You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in the Eternal City of Rome. With the self-guided tours in this book, you’ll walk the same streets as the Caesars and discover the secrets of the Colosseum and the Roman Forum. Learn how to avoid the lines at the Vatican Museum and St. Peter’s Basilica. Take a night walk across the city and enjoy floodlit fountains and piazzas. Then grab a sidewalk table at the locals’ favorite trattoria and watch the world go by. Rick’s candid, humorous advice will guide you to good-value hotels and restaurants. You’ll learn how to navigate the Rome Metro and which sights are worth your time and money. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves guidebook is a tour guide in your pocket.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Given some of the reviews here I was concerned that this book wouldn't be very useful, but I was pleasantly surprised! I'd been to Rome before so this was my second trip, but this book pointed out plenty of new stuff for me to check out. The only thing it missed that was really cool was the Vatican Gardens tour - for $45 we got a private tour of the Vatican Gardens and admission to the Vatican Museums without having to wait in line.
The formatting for Kindle was as good as any other Rick Steves book - navigation, maps, and hyperlinks were all good. The tours of the Vatican Museums, St. Peter's, and some of the other churches really added a nice touch to my trip and, as Catholic, helped me appreciate some of the really incredible pieces of Christian history. I really liked that it suggested churches off the beaten path that were really beautiful and I wouldn't have known about otherwise.
Rome is my favorite European city and this book really helped me take my experience there to the next level. And now I have even more things to check out for my next trip to Rome!
The formatting for Kindle was as good as any other Rick Steves book - navigation, maps, and hyperlinks were all good. The tours of the Vatican Museums, St. Peter's, and some of the other churches really added a nice touch to my trip and, as Catholic, helped me appreciate some of the really incredible pieces of Christian history. I really liked that it suggested churches off the beaten path that were really beautiful and I wouldn't have known about otherwise.
Rome is my favorite European city and this book really helped me take my experience there to the next level. And now I have even more things to check out for my next trip to Rome!
25 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Unlike Rick Steve's Tuscany 2011 guide, which was very helpful during our visit there two weeks ago, the Rome book leaves a lot to be desired. Perhaps Rome is just too vast for the approach taken by Rick Steve's guides. First, the maps included are really inadequate: as someone else has mentioned, a fold-out map of the streets of the entire city would be very helpful. (A 1909 Baedecker guide that I own has better, clearer maps that show everything of potential interest!) Second, there were very serious omissions. For example, the Palazzo Barberini (right off the Piazza Barberini on Via delle Quattro Fontane) is completely unmentioned, despite the fact that it houses a really major art museum with some of the world's great masterpieces (many magnificent late medieval and Renaissance paintings, Raphael's La Fornaria, one of Holbein's later portraits of England's Henry VIII, and Carabaggio's magnificent painting of Judith beheading Holofernes). It was only because our hotel was on the street and the coincidence that I stayed at the Bernini Hotel in the Piazza Barberini in 1967 that we found the Palazzo Barberini and were able to enjoy it. Also, as a building, the Palazzo is spectacular, among other things it has a staircase designed by Bernini. Another glaring omission: nowhere is there any mention of the architect Borrromini--he was an eccentric genius of the baroque who, among other things, also did a staircase at the Palazzo Barberini. What is disappointing is that, if you go by Rick Steves (as opposed to a more comprehensive guide to Rome) you will miss a lot, especially if it is your first trip to Rome. And for those who know Rome a bit, it is even more frustratig, because of the omissions.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
The Rick Steves guide to Rome provides a wealth of helpful information. The book is well-organized and includes maps and a section on side trips.
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Having used two different "Steves'" guides in a recent trip to Italy, I was very impressed. Info always seems accurate! Read more
Published 9 months ago by R. Smith
Don't miss the night tour
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Published 10 months ago by DEBBIE WILSON
best travel guide
Bought all Rick Steve's books for all the cities we visited on Europe. They are very helpful in everyway! Wouldn't travel without one!
Published 11 months ago by Vikigator1
So much information!
The book was so helpful. Lots of tips. Loved the 'walks'. Couldn't have managed as well without it.
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