From bird’s-eye-view helicopter rides to thrilling Halloween activities, keep teenage boredom at bay on your next European getaway with one of these exciting city tours. Whichever destination you decide to visit, our knowledgeable concierges can give your family the keys to the city by effortlessly organising your chosen tour or activity.
Edinburgh – Mercat Ghost Tours
Get spooked on a chilling ghost tour of Edinburgh, where you’ll journey through haunted underground vaults and grisly graveyards. Not for the faint hearted!
London – London Helicopter Ride
Take in a panoramic bird’s-eye view of the British capital with a spellbinding helicopter ride over the city. Capturing the London Eye, Big Ben and St Pauls from above will give them plenty to post on Instagram.
Munich – BMW Factory Guided Tour
Motor-loving teens will adore this insider adventure around Munich’s BMW plant. Taking you behind the scenes of all areas of production, this tour reveals the secrets of an iconic German brand.
Florence – Ghosts, Mysteries and Legends of Florence
Weave around passageways and piazzas while discovering Florence’s tragic love stories, juicy Medici family feuds and sensational scandals. This compelling tour visits the seedy underbelly of the city.
Brussels – Tintin Route Tour
Organised by the Belgian Comic Strip Centre, Comic book fans will love following in the footsteps of the legendary Hergé, creator of Tintin. On this tour, you’ll discover all the enchanting details that link the cartoonist to Brussels, calling in at places that inspired him.
Frankfurt – Morticus Ghost Tours
History and science combine in this gruesome Morticus tour that leads you around Frankfurt’s most mysterious locations. A full-on theatrical experience, actors re-enact famous myths and legends along the way.
Get inspired with these fantastic tours that will thrill even the fussiest of teenagers, and plan your next family break with Rocco Forte Hotels.
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Mercat Ghost Tours
The soul of a destination – that special something all travellers yearn to glimpse – is really the soul of its people. It is timeless humanity refracted by a place’s unique qualities, by its bounty and scarcity, its landscape and climate.
A child with flour-dusted hands, entirely absorbed in the soft tactility of dough, falls quiet in concentration. The same wonder is felt as a small finger points skywards, following the erratic flight of a bumblebee – noticing that the orange pom-poms clinging to its legs are, on closer inspection, minute pockets of pollen. These are the seemingly small moments, observed offline, that are exactly the kind of adventure the best family holidays create. One where each destination invites children and teens to become absorbed in the world around them – not their devices – making, discovering and noticing along the way.
Florence becomes the most compelling creative retreat when you fall in step with the city’s pace. In Milan you might ‘get your hustle on’ and Rome leans into a meandering walk or Vespa ride, this city, the birthplace of the Renaissance, draws us more towards strolling.
