Access Rome (5th ed.) [Paperback]

Richard Saul Wurman (Author)

Book Description

Series: 5th ed. | Publication Date: February 1997

Wherever you go, you need ACCESS

No other guides provide such instant and portable access to a destination as the ACCESS series. Organized by neighborhood and filled with striking graphics and detailed maps, each ACCESS guide lets you see at a glance where you are, where you're headed, and what special attractions await you just around the corner. Color-coded entries clearly highlight everything you need to knowabout the city's best restaurants, hotels, shops, parks, and sights. Follow our well-charted trail; it's all you'll ever need and more.

ACCESS also tells you:

Which restaurant serves the best saltimbocca alla romana

Where to get the best buys on leather

How to get an audience with the Pope

Who runs the most informative tours of the city

When is the best time to see the Sistine Chapel

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Featuring the acclaimed neighborhood-by-neighborhood format that is the ACCESS trademark, these guides focus exclusively on restaurants and food stores to help readers find the perfect eatery. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

A frequent contributor to the Washington Post, Travel & Leisure, GQ, and dozens of other publications, he often appears as a travel consultant on CNN and Live with Regis and Cathie Lee!, and can be found on-line in his column called "The SavTravs Weekly Hot Tips." He lives in Washington D.C. and New York City.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Accessability Program; 5th edition (February 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062771957
• ISBN-13: 978-0062771957
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,558,322 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like getting recommendations from a friend, March 20, 2000

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This review is from: Access Rome (6th Edition) (Paperback)

I've used various Access travel guides and find them to be consistently witty and on-track. I like being able to focus on a neighborhood, and see what restaurants are near the attraction I'm visiting. The color-coding (red print for restaurants, blue for hotels, black for sights) makes it particularly easy to scan for an entry. Although there aren't extensive hotel listings, the information provided is useful to determine what area I'd like to stay in. You may need more detailed maps than those in the book, however.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Series - Out of Date Book, March 14, 2006

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Nicholas Adams (Marietta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Access Rome 7e (Paperback)

I've used these books in the past for most of my travels and have been very pleased. During a previous trip to Rome, I used an earlier edition Access Rome book as my Bible. It was extremly informative and useful. Unfortunately, since then they have changed the design of the maps and have not updated the book accurately. Many of the places I tried to visit had been long gone, inaccurately positioned on the map, or the descriptions were not appropriate. Unless they changed these items for the 8th edition, I would warn against using this book as a primary source of information. Also, the maps did not incorporate the locations of the Metro stops and Taxi stands into the neighborhood maps, like other travel guides have, which I found to be a neccessity for travel around Roma.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed Results, June 1, 2008

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Norman Metzger (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Access Rome, 9th Edition (Paperback)

Generally useful but many errors -- owing either to carelessness or outdating. An example of the former is that the guide lists Volpetti's as a place to buy cheese, etc; but neglects to mention that there is another one that's been around longer and which we very much favor. The index is poor. For example, it does not list Bramante's Tempietto, a truly remarkable and beautiful structure; rather, one has to know the name of the church alongside which it sits to find this wonderful work. At times incomplete; for example, the index does not include the Villa Tornolia, a wonderful if only slightly off central Rome to visit. Overall, needs work.