Best 14 Days in Italy — Family Friendly

Visit the Pantheon, toss a coin in Trevi Fountain with the children, and stroll to Piazza Navona for gelato

Reserve a mandatory 2-hour slot at the Borghese Gallery, then let the children ride bikes and row boats in Rome's loveliest park

Make fresh ravioli, fettuccine, and pappardelle in a small-group Roman cooking class — great for children age 5+

Shop the Testaccio covered market and taste supplì, porchetta, and maritozzo in Rome's most authentic food neighborhood

Graze the Mercato Centrale's two floors of Tuscan street food — lampredotto, ribollita, schiacciata — and browse outdoor leather stalls

Make fresh pappardelle and ragù at a Chianti farmhouse — children love rolling and shaping their own pasta

Ride vaporetto Line 1 the full length of the Grand Canal past 200 Gothic and Renaissance palaces — then take a gondola through back canals

Take the vaporetto to the Murano glass museum and glassblowing demos — kids love the fire — then ride to Burano's candy-colored houses

Kids and parents cook spaghetti, gnocchi alla sorrentina, and a lemon dessert in a Sorrento terrace kitchen

Visit a local pizzeria, cheese farm, and family lemon grove — then make a Neapolitan pizza and end with limoncello

Take the bus to Anacapri and descend by rowboat into the Blue Grotto's eerily glowing sea cave

Stroll to the clifftop park at the Gardens of Augustus — children love spotting the Faraglioni sea stacks from the viewpoint

Walk Positano's steep narrow lanes, photograph its pastel dome from the beach, and swim at Spiaggia Grande

Catch a 45-minute train from Milan to Como, then take the ferry to photogenic Bellagio and Varenna

Hike the Sentiero Azzurro coastal trail from Monterosso to Vernazza along dramatic cliffside paths above the Ligurian Sea

Swim and sunbathe at Monterosso al Mare's sandy beach — the only proper beach in Cinque Terre — with views of medieval towers

Drive through UNESCO-listed Val d'Orcia, stopping at cypress-lined roads, Pienza village, and a Brunello di Montalcino tasting

Swim from a private lido, rent a kayak, or sit on a villa garden terrace and watch the light change on the Alps

Cross the lake by ferry between Bellagio and Varenna, browsing pastel lanes, gelato shops, and silk boutiques