A big central park with a play area for under-fives, plus a zoo, a gallery and bikes and boats to hire.
A huge park with paths and picnic space and a playground for ages up to about 7.
A wide grassy park beside the arches of ancient Roman aqueducts.
A hillside park above the Colosseum with a fenced playground, shaded paths and views of the ruins.
A tree-shaded park on the Celian hill with a playground, between the Colosseum and the Baths of Caracalla.
City-run play area in a quiet villa garden.
A family lab with play workshops and activities for kids, plus a babycare space for the youngest.
A neighborhood indoor playground for letting kids run around and play.
A fully indoor play center with inflatables, trampolines, a toboggan slide, a mini soccer field and a playground.
A children's theme park on a castle estate, with open grounds for little ones to roam and play outdoors.
An indoor playground with room for kids to burn off energy.
A gallery of Bernini sculpture and other art, visited by timed entry.
An adventure park with climbing and rope courses for kids, set mostly outdoors with plenty of room to run.
A ludoteca with guided art, theater and music workshops, plus sessions for babies up to three that parents join in on.
An indoor playground with climbing structures and soft play for kids to run around in.
An indoor play park with a food area attached, so kids can climb and slide while the grown-ups sit down.
A city-run ludoteca at the racecourse, with a horse theater and play rooms that make it a different kind of rainy-day stop.
A neighborhood ludoteca with a play room for kids and a party room, run as a friendly local spot for little ones.
Ice Age museum built over the dig, with fossils of elephants, hippos and rhinos found right where you stand.
Small amusement park, part indoors and part out, with a roller coaster, a Snow White train and a toddler playground.
A play park for kids with soft play and climbing structures to run around in.
City-run play area on the edge of the open fields beneath the ancient aqueducts.
An inclusive playground with equipment that kids with disabilities can use, in a lively neighborhood square.
Recently renovated, and one local parent blog's pick for the best playground in the center.
An indoor play park with a separate area for the youngest kids, attractions for older ones, and a family restaurant on site.
An indoor play park with a separate area for kids up to three, attractions for ages up to twelve, and a family restaurant and bar.
A huge basilica with free entry and a separate, paid dome climb.
A large park with varied vegetation and shaded trails, and a fenced play area.
New inclusive play area built around a giant dragonfly, with swings, slides and musical instruments.
A small, shady park with a fenced playground, near Villa Torlonia. Temporarily closed.
A city park around the Villa Torlonia estate.
A trampoline park from a well-known chain, with big jump areas for kids to bounce and burn energy.
The ruins of huge Roman baths on open grounds, with uneven paths to walk.
Indoor butterfly house where tropical butterflies and moths fly free all year.
City-run play and arts center for ages 2 to 14, with a free soft-play room and picture-book corner downstairs and workshops upstairs.
A castle museum on the Tiber with ramparts, old prison cells, rooftop views and the Passetto corridor.
Tiny cinema whose whole program is for kids.
The arena where gladiators fought, with guided visits and some tickets that include the underground level.
Amusement park with its rides sorted by age, starting with a set for kids under 3.
An exhibition of working reproductions of Leonardo's machines, with interactive inventions to try.
Natural history museum next to the zoo, with a workshop where the smallest kids guess animals by sound and touch.
Prehistory and world cultures museum, told with models and reconstructions meant for kids as much as adults.
Planetarium inside a museum, with immersive shows made for every age.
An indoor multimedia show with moving models that tells the story of Rome through narration.
Rome's zoo, set in the grounds of Villa Borghese.
A hands-on museum made for ages 0 to 11.
A small garden of orange trees on the Aventine hill with a wide view over the city.
A botanical garden with palms, bamboo and a Japanese garden along car-free paths, and no playground.
An ancient temple with a domed ceiling and an open circle at the top.
Ancient streets, temples and palace ruins to wander across the Palatine hill, mostly outdoors.
A creative science hub with hands-on workshops, open to ages 12 and up.
Long galleries of art and sculpture that end at the Sistine Chapel.
