Customer Reviews

Pocket Map and Guide Rome (Eyewitness Pocket Map & Guide)

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We'll be cruising to Rome and only spending one day there. This guide is the perfect size for what we need - info on all the main sites, maps, travel information...without having to pay for a more expensive / comprehensive guide designed for longer visits. It's still packed with information...it even has a small phrasebook in the back. It's smaller than I expected, which is a good thing. They've really packed a lot of information into a totally portable guide...dining, street maps - it's really adorable, actually! I was hesitant to order because of the previous review that the text was too tiny to read. For me it's fine; I don't find the text size all that different from the regular Eyewitness guides. And you can't beat the price! Since we are going to several cities in Europe, I was even able to combine 4 books for the price of 3 with Amazon's promotion.

Lots of pictures. Great concise descriptions. Maps. Small glossary of Italian. Organizes everything in a clear way. Perfect! Thought I was going to get another larger version of a travel guide for Rome but not anymore. It's all I need. If I do find something that it's missing I can look it up on the internet. The only thing that might be hard for some people is the small type. I have 20/20 vision and can read it perfectly. No problem whatsoever. But if you have vision problems you might find it somewhat hard to read. Its about the size of a Hershey Bar and jammed packed with information if that gives you an idea. I love it though!

i enjoyed my trip immensly! this book along with other city guides i bought were at the time a completely diffent price, and amaazing for that pice at the time , would probably not buy it at the price listed now(50) because it was tiny print, and the maps only showed so much without needing magnifiers, over all though, if you dont mind carrying pocket magnifier and can find it at a low price, defintly take advantage!!!!!

This is an awesome product. I wouldn't use it as my only travel guidebook to Rome (we liked the bigger DK book and Rick Steves) but this is the one you want to carry around all day. A nice map, light as a feather, and even concise summaries of sights to see. I'll be looking for Eyewitness Pocket Guides for all the cities I visit in the future.

I went to Rome on very short notice, not having the luxury of doing much planning prior to my flight. I used this guide every day; I found it to be very handy for getting around and seeing the most popular sights.

We will be going to Rome soon, but we will not carry this item in our luggage. Why? It looks like good data but we could not read the tiny print. We had to pull out a magnifying glass to read anything. I am dissappointed.