Now in its fourth Italian edition & second German edition, this incomparable guide to Rome is now published in English, in a fully updated & newly illustrated edition. Written by one of Italy`s most distinguished journalists, it combines vivid, engaging description & background with great practicality & comprehensive information. From the foreword ` This book is both for people who have not visited Rome & for those whose efforts to understand it have been frustrated by its sheer complexity. Although good for visits of any length, it is especially helpful for people with only a few days to spend in Rome. Also, this book is for everybody, from the ignoramus to the connoisseur. A short visit does not mean a short guidebook! On the contrary, a guide rich in easily digestible information can make a short stay much more meaningful. This book differs from standard guidebooks in three major ways: You can read large portions before seeing the sights. It is broken into realistically timed, carefully organized itineraries. But you can also customize them according to your own particular needs & length of stay. Sections that aren`t essential are marked as optional & you can skip them without compromising your aim of mastering `basic` Rome. Each Walk has a theme. This helps you appreciate the sights, remember the information, & orient yourself.` At the same time this is probably the most comprehensive reference guide to Rome available, making it ideal for any traveller looking for their own routes around the city. Full indexes, including a biographical dictionary of artists make this information highly accessible, & hundreds of maps & diagrams make orientation foolproof. The book is completed with 32 pages of colour & 150 b/w illustrations ...

Six years after his first, very thorough, revision, John Fort has returned to the task, so that this long-honoured guidebook, regarded by the discerning visitor, since its first publication forty years ago, as the indispensable introduction to the glories of Rome, continues to give an accurate picture of the city`s treasures as they are currently displayed. This latest edition of the ” Guide” is immeasurably enhanced by the replacement of the old street plans with new, clear versions of the itineraries that structure a volume which remains the unrivalled guide to perhaps the most beautiful & historic city in the world. John Fort, who has lived in the city for the past thirty years, walked every step of the routes described so vividly by Georgina Masson, & many more besides. In addition to checking & updating the information she provided so inimitably, he uncovered & describes a wealth of sights which slipped her notice, & accompanies the visitor through all the major museums & galleries as now arranged. The result is a guide to that incomparable array of classical, Renaissance & Baroque masterpieces which will enthral first-time visitors to the Eternal City & also delight the persistent returnee with fresh inspiration & stimulation. ...

The pictures in this stunning volume evoke the magic of Italy's capital city & its environs. A repository of 3, 000 years ...

Rome in the Luxe city guides series, which are slim & small enough to fit easily in a pocket or handbag. Information is distilled from elite suggestions by city residents, specially selected for their style, knowledge & expertise. Luxe guides aim at the upper end of the market & subjectively edit to choose the very best recommendations for shopping, restaurants, leisure options & nightlife. Half day shopping & activity itineraries are suggested for you to mix & match your visit to suit your timetable. When folded close the cardboard guide slots into its own protective plastic frame. Vanity Fair magazine calls them ...

The city of Rome is the largest archaeological site in the world, capital & showcase of the Roman Empire & the centre of Christian Europe. This guide provides: * Coverage of all the important sites in the city from 800 BC to AD 600 & the start of the early middle ages, drawing on the latest discoveries & the best of recent scholarship * Over 220 high-quality maps, site plans, diagrams & photographs * Sites divided into fourteen main areas, with star ratings to help you plan & prioritize your visit: Roman Forum; Upper Via Sacra; Palatine; Imperial Forums; Campus Martius; Capitoline Hill; Circus Flaminius to Circus Maximus; Colosseum & Esquiline hill; Caelian hill & the inner via Appia; Lateran to Porta Maggiore; Viminal hill; Pyramid to Testaccio; the outer via Appia; other outlying sites; Museums & Catacombs. * Introduction offering essential background to the history & culture of ancient Rome, placing the city in the context of the development of the empire, highlighting the nature of Roman achievement, & explaining how Rome came to be the largest city in the ancient world.* Comprehensive glossaries of Rome`s building materials, techniques & building types, a chronological table of kings, emperors, & the early popes, information about opening times, references & suggestions for further reading & a detailed user-friendly index. For this new edition the original text has been extensively revised, adding over 20 more sites & illustrations, the itineraries have been re-organized & expanded to suit the many changes that have taken place in the past decade, & the practical information & references have been fully updated. ...

A guide to Rome designed for those who like to dig deep. The detail of coverage is outstanding: this is an essential resource for getting to know a city whose culture spreads over millennia. Blue Guide Rome is mandatory reading on college study programs. With excellent detailed maps & plans. ...

Street plan of Rome from Hallwag with an enlargement for the city centre, a detailed plan of the Vatican, a road map of the environs including access to the city’s two airports, Castel Gandolfo & Lido di Ostia, plus a metro/railways diagram. The main plan covers the city centre & the surrounding districts, extending west beyond the Vatican, south to include the E.U.R. area, east well beyond the Roma Termini station & the inner motorway ring, & north beyond the Tiber to the Olympic stadium & inner ring road. Metro stations are clearly marked & the plan also shows one way streets, car parks & the central traffic zone. The city centre from the Vatican to the Coliseum is shown in greater detail on an enlargement at 1:10, 000. Street index has lists of useful addresses of tourist information centres, lost property offices, railway stations, etc. Map legend

Includes:: English. Also included is a detailed plan of the Vatican City with a list of 18 of its most famous museums, chapels & buildings. A diagram shows the network of the city’s metro, tram & suburban railway lines. A road map of the environs extends well beyond the GRA outer motorway ring &

Includes:: access to the Leonardo da Vinci & Ciampino airports, Castel Gandolfo & Lido di Ostia.* The same plan, with slightly less wide coverage of the city but with additional tourist features in all available in a handy City Flash format.



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Rome on an indexed street plan at 1:17, 000 from Litografia Artistica Cartografica in their Globalmap imprint, with a large, detailed enlargement at 1:8, 500 of the city’s historic heart. 139 monuments including historic buildings & churches, archaeological remains, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are listed in the index of places of interest, with many of them prominently marked on the plans. Metro lines & stations are clearly marked. Also provided is a large, clear diagram of the city’s metro & regional railway lines, plus a road map at 1:120, 000 showing the area roughly within the motorway ring surrounding the capital. Extensive street index is in a separate 71-page booklet attached to the map cover. Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) are Italy’s leading publishers of street plans with an extensive range of titles. Where appropriate, the plans include an enlargement showing the historic centre in greater detail. On each plan monuments including historic buildings & churches, archaeological sites, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, one way streets are not marked. Street index is on the reverse. ...

Rome & Southern Italy on a double-sided, waterproof & tear-resistant map from ITMB combining on one side an indexed street plan of the Eternal City with on the reverse a road map of Italy south of the capital, including Sicily & Sardinia. On one side is a street plan of Rome at 1:10, 000 covering the city, roughly, west
- east from the Vatican & Villa Doria Pamphilli to the Termini railway station, & north
- south from the Olympic sites to the Portuense district. Metro stops are clearly marked & symbols indicate locations of numerous hotels, perhaps in places drowning the names & symbols for the city’s numerous archaeological & historical sites, churches & other places of interest. For drivers the map indicates main traffic arteries & locations of petrol stations. The plan is indexed & accompanied by a diagram of the metro network. On the reverse is an indexed map of Italy south of Rome at 1:925, 000, with Sardinia included as an inset. The map shows the region’s network of main, secondary & selected local roads, railways & ferry connections. Various places of interest are highlighted & national parks or other protected areas are marked.

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The highly successful Globetrotter Travel Series, which

Includes:: Travel Guides, Travel Maps, Road Atlases,

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