Without a doubt, you can safely go to Rotterdam with children. This city is full of entertainment for babies, and some children's entertainment will be interesting and adults!
If you are traveling with children in Rotterdam, it is better to take care in advance about a suitable place to stay. In principle, in this city there are plenty of hotels that are intended for travelers with children. In most cases, it is three star hotels.
In such hotels, such as Hotel Emma 3 *, Skyline Hotel 3 *, Hotel Breitner 3 *, Hotel Milano 3 * and Hotel Van Walsum 3 * have rooms on four, so-called Family Rooms, with separate beds or one double Bed and one or two single, plus, this is quite budget accommodation and are located in the city center.
In other hotels, it is necessary to clarify the ability to put a third bed in the room (and most of the numbers are only for two). In some cases, the bed is provided free of charge, but mainly for children under 12 years old.
In such hotels as Hilton Hotel Rotterdam 5 *, NH Atlanta Hotel 4 *, Best Western Art 4 *, Inntel Hotel Center 4 *, Novotel Brainpark 4 *, Van Der Valk 4 *, Hampshire Hotel Savoy 4 *, Best Western Crown 4 * And Hotel Manhattan 4 * This service is provided free of charge. In the rest of the hotels, the bed will have to pay extra (in general, quite a few, from € 10 for sure).
Some hotels are waiting for families with children with open arms, if you can express it. For example, Hotel New York 4 * It has its own doll theater in the hotel, so there is regularly satisfied with the show for children. In addition, there is an excellent playground with slides and toys.
Also, a very good hotel for children - SS Rotterdam Hotel 4 * which is located on board liner. For children, a children's club is organized there, and various events are held for children.
You can still advise you to rent a guest house "Alberti" on Hugo Molenaarstraat 49a, there are just two rooms for two beds, an ideal option for recreation with family. Plus, this guest house includes bicycle rental. Excellent!
Restaurants recommended to visit the whole family - Bazar (Witte de Wittstraat 16), "Dudok" (Meent 88), O'Pazzo Pizzeria (Mariniersweg 90) and "Vis Aan De Maas" (Schiemond 40b).
It will be great if you get to the events for children held in this city. If you are going in December, go to the whole family to the Ahoi Concert Hall at Ahoyweg 10 (we are going there on the metro station D to Zuidplein Station). In front of the new city in this room are arranged by Christmas Circus, you mean, Christmas circus.
This show is one of the oldest and most popular in Holland. Everything as in the usual circus is acrobats, clowns, animals, tricks, only very largely and decorated in Christmas style. Usually such a show takes place in the last decade of December, every day twice: at noon and at 16:15. Children under 4 years old entrance to the circus free, from 4 to 12 years old - € 22, € 28 others. People for 60 years - € 22. On December 25 and 26 € 2 (for Christmas) is added to the cost.
Another show that will impress your children, and you "Holiday On Ice". This show is held as in Ahoe. The show, indeed, unusual: there is a fire show, and light shows, and even some kind of motorcycles on ice and all that. But more interesting for the kids will be the show "Disney On Ice".
This show will be held this year in the fall. Dancers on ice will show fragments from the most beloved Disney cartoons! Costumes promise to be impressive.
There are, of course, excellent shows for kids in the theaters of New Luxor Theater and Hofpleintheater, yes, truth, in English and Dutch. It's a pity!
There is an excellent children's park in Rotterdam, where you can leave a child under the nanny supervision for a whole day. it "Kids Paradise" ("The Kids Holiday Paradise" or "Jeugdvakantieland") and he is located, again, in the entertainment center "Aho".
It works this park during school summer holidays. This is such a kind of kindergarten with outdoor entertainment and indoors. Park workers are in service with more than 100 interesting studies for children, games, shows, competitions. Useful thing!
Another interesting place for the whole family - Park "Duinrell". There is a water park "Tiki Pool" with all sorts of slides, and playgrounds, and bicycle paths, and attractions (including high and terrible 360-meter Dragon Fly) mini trains, trampolines, boats and everything you can wish.
There are very risky risks, like the SPLASH train, which dissects with a mad speed along different paths, and in the end, "dives" into the river, so all sitting swell from the legs to the head.
This cheerful park is open only from April to October (although "Tiki Pool" is krugodynically). The water park is open 14:00 or 16:00 to 22:00 on weekdays, except Monday, from 10 am to 10 pm on Saturday and up to 8 pm on Sunday. In the winter months, a ticket to the water park cost € 14 for 3 and 5 hours and € 17 - esilimit. Visit only "Duinrell" (without a water park) from 4 years old 19.50, up to 4 years old - free. By the way, this park is not located in Rotterdam, but in general, the Hague, 40 minutes by car from Rotterdam or one and a half hours per train. But it is worth it, believe me!
In general, what to do in Rotterdam with children, you will find exactly, do not even doubt!