Lawatan ke rome (with kids)

Rome with fambam {what is that)

Been delayed on this post which is supposed to be on last year in July and now already July 2018.

Decided to blog about Rome as I have another trip that I have been postponed to blog about it for the past 1 or 2 years.😂😂 bear with me.

the first plan was supposed to go to Greece, but we totally forgot that its summertime, so all the UK, euro resident will go for a hotter place.so after going through some website we decided that it is too costly to go there. dunno when we will have the chance to go there, maybe when both of us has become grandparents...hahaha


the thing is we just come out with the idea since we are attending my husband graduation in wales, so I said to him why not we pick one place to visit since we are going there and maybe the ticket cheaper if we fly from the  UK.

Plane

we use skyscanner.com to find the  cheapest offer..first we thought of going from London to Rome..but while searching we thought why not we try the nearest airport from Cardiff since we are from there to go directly to Rome.after compare all the cost incurred if using bus /train to go to London and compared to go to Bristol flight to Rome ..so we got the answer. ..if u can avoid flying on weekend is way better... cause weekday ticket is much cheaper ..of course...it only 2 hrs flight from Bristol to touchdown the city of Rome using EasyJet.It is an economical domestic flight such as Air Asia in Malaysia.no food and no entertainment unless you request for it. But we think the journey doesn't need that as it is only a shorter duration.

you can weight your bag by yourself here

and then send the luggage at the bag drop counter and done.

Luggage

First, we thought maybe it is ok if we are to bring all the luggage to Rome. But after we discuss here and there..since we are with the kids, the stroller n bags, we decided to leave the luggage that not related (we have separately pack for Rome trip in one bag) 😊to bag dropping services at the Rome airport.

If u thought of leaving the luggage n you nak bring only a bag when entering the city u can just leave n rent space at bag dropping counter at the terminal in the area T3 Rome airport.
It will cost you around 6.50 € per day whether the luggage is big or small size, they charge you with the same price.so better plan what to bring and set aside which bag related to your journey especially when you travel with the family. still, consider cheap rather than bring the luggage all around.


From airport Rome flamenco to the city of Rome

There are a Few options (kat sini nak termenung kejap pun ok)

• By bus
• By train 14 euro per person (children free)
• By taxi 50 euro at that time offered by the taxi people(depends on the taxi driver)

We choose Leonardo express. It so fast and it took about 30-minute plus-minus to arrive at Termini station.
It is so convenient and one thing... from the airport terminal T u need to go down using escalator..i wonder where is the lift as we are bringing the stroller and it is quiet bersenam here.

we choose to use the train because we have a baby so we don't want to stay long in a bus. plus children ticket is free too using the train.

the ticket you can just buy there just beside the escalator there is a machine or can also purchase the ticket through a counter.

dont forget to validate your ticket if you dont want to pay extra.

convenient and wide train

Hotel

We just choose one recommended from Agoda. We wonder why we have to pay daily for aircond usage as its already mention they have an air conditioner in the deal..need to complain about this in the Agoda comment section. It is very near to termini station. we imagine it like a black area or something but it is ok for us. It is really convenient to travel all around the city and easy to find public transportation. but if you want lavish one it is all up to you..for us as long as it easy to find food and easy to reach transportation it is more than good.

Halal food is everywhere so it easy for us. We are not staying for a long vacation so cut short the time for cooking n everything

Food

Varies of food 7-9 euro per meal..n u can share with 2 people...its a lot for me. Halal food is everywhere so it easy for us. We are not staying for a long vacation so cut short the time for cooking n everything.

everywhere doner...doner kaya

you can choose if you want to eat local food.there is a lot of choices there

Transportation

If u wanna have a view of the whole city of Rome u can choose one day hop off hop on bus...after that u can just buy 1.50 euro ticket for 100mins or 2 days ticket daily bus to go any place you wanna visit. you can't get the ticket on the bus but usually, you can buy at the convenient store or kedai runcit. This one you can just ask around.

We choose one-day hoho bus. just want to experience how the journey by hoho bus here. since we have tried the Barcelona Hoho bus we thought of trying it in Rome too.

my personal opinion when you have kids in your group, it is easier to move around by using the bus, cause if using the train, sometimes the lift is not there or not in service. here you just go to the termini station, there is a lot of buses to choose to go anywhere in the city.its more kids friendly or stroller friendly to travel by bus besides they can have a view through the journey, the take in takeoff stroller is easier,

So if u wanna bring stroller..be as lightweight as it can..we just bring the umbrella type stroller, it is very lightweight. no need the gigantic big stroller one..the older sister can help you too to move her little sister around.

lucky that they so behave during the walkation ...

Season to visit

from my personal opinion especially For ASEAN people, I think not to go during summer season coz is much hotter than someplace in our country, since we are going for sightseeing, maybe it is nicer if you can make it during autumn, spring but it is up to you..the weather during our trip its dry and the cloud it is hardly seen in the sky unless u love to sunbathing..

Mineral water

since it is summer, mineral water is very much important, hahaha...
Better buy a bulk of 6 big mineral water which is cheaper than buying the small want which cost u around .80 to 1 euro. maybe u just want to have drinking water from the drinking fountain along the street (never tried that). some local might advise you not to buy from the Bangladeshi that is selling around near the historical place cause they said afraid if it is not clean water, but it is up to you then again.we just bought from them...n eventually it is ok for us...

pickpocket

this is a usual thing happen to any country right.so far I face it in Paris and Granada, but luckily they failed to get anything, maybe because I have prayed along the journey and my mouth keeps on praying to avoid anything bad happen. typical mum 😂😂😂

this one you yourself need to take care of your thing, just remember, be nice to people, have a positive mind and keep praying 😉😉 and just be careful.

Tour guide do u need or not?

We have tried having a tour guide in Vatican city..but we did not enjoy it as it is very fast..n note the place is not so stroller friendly .we are so lucky that other people in the group who help us during goes up and down the stairs. we thought it is better we go by our self rather than following the tour guide..or maybe if you can afford children friendly tourist guide, why not.

If it is not mistaken if u buy the ticket online when you go for example colloseum, Vatican city and so on u may request to join the tour guide by email and sending to them.and they will reply if there is space for u.i just notice about this.although we quite regret getting a tourist guide for the Vatican city,we are glad as we have experienced it. if you want to proceed without the tourist guide also can...



Best apps to arrange your vacation

 there is a lot of application that can help you to plan your vacation, I have used visit city apps, and I can recommend it as one of the good apps to use.but for the ticket I use a certain website to buy a cheaper ticket. for example, to go to Colosseum and Vatican city.

Besides that, the apps can suggest your day by day place to visit according to your allocation time, day and preferred a place to go. It also provided a map that telling you the duration of time from place to one place according to your point of start walking. Cool right.?