Lonely Planet: Rome City Guide

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 322 pages
• Published by: Lonely Planet
• Edition: 5th Edition February 1, 2008
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1741046599
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1741046595
• Book Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 11.4 ounces

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Product Description
Discover Rome

Bathe in the Pantheon's spotlight and admire the most singular architectural achievement of Ancient Rome

Coax your inner cook into the kitchen at the Citta del Gusto, the City of Taste

Find your bella figura at Femme Sistina, and then sashay forth with confidence

Know your giallorossi from yourbiancazzuri and make sure you get your seat right at the Stadio Olimpico

In This Guide:

Two resident authors, 840 hours of research, 26 maps, four near misses on a Vespa!

A full-color festivals section gives you the lowdown on summer culture fests, music gigs and the widely acclaimed Rome Film Fest

Locals tell it how it is, from the culture editor at La Republica to expert art restorers and designers

Content updated daily - visit lonelyplanet.com for up-to-the-minute reviews, updates, and traveller suggestions


Reader Reviews
This guide is, sadly to say, disappointing considering it is a Lonely Planet publication. In planning my next trip to Rome, I thought that this might be a great book to work from, but I found it to be poorly organized and overcrowded. The authors of this book crammed way too much information into this book that it borders on unusable. There are also very few photos and what photos are provided are not very helpful. Other Lonely Planet Guides to Rome would be a better choice than this. National Geographic Traveler Rome Guide is more insightful and will orientate the reader much better than this book will. It does come with a decent map that can be torn out, but it's paper. My only concern with that is being caught out in the rain. The map doesn't seem durable, and I wonder if it would even survive the trip. So if you're in the market for a guidebook to Rome, check out Lonely Planet's other options (besides this book), Nat'l Geographic Travelers Rome Guide, or Rome for Dummies.