Rome, Italy
ACTIVITIES
Historic Interest
Music & Theatre
Religious Site
Architecture
Museum
Rome may boo-hooed on family travel forums but there is much to Italy's capital that captivates kids. Tour the Coliseum, Trajan's Market and Roman Forum. Visit the Vatican. Discover Piazza Navona, Campo dei Fiori and the Pantheon. Take the kids on a macabre adventure and explore the catacombs. In Rome, history is made real! Yet as with all good things too much is often bad. Alternate history and culture with adventure and movement and break your days into child-sized slices. Do your research in advance and feed the kids with interesting tidbits at each monument. Buy a children's guidebook and let the kids play tour leader. Enroll them in a children's programs at one or more Roman museum and view art while the tykes play and discover. The City of Seven Hills is more child-friendly than you might think and a trip to Rome is a great way to learn.
Romulus & Remus
The bronze sculpture Capitoline Wolf depicts the legend of Romulus and Remus
Alfredo De Simone
Nobody knows the true story of the founding of Rome so over time many legends have been invented to explain how the city got its start. The most famous legend about Rome's beginning is the story of twin boys named Romulus and Remus. Abandoned on the banks of the river Tiber, Romulus and Remus were cared for by a she-wolf. Years later when Mars, the Roman god of war, told the twins to seek their glory they decided to build a city. But as no city can have two kings, Romulus and Remus held a match to see who would rule. Romulus won, built a house, kicked Remus out and named his new city after him.
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