Customer Reviews

Frommer's Rome Day by Day (Frommer's Day by Day - Pocket)

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Unless you want to hire a tour guide or you have a friend who lives in Rome to take you around this is your best bet. Short and to the point reviews and info on all the things you want to see in Rome. Some of the prices in the book are already out of date. The Leonardo Express train to and from the airport now costs 11 Euros, not 9.50. The map that is included is good enough but lacks some detail. It would be nice if the map included little icons of the more popular sites for ease of reading. That said your hotel will probably have a tourist map for you for free. Using this book I put together an intinerary that was good for me in about an hour.

I purchased this book because it had lots of maps and suggested itineraries. With only a short stay in Rome planned, it seemed like an excellent guide. However, we found the book very unhelpful. First, it is already outdated. I believe it is from 2009. Some things were closed, prices were off, and some tips were inaccurate. For example, it suggests you leave the sistine chapel through the door on the right to go straight to St. Peters, however that entryway is now only accessible to tour groups. The other main complaint is that the book is extremely repetitive rather than going into depth. There are so many itineraries and some are practically the same (ex: Baroque walk and Piazza Navona walk are practically the same) A few more sentences on each site would have been a much more useful way to stretch out the book - the descriptions were way too abbreviated.

This book helped us greatly. We got around Rome fine for our first time. We liked this one better than the top 10 book.

The book was in excellent condition.
This is a perfect book to take on your journey.
Not bulky but packed with all the necessary details you need.
Condensed fold out layout of the city and major attractions.
Extensive more detailed folfing map tucked in its own holder
in the back. Recieved my order in record time perfect transaction.

I own several guidebooks for Italy (we go every year) and the first time I went to Rome this is the only one I took with me. It is compact and packed with useful information, and a great map. Definitely take this one to Rome with you.

I found the Map very valuable and the text great for research for the next days adventures.
There is a lot in the book, so don't be overwhelmed. I found it fairly easy to navigate and the
Map was a great companion that I used each day I was in the area

Frommer's Rome was up to date - the map was great and it fits nicely into a purse or pocket.
Descriptions of attractions very helpful.

Delivy on time. like the guide. very well organized, lots of detail maps, easy to carry with you.
it is my third guide from Frommers Day by Day , even i do not like the big guides
highly recommended, you will not be disapointed

Just ok as an "encyclopedia of facts" but not very accurate and not useful for an actual tour of the city. Feels like it is made by someone reading an encyclopedia. Maps not very useful and hard to read.

we took it with us, and it did provide a lot of good info