Product Description

This guide combines bright, modern design, witty and informative writing with a unique and very practical fold-back-flat spiral binding. A collection of highly readable features set the scene in the introductory Magazine section and the "Finding Your Feet" section gives that vital info to get you started. Rome is then split into geographical zones. The must-see sights are covered in depth with insider tips to help you make the most of your time and beat the crowds; suggested itineraries, walks and tours, super-clear maps, where to take a break and where to shop are detailed for each area. And to make sure you're not disappointed, specialist food and drink writers recommend the best places to eat and drink.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #188991 in Books
• Published on: 2008-02-28
• Original language: English
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• 215 pages

Customer Reviews

AA citypack - Rome
An excellent guide to Rome for those on a weekend break. The top 25 sights guide is an excellent way of cherry picking the delights of the city.

Gives a good overview but could be much better.
The strengths of this book are those of the other AA Spiral Guides: it's small and light enough to carry around with you, and there are loads of photos which are useful in deciding what to see.

The street maps of the city are clear, however we had a real problem finding the sights mentioned in the text on the map as they are not grid referenced. The Spiral Guide was very good for finding things to do, but we were glad to have a second guide book (Lonely Planet's Rome Condensed) with which to look up their locations.

Also, some of the information given was seemingly inaccurate and sent us on a few wild goose chases; for example a "vegetarian" restaurant a little way from the Spanish Steps was anything but, and we wasted ages trekking to look for a gate whose keyhole would supposedly give us an amazing view...if we found the right one it was a definite waste of time!

That's not to say the book doesn't have some useful tips on what to see, and it hasn't stopped me buying more in the same series - it's just that we encountered several flaws with this particular edition.

We mainly used this book to search out the must sees, and tended to stumble around the rest of the city ourselves. I think really it was a case of Rome being so amazing that we just kept finding things to see without needing a guide book. For a general overview this book is excellent, however we found it impossible to find many of the places mentioned on the maps and this is a major issue.

Excellent guide for the independent traveller
I found this book invaluable, with a coloured index guide, suggestions for itinaries, what to see and where to go in 1 day, for example, it was excellent. For the independent traveller a must, especially if you want to have a book that doesn't make you read too much to find out what you are looking for. This guide has lots of pictures/photos to give you an idea what you may want to see. In additon ti also gives you great information on how to get around by various means, basic cost of food, travel tickets, taxi's etc ( which I found was accurate). So, if you are thinking of travelling to Rome on your own initiative - this is the book for you.