely do NOT allow strollers? If there are a lot of museums that don't allow strollers, then we'll plan on taking the back-pack instead. We'll be in Rome, Florence and the Amalfi coast. Many thanks!

Most museums housed in newer buildings allow strollers. Most historic house museums and older, historic buildings housing museums do not allow strollers. It's hard to answer without knowing which specific places you are going.

Irregardless of the museum rules, I can't imagine a trip with only a backpack. We always took a stroller and backpack when we thought we would use it. If you can contact the historic houses / historic buildings in question, we've found that many will rent backpacks for stroller bound parents.

I think alot of museum have rules against the use of strollers, so you may have to leave it at the door.
I am trying to imagine using your stroller on the Amalfi Coast, you dont see many of them there- tiny narrow or nonexistent sidewalks, steep stairways, etc. Somehow, I get the impression that there is must less dependency on strollers there.
In Rome, the cobblestones will be a bumpy experience for sure! But have a good trip!

Take the strollers.
We have travelled half of Europe with our twin boys (actually we are Europeans) and we never faced any problems. Many museums will even lend you strollers. The Italians will be very helpful with small children.
Amalfi town is okay with strollers, but it will become extremely nasty with a backpack.

Thank you very much for your advice. We'll probably just take the stroller then. (and hopefully won't miss our backpack).

I would take the backpack too. Steps and also uneven pavement seem to appear often in historic cities of Rome and Florence and also along the Amalfi coast. Also there are narrow streets, where space must be shared by cars, pedestrians, and vespas! fortunately there are also some pedestrian-only streets.

Or, you could take a very light-weight and narrow folding stroller that is easy to manuever, or fold up and carry if necessary. We had one, and it was so much better for travelling to areas where you didn't know what to expect. The big fancy strollers I see nowadays could be inconvenient and bulky in many spots in Italy.

Pavement is often not smooth, I am trying to imagine a stroller bumping along. Hope this helps a little.

Borghese - will not permit. You even have to check your handbag.