Traveling to Italy with a Toddler
Jan 30th, 2012 | 08:05 AM
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Traveling to Italy with a Toddler
Hi All,
I know that this topic has been discussed, but not for several years, so I wanted to re-post it in case anyone has some fresh insights. DH and I are considering a 7-10 day trip to Italy with our son in May. Our son will be 17 months old. Any suggestions on where to go or stay? There are certainly some sites in Rome we'd like to see, but I'm afraid that my son will find old buildings to be boring
Of course, every family is different, but what were some of your favorite experiences. I don't like moving around too much while I travel so I'm thinking of only 2 different Italian destinations so we can maximize the experience in each place.
Thanks in advance!
I know that this topic has been discussed, but not for several years, so I wanted to re-post it in case anyone has some fresh insights. DH and I are considering a 7-10 day trip to Italy with our son in May. Our son will be 17 months old. Any suggestions on where to go or stay? There are certainly some sites in Rome we'd like to see, but I'm afraid that my son will find old buildings to be boring
Of course, every family is different, but what were some of your favorite experiences. I don't like moving around too much while I travel so I'm thinking of only 2 different Italian destinations so we can maximize the experience in each place.
Thanks in advance!
Jan 31st, 2012 | 03:58 AM
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Travel for Kids has so many fun things to do with kids in Italy, but you'll need a fun place to stay. ... Take a trip www.travelforkids.com/Funtodo/Italy/italy.htm
Go for it plenty for kids to do... myson had a blast at that age locals LOVE toddlers eurocheapo.com/rome
Go for it plenty for kids to do... myson had a blast at that age locals LOVE toddlers eurocheapo.com/rome
Jan 31st, 2012 | 06:19 AM
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I've been in Rome many times with my daughter, particularly when she was a toddler. She loved the old buildings - anyway they can always sleep in the pushchair. Her favourite was the pantheon, which on a fine day she could spend hours climbing on the stones - it was like an adventure playground for her.
Jan 31st, 2012 | 06:30 AM
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Rome gets a huge amount of mass tourism these days from all over the world, and I think letting your toddler crawl on the steps of the Pantheon without getting trampled by the hordes is really a thing of the past.
There are still a few car free piazze (like the piazza Farnese), where if you rented an apartment nearby, you could relax as well as have good access to the sites using nearby buses and trams.
No matter where you go in Italy, you will find Italian dote on children but provide very little in the way of child-specific entertainments. What you will find, everywhere you go, is that newstands and tiny shops sell an abundance of very cheap toys: balls, rubber dinousaurs, cardboard airplanes, balloons. For a very small investment, your child can be plenty amused while you enjoy a glass of wine under an umbrella
I suggest you choose your destination according to your own interests, and resist the urge to move around too much. From an apartment in Rome in May, you could day trip to Orvieto, the seaside, to a lake, and just generally have a great deal of variety without packing up and battling through train stations to relocate to new lodgings.
In May in can be hot enough to want air conditioning at night. Many apartments don't have elevators but they do have washing machines, so you can pack very light.
There are still a few car free piazze (like the piazza Farnese), where if you rented an apartment nearby, you could relax as well as have good access to the sites using nearby buses and trams.
No matter where you go in Italy, you will find Italian dote on children but provide very little in the way of child-specific entertainments. What you will find, everywhere you go, is that newstands and tiny shops sell an abundance of very cheap toys: balls, rubber dinousaurs, cardboard airplanes, balloons. For a very small investment, your child can be plenty amused while you enjoy a glass of wine under an umbrella
I suggest you choose your destination according to your own interests, and resist the urge to move around too much. From an apartment in Rome in May, you could day trip to Orvieto, the seaside, to a lake, and just generally have a great deal of variety without packing up and battling through train stations to relocate to new lodgings.
In May in can be hot enough to want air conditioning at night. Many apartments don't have elevators but they do have washing machines, so you can pack very light.
Jan 31st, 2012 | 07:06 AM
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http://www.romesweethome.com/apartme...chi-vecchi.asp
This is nice because it has an outdoor space, is very close to a supermarket in the Vicolo la Moretta, but also walkable to piazza Navona and Trastevere. Plenty of affordable restaurants nearby and transport connections are reasonably good. Use the 116 bus! There are several other very convenient buses from near that apartment to the Colosseo and Termini station. You can walk to St Peter's, even the Pantheon.
Don't know anything about the apartment or the agency. You'd have to track down reviews.
This is nice because it has an outdoor space, is very close to a supermarket in the Vicolo la Moretta, but also walkable to piazza Navona and Trastevere. Plenty of affordable restaurants nearby and transport connections are reasonably good. Use the 116 bus! There are several other very convenient buses from near that apartment to the Colosseo and Termini station. You can walk to St Peter's, even the Pantheon.
Don't know anything about the apartment or the agency. You'd have to track down reviews.
