I was looking for the
Disney Store in Rome (located at 165, Via del Corso) and noticed a link to this list:
The City for children
MUSEUMS
Esplora The Museum for children (
www.mdbr.it) Explora is a child-sized playtown where everything can be observed, touched and experimented. Visitors come into contactwith facts, phenomena and everyday events: environment, communication, economy and new technologies. Children are admitted only with an adult.
Time Elevator (
www.time-elevator.it) A 4 dimensional experience designed to tell the story of Rome with giant screens, moving platforms, Dolby surround and special effects. This 45 min. action packed ride brings to life 3000 years of Roman history. Audio in various languages. Suitable for visitors over age of 5.
The pasta Museum (
www.museodellapasta.it) In its eleven exhibition rooms you will discover 8 centuries of pasta, its preparation and the relating machinerys as from the Etruscans until today. Children are admitted only with an adult.
Planetarium (www2.comune.roma.it/planetario/English.htm) The new Planetarium in the E.U.Rs district, an astronomical theatre where the visitors curiosity and want to discovery will be enhanced by the help of images, animations and of a huge collection of models and dioramas, will bring the visitors to the wonders of a faraway future. The Planetarium including both a Documentation Centre and an Astronomical Museum.
The Museum of Toys Offering 700 square meters with toys from the twenties until today. Furthermore, there is a multimedia room in which the children can play videogames....etc. The Museum is located near the Castelli Romani, interesting sightseeing attraction, approx. 30 min. from Rome, easily combined with tours.
Horrors Museum of Dario Argento (only over age 12 !) Museum with special effects and objects that have been used in the famous horror films.
Capuchin Crypt (only over age 12!) Fantastically creepy chapels festively decorated with mosaics made from bones of dead monks. Located in Via Veneto 27.
PARKS AND VILLAS
Villa Borghese Park and the Pincio (Piazza del Popolo) Scipione Borgheses private park, adjacent 19th century Pincio gardens, with statues and fountains. Includes a cinema for kids, merry-go-round and a mini train, Zoo (biopark), small lake with swans, ducks and boats, paved road for cycling or roller skating. Bicycles are available for hire.
Villa Pamphilli (Monteverde/Aurelio) The largest park in Rome. There is a lake with fish, turtles and ducks, a fitness circuit, playground a wooded area, a skating rink and soccer pitch and vast lawns for playing and picnicking. Pony rides are available.
Villa Sciarra (Trastevere/Aurelio) This park features a playground and a small funfair with a tiny rollercoaster.
OUTDOORS POOL
Piscina Delle Rose (E.U.R) This open-air swimming pool is Romes largest and most pleasant one with a special area for kids.
OTHER FUN
Lunapark (E.U.R) This modest collection of rollercoaster, carnival rides and funhouses.
Exploring the catacombs (over age 12!) There is nothing more thrillingly spooky in Rome that wandering these mazed of tight, dimly lit corridors, roughly carved in the tufa and lined with thousands of tomb niches.
Climbing St. Peters Dome A welcome break from all the art of the Vatican complex. You get great views not only from the lantern atop the dome but also from the drum halfway up, which offers a birds eye prospective down into the transept of St.Peters Basilica itself.
source: Hotel Fortyseven
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