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Insight Guides City Guide Rome
About This Book
Insight Guides: Inspiring your next adventure
The Eternal City is an enduringly popular destination, from the Vatican's wealth of museum and charismatic new Pope to the evocative ruins of the Forum. Be inspired to visit by the new edition of Insight Rome City Guide, a comprehensive full-colour guide to the Italian capital.
Inside Rome City Guide:
A fully-overhauled edition.
Stunning, specially-commissioned photograp hy that brings the city and its people to life.
Highlights of the city's top attractions in our Best of Rome, including the treasure-trove Vatican Museum, showcasing Michelangelo's sublime Sistine Chapel, the Pantheon and the awe-inspiring Colosseum.
Descriptive area-by-area accounts cover the whole city: step back in time to Ancient Rome at the Roman Forum and then head across the mythical River Tiber to trendy Trastevere quarter. Further afield await the catacombs and legendary Via Appia Antica.
Detailed, high-quality maps throughout will help you get around and travel tips give you all the essential information for planning a memorable trip, including our independent selection of the best restaurants.
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About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-color print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travelers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.
'Insight Guides has spawned many imitators but is still the best of its type.' - Wanderlust Magazine
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Table of contents
- How To Use This E-Book
- Romeās Top 10 Attractions
- Editorās Choice
- Introduction: The Eternal City
- Rome and the Romans
- Decisive Dates
- The Making of Rome
- Art and Architecture
- Insight: Bernini and the Baroque
- The Shape of Modern Rome
- Rome on Film
- Food and Drink
- Shopping
- Insight: Markets in Rome
- Introduction: Orientation
- The Capitoline Hill
- Insight: The Capitoline Museums
- Ancient Rome
- Insight: The Grim Glory of the Colosseum
- Fontana di Trevi and Quirinale
- Piazza di Spagna and Tridente
- The Vatican and Prati
- Insight: Treasures of the Vatican
- Insight: Sistine Chapel
- Piazza Navona and the Pantheon
- Campo deā Fiori and the Ghetto
- Via Veneto and Villa Borghese
- Insight: Galleria Borghese
- Trastevere and the Gianicolo
- Aventino and Testaccio
- Celio and San Giovanni
- Monti and Esquilino
- The Appian Way
- Insight: Relics of the Catacombs
- Introduction: Excursions from Rome
- Ostia Antica
- Tivoli
- Insight: Green Retreats
- Castelli Romani
- Etruscan Towns
- Transport
- Activities
- A-Z: A Handy Summary of Practical Information
- Understanding the Language
- Further Reading
- Rome Street Atlas