pawsha

Hi. Me again. We are going to Rome in April 2007. Last time we were there, we met an archeology student (Canadian) who did walking tours of Colloseum,Forum and Palantine Hill for a very reasonable price. Does anyone know if this is a regular occurrence or were we just lucky? If so, can anyone recommend a suitable guide? As I have stated before we are travelling with our 11 year old grand-daughter and I would hate her to become one of those tourists who think that Rome is just and " old,dirty place". Cheers Pawsha

nessundorma

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5alive

Hi,

I think if you just look for a random person it can be a gamble as to the quality of the tour. After searching this and other boards
we picked Daniella Hunt, who was very good with our kids. My kids LOVED the Colosseum, and Forum, and I believe her explanations were what made it come alive for them. My oldest was 10, and it is what he mentions first to people as a favorite.

http://www.rome-tours.com/index.shtml

Also, we went in December so it's not entirely helpful, but here's our report:

http://fodors.com/forums/threadselec...live&fid=2

pawsha

Thanks 5 alive. Have looked up Daniella and she seems to be just what we are looking for. We will book tour with her.

ALily

I don't have a personal recommendation for a guide in Rome because we hired Daniella Hunt for an expensive half day tour of sights in Rome and no one in my family particularly enjoyed it. I have teenagers and Daniella's style was annoying to them (and me), too elementary and slow. Perhaps younger children would be engaged by her. We got more out of the sights through Rick Steve's guidebook of Rome, and that's a heck of a lot cheaper!!

5alive

I'm sorry Daniella didn't connect with you. I did a second major in history and I could see that if I didn't have my kids with me, then Daniella and my mom and I could have had a far more in-depth conversation. However, I specifically wanted everyone to follow along.

This is probably a good reminder that when hiring a guide to make sure he/she understands your expectations.

worldinabag

Hi

You might be interested in these links too - http://www.time-elevator.it/en/ and http://www.slowtrav.com/italy/rome/chills_thrills.htm

julia_t

I found masses of info here...

http://www.initaly.com/regions/kids/kidintro.htm