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Rome (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE)

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  • EAN: 9780756615505
  • Manufacturer: DK Travel

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  • Summary: Beautiful guide
  • Comment: This particular guide to Rome is breathtaking in its graphic contents...almost a coffee table book in fact. However, it is also rather heavy, and I chose to commit the "sin" of tearing pages out of the book to take along with me...and then throwing the mutilated book away. Was it worth the purchase price? The answer for me is yes.
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  • Summary: Great companion travel guide for Rome
  • Comment: This is one of two travel guides I purchased for a visit to Rome. The other was Rick Steve's Rome 2010. Between the two, I am well on the way to having the city memorized before we go. Great resource.
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  • Summary: Eyewittness Rome Travel Guide
  • Comment: This book contains a wealth of information about Rome. However, it was not exactly what I expected when I ordered the book. I was thinking more along the lines of tons of detailed traveler's hints on where to stay, how to get there and how much it costs. That information is definitely available, but more in the sense of secondary information towards the back of the book.

    The main thrust of this book is the immense wealth of detailed information of what a person will see inside of the major buildings, etc., as well as a tremendous historical base for the country/city/region.

    At times, the amount of general information is almost overwhelming, and it was almost daunting to make myself read it all before leaving on our trip. However, once we actually arrived in Rome, I found the book to be quite valuable. Many of the fold out-maps of different sectors of Rome were invaluable.

    Ferreting out the nitty-gritty information for general tourism in Rome wasn't as easy as I had expected when I bought the book, but it was there, and extremely helpful.

    If you're looking for an over-all book that tells you everything you've ever wondered about Rome, from ancient to present times, a book that has detailed pictures and descriptions of WHAT you will see in the various tourist attractions, plus a wealth of general tourism information about Rome, this is your book. If you just want a cut and dried catalogue of places, directions and prices, this book will frustrate you.
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  • Summary: Study BEFORE Traveling! Enjoy long afterwards!
  • Comment: During my nine years of living in Rome and devouring every available nook and cranny of its layer on layer of civilization, I came to realize that were I to live there twenty years, I would never see it all; that there was always something new to discover. The profusely illustrated DK Guide to Rome proves my point, making me ask "How could I possibly have missed that?!".

    The guide to Rome begins with a timeline and brief history that covers about 2700 years. Particularly interesting are the cutaway illustrations, for instance of an aqueduct, or the Baths of Diocletian (in which one can still get a sense of the original by walking into the gigantic church of Santa Maria degli Angeli e Martiri). The book also explains the elements of architecture, the floor plans of some of Rome's 410 churches; it then cites the most accessible museums; and fountains and Egyptian obelisks. The rest of the book is divided into regions, such as the Capitol, the Forum, the Palatine, etc, and includes nine guided walks, and day trips around Rome, such as Hadrian's Villa. The Guide is so comprehensive, in fact, that one could not possibly see all of its recommended museums, archaeological sites, and churches unless one were going to stay at least a year.

    I love DK guides for their elegance, their stunning illustrations, and their attention to detail. Because of their sheer weight, however, they are not the least bit practical to take along, and will very quickly seem like excess baggage. So study this one before you go, and when you come home, enjoy the places you have seen and look forward to those you have yet to see on your next journey of discovery.
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  • Summary: Rome Tourist Book
  • Comment: Rome book is an excellent tourist guide. Looking up things is a little difficult at times, but when you find it, it works.