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Lonely Planet Rome (Lonely Planet Travel Guides French Edition)

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They left out a lot of history and a lot of landmarks in favor of "gee whiz" and cheap, nasty eateries. The hotel reviews were worthless as well. I would not recommend this as a travel book unless you are going the el-cheapo backpacker route. Even then, I'd say look for something else: perhaps the "Let's Go" for Rome would have been better. My main criticism of Lonely Planet is that it concentrates on the low-cost and the low-brow. This one failed at proper low-cost education, and didn't provide anything to make up for it. The maps were crummy as well.

I mean, it's Rome. Granted, Rome is huge and wonderful, but I could have written a better book based on a few week visit.