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Museo delle Cere
Go face to face with popes, rockstars, football players and opera singers at Rome's cheesy
wax museum (
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).
Food for Kids
Pizza
Pizza
al taglio
(by the slice) is a godsend for parents. It's cheap (about €1 buys two slices
of
pizza bianca
- with salt and olive oil), easy to get hold of (there are hundreds of
takeaways across town) and works wonders on flagging spirits.
Gelato
Ice cream is another manna from heaven, served in
coppette
(tubs) or
coni
(cones) with
child-friendly flavours:
fragola
(strawberry),
cioccolato
(chocolate) and
bacio
(with
hazelnuts).
Run in the Park
When the time comes to let the kids off the leash, head to Villa Borghese (
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),
the most central of Rome's main parks. There's plenty of space to run around in - though
it's not absolutely car-free - and you can hire family bikes. Other parks include Villa Celi-
montana (
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) and Villa Torlonia (
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).
Animal Spotting
Animal Sculptures
Get your kids to spot as many animal sculptures as they they can. There are hundreds
around town, including an elephant (outside the Chiesa di Santa Maria Sopra Minerva),
lions (at the foot of the Cordonata staircase up to Piazza del Campidoglio), bees (in Bern-
ini's fountain just off Piazza Barberini), horses, eagles and, of course, Rome's trademark
wolf.
Zoo
In Villa Borghese, the Bioparco isn't cheap, and it's not the best zoo in the world, but after
dragging your loved ones to all those churches and museums, it is an option.
