Family-friendly New Year’s Eve in Rome

Venues with a children's menu

Casale Traiano, in Fiumicino, is a simple option: a grand adult dinner at €90, a children's dinner at €45 with a dedicated menu and a seat at the family table, an illuminated park and parking. Casale 4.5, on the Via Ardeatina, keeps the Sala Bianca for families: children's dinner for ages 3 to 10 at €60, toddler dinner up to age 2 at €50 with a high chair. The Salone delle Colonne in EUR has a children's dinner at €70 with an immersive show. Exe Roma, also in EUR, offers a children's menu at €50 during the dinner show. The Mercure Roma West has a children's dinner at €80 and the option of staying overnight in the hotel. The Boscolo Circo Massimo has a children's package with a dedicated menu and soft drinks.

Shows, sushi and a theme park

Atlantico Live is a good choice if your children get bored at the table: a children's dinner at €60, a room with entertainment for ages 3 to 10 and live cabaret in the stalls, plus vegan and gluten-free menus. Cinecittà World is the exception on the list: it has no children's menu, but opens the park from 18:00 to 6:00 with the rides running all night and fireworks at midnight, and with a €40 ticket it works for older children and for the first few hours with little ones. Hanami Restaurant in EUR has a children's dinner at €50 alongside its all-you-can-eat sushi package. Target Restaurant, near Termini, has a children's dinner at €60 to pair with the adults' dinner downstairs. The Park Hotel Villa Grazioli, in the Castelli Romani hills, combines a children's veglione (New Year's Eve dinner-dance) at €65 with entertainment and rooms in the villa.

What to expect

At family venues children have dinner at the table with their parents, with a simplified menu and soft drinks; the midnight toast is for everyone, with something non-alcoholic for the youngest. The party after the toast is the grown-ups' party: if you want to leave early you can, and the table stays reserved. The age bands for children's packages are shown on each event page; many venues do not charge for under-3s, but ask when you book.

Practical tips

Villas and country houses have their own parking and outdoor spaces where children can run around; hotels let you go up to your room when the little ones get tired. For the trip home from venues outside Rome, plan to use a car: taxis are hard to find on the night of the 31st, and Cinecittà World runs a shuttle from Termini and the EUR Magliana metro stop. If someone in your group has dietary needs, the page on vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free menus shows who caters for them. The other New Year's Eve villas and hotels with New Year's Eve dinner also welcome families on request, even without a dedicated children's menu.