City trips with tweens and teens (11+)

Thirty minutes in the capsule, but pushchairs must be folded before you join the queue.

Best from age six. Cobbles everywhere and no pushchairs inside the White Tower.

Take the lift to the second floor and stop there. The summit adds a second queue.

Free under 18, but huge and crowded. Pick three things and leave after 90 minutes.

Free for under-18s and the one ruin kids already know. Book a timed slot or you will not get in.

A long one-way walk through crowds to reach the Sistine Chapel. Hard under 6, worth it from 9 or 10.

Children get in free, adults pay ¥630. The rainy-day fix five minutes from Ueno Station.

The view from 350 m with free entry for under-6s. Buy online, the counter adds ¥500 a ticket.

Free for everyone 18 and under and kind to strollers. Still a big art museum, so keep it to 90 minutes.

Free under 18 but tickets are online only and sell out. Short, colourful, crowded.

€8 for adults and free under 16. The best rainy-day or heatwave plan in the city.

Free under 11, but skip the towers with small kids: no under-6s and no strollers up there.

A city amusement park one metro stop from the zoo, with a full zone for small children.

A full-day theme park outside the city. Great from 6 up, a long haul with toddlers.

Real walls to walk and peacocks to spot, free up to age 12. The climb to get there is the hard part.

A bus that drives into the Tagus. Minimum age 2, no strollers, 90 minutes without a stop.