Rome in the Marco Polo Spiral Guides series is a practical guide presenting the most important things to see & do in the city in a nutshell, & aimed at travellers who don’t have a lot of time to prepare & research for a trip. The guide highlights the top 10 sights, suggests tours & great ideas for exciting days out, & features colour photographs & a pull-out street map & atlas pages. The guide opens with introductory chapters offering general information about the region, its history, art, geography & the people & things that make it worth visiting. Then, the guide divides the area into sections, & for each offers more specific information organised by Getting Your Bearings, Perfect Days giving examples of planned itineraries, the Top 10, Don’t Miss & At Your Leisure. There are planned day itineraries for each area including the best places to eat & drink along the way, accompanied by local map extracts & dotted with useful tips. An additional chapter offers inspirations for walks & tours. The guide concludes with general & practical information, street atlas pages & a removable pull-out map, conveniently stored in a plastic pocket on the back cover. The format is designed with practicality in mind; the spiral binding & the colour coding makes it easy to keep the book open where is needed & render orientation fast & easy, ideal for travellers on the go. ...

Marco Polo Handbooks offer expert advice & are aimed at travellers looking for in-depth coverage of a destination
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Michelin’s street plan of Rome at 1:10, 500 is primarily designed to be used for access to & travel across the city by car, given its coverage of the outer suburbs & very detailed presentation of the road network & its main junctions. This very large map presents the city’s road network with the usual care associated with Michelin’s road maps: detailed layout of motorway or dual carriageway junctions, tunnels, etc. Main traffic arteries leading to the city centre are highlighted, the restricted entry zone is clearly marked, & one way streets are indicated. The plan shows rail & metro lines with names of stations, with an additional diagram of the network included in the index booklet. Public buildings & facilities such as museums, theatres, historical monuments, churches, etc., are highlighted & named. The map has no separate enlargement for the city’s historic centre. The index is in a separate booklet attached to the map cover. Map legend

Includes:: English. To see the list of titles in this series please click on the series link.

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Rome at 1:12, 500 on a “write & wipe” waterproof & tear-resistant, indexed street plan from Michelin with an enlargement of the Piazza Navona area, a road map of the city’s environs, a metro diagram, plus sightseeing recommendations based on the publisher’s Green Guide. On one side is a street plan extending from the Vatican & the Trastevere district to beyond the Termini railway station, & from the Villa Borghese Park south to Terme di Caracalla & Testaccio. Accompanying inset presents in greater detail the central area from the Pantheon to the Tiber. Important buildings & places of interest are clearly marked & named, with 29 specially selected locations cross-referenced to their descriptions on the reverse. Metro stations are clearly marked. Street index, on the reverse,

Includes:: a list of points of interest. The reverse side also

Includes:: three sections with 29 star-rated recommendations: The Essentials, Also Worth Seeing, & Our Favourites. Also provided is a road map of the Rome’s area (including access to Leonardo da Vinci & Ciampino airports), a diagram of the metro network, plus practical information (getting around, opening hours & public holidays, etc). All the text is in English. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.



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Rome in the Green Guide series from Michelin; detailed guides exploring the major sights & attractions of a range of cities, regions & countries. Drawing on a long publishing history, Michelin guides are renowned for their individual ‘star rating’, ranking restaurants, sights & attractions. Listings in each guide are organised alphabetically, allowing readers to access information quickly as well as being designed for practical use on the road. With an emphasis on cultural activities & history, each sight is graded & has extensive background information. Practical visitor information is clearly highlighted with symbols. Predominantly recognised for their extensive coverage of French regions (shown on our website in a separate series), the Green Guides also cover international destinations. An extensive introductory section on planning your trip provides information on when & where to go, useful pre-trip information, getting there, where to stay & eat & what to do & see. There are also individual sections on Nature, History & Art ad Culture & a selection of driving tours of the area. Fold-out maps at the front & back of the book give an overview of the area covered by the guide. The structure of each guide varies depending on the type of destination. National & regional guides cover regions alphabetically, each with their own accommodation, sights & food & drink listings, while City guides cover sights alphabetically with one city-wide section for listings. Accommodation & food & drink listings are both concise & comprehensive, aiming to cater for all budgets & tastes. Both sights & listings often include information specific to travelling with kids. Each of the places covered in the guide is listed alphabetically & three Michelin star ratings
- highly recommended, recommended & interesting, which have been used for more than 100 years
- help readers identify places of interest, restaurants & notable local attractions. Individual listings include principal sights for each city or town, local walking & driving tours in addition to tips on local excursions. There is also an ‘address book’ information box in each section including recommendations for the best restaurants & accommodation in the area, as well as any relevant leisure activities. A series of overview regional & city plans also helps navigation & orientation for each region.

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Rome in Michelin’s ‘ Must Sees’ series is a lightweight guide containing must see information, must see sights, must do activities & must know practicalities graded using Michelin’s time-honoured star rating system. The guide opens with a section of useful ‘ Must Know’ information that

Includes:: a calendar of events, practical tips on getting by & a summary of Michelin selected star attractions. The ‘ Must See’ section of the guide look at shopping, nightlife & theatre, hotels & dining, parks & gardens, neighbourhoods, landmarks, museums, historic sites, practical information, events, tips & excursions. The ‘ Must Do’ chapter

Includes:: a focus on activities for children, whereas places to eat & places to stay are reviewed in the ‘ Must Eat’ & ‘ Must Stay’ chapters.



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Clear colourful street plan of central Rome, highlighting places of interest. The plan indicates one-way streets & car parks, selected hotels, etc. An enlargement shows the Vatican City in greater detail. The plan is indexed & also

Includes:: a diagram of the metro network, a plan of the Leonardo da Vinci airport, & a road map of the environs of the city. Travel tips provide general information for visitors. The map is laminated in durable plastic.

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The new Moleskine City Notebooks are ideal for those who travel, whether to see the sights or for work, as a way of organising trips & to preserving it for memories & records. It is perfect for those who live there, as a way of organizing the things they know & need about the city they live in. Each notebook has an elastic closure, 228 pages, with up to 44 pages in colour & have a sewn binding. There is an inside accordion pocket & three ribbon placemarkers, each in a different colour. ...

When Roman legions marched into Asia Minor in 200BC, their plan was to secure a buffer zone between the Mediterranean, which they virtually owned, & the area beyond, which they sought to isolate rather than control. Along the long frontier of the Euphrates in Turkey lay the easternmost limits of the Roman Empire--a region they called Augusta Euphrantentis. Their expanding involvement lasted eight centuries, draining their energies & culminating in the destruction of the bridge that, since the time of Alexander the Great, had linked China to the commerce of the Mediterranean. Tracing the path of this ancient river & highlighting her travels with the vibrant history of 800 years of Roman warfare & the history of this mighty river, Freya Stark ultimately reveals the futility of war, of arbitrary boundaries, & territorial conquest. Rome on the Euphrates, at once travel & history, is one of her most magnificent & highly acclaimed works. ...

Romania in the Pocket Guide series from Berlitz; a collection of handy, pocket-sized guides dedicated to an extensive range of cities, regions & countries worldwide. Written in narrative form, individual guides explore the history, main sights & attractions, food & drink, accommodation & local culture of the destination in detail. Each Berlitz pocket guide has a similar format, with colour-coded sections helping readers locate information quickly in addition to distinctive chapters exploring the city or region. An introduction outlines the destination for visitors & a section dedicated to 'A Brief History' actually explores the area in relative depth. A where to go chapter is organized by region & city & is written in prose form with references to individual sites highlighted in bold for clarity. There are also further suggestions on where & when to eat. Recommendations for leisure activities in the region, including sport, nightlife & shopping, are also provided & tailored accordingly for each destination. Handy travel tips are listed alphabetically in a dedicated section, providing practical guidance & helping visitors make the most of their stay. The main hotels, particularly for cities, are also listed in an accommodation section, offering a brief overview with approximate price bandings & relevant contact details. ...