Rome Insight City Guide

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This brand new edition provides a comprehensive and highly visual introduction to Rome, covering the best places to go, things to do, local history and culture. Restaurant listings have been expanded and up-to-date street atlases provide easy orientation. Other travel tips include accommodation, language and more.

General Information

  • : 9789812820808
  • : APA Publications
  • : APA Publications Pte Ltd
  • : 0.6
  • : 02 March 2011
  • : Singapore
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Paperback
  • : 7th
  • : 914.56320493
  • : 352
  • : Full-colour photographs throughout

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Contents: Best of Rome: Top Sights: Campo de' Fiori; The Capitoline Museums; The Colosseum; The Roman Forum; The Pantheon; Piazza Navona; The Spanish Steps; Trastevere; The Trevi Fountain; The Vatican Museums; Villa Borghese. Editor's Choice. Introduction: Guide at a Glance; Rome and the Romans. History: The Making of Rome; Decisive Dates. Features: Art and Architecture; The Shape of Modern Rome; Food and Drink; Shopping. Insights: Mini Features: Rome on Film; Mussolini's Legacy; Roman Fashion; Talking Statues; EUR; Lazio Beaches. Photo Features: Bernini and the Baroque; Modern Architecture; Shopping Areas; Markets in Rome; The Capitoline Museums; The Colosseum; Treasures of the Vatican; Sistine Chapel; Galleria Borghese; Relics of the Catacombs; Green Retreats. Places: Orientation; The Capitoline Hill; Ancient Rome; Fontana di Trevi and Quirinale; Piazza di Spagna and Tridente; The Vatican and Prati; Piazza Noavona and the Pantheon; Campo de' Fiori and the Ghetto; Via Veneto and Villa Borghese; Trastevere and the Gianicolo; Aventino and Testaccio; Celio and San Giovanni; Monti and Esquilino; The Appian Way; Excursions from Rome; Ostia Antica; Tivoli; Castelli Romani; Etruscan Towns. Restaurants and Bars: The Capitoline Hill; Ancient Rome; Fontana di Trevi and Quirinale; Piazza di Spagna and Tridente; The Vatican and Prati; Piazza Navona and the Pantheon; Campo de' Fiori and the Ghetto; Via Veneto and Villa Borghese; Trastevere and the Gianicolo; Aventino and Testaccio; Celio and San Giovanni; Monti and Esquilino; The Appian Way; Ostia Antica; Tivolo; Castelli Romani; Estuscan Towns. Travel Tips: Transport: Getting There; Getting Around; Public Transport; Car Hire. Accommodation: Fontana di Trevi, Via Veneto and Villa Borghese; Piazza di Spagna and Tridente; The Vatican and Prati; Piazza Navona and the Pantheon; Campo de' Fiori, the Ghetto and Trastevere; Aventino and Testaccio; Termini, Monti and Esquilino; Excursions from Rome. Shopping: What to Buy; Where to Buy. Activities: The Arts; Nightlife; Children's Activities; Annual Events; Sport; Festivals; Sightseeing Tours. A-Z of Practical Information. Language and Further Reading. Maps: Rome; Map Legend; Street Atlas; Restaurant and Hotel Atlas; Capitoline Hill; The Fora; Palatine; Quirinale; Tridente; The Vatican and Prati; Piazza Navona and the Pantheon, Campo de' Fiori and the Ghetto; Via Veneto and Villa Borghese; North and Central Rome; Trastevere and the Gianicolo; Aventino and Testaccio; Celio and San Giovanni; Monti and Esquilino; The Appian Way; Excursions from Rome; Ostia Antica; Vatican/Forum/Palatine.