Rome on a waterproof & tear-resistant, indexed map from Touring Club Italiano, combining two street plans of the city with a road map of its environs. Clear, elegant cartography & subtle colouring make TCI plans particularly easy to read. On one half of the sheet is a more general plan of the city with its outer districts at 1:12, 000, as indicated on our area image. Main traffic arteries are highlighted & metro stations are marked. Various public buildings, churches, etc, are highlighted & named. Unusually for street plans, outside the built-up areas, e.g. in the Villa Doria Pamphilj, the map is contoured to show the topography. The remaining part of the sheet is split between a detailed enlargement of the city ...

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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Rome in the Countries, Regions & Cities series from Rough Guides; comprehensively detailed guidebooks specifically designed for independent travellers & serving a range of worldwide destinations. Widely recognised for their free editorial style, Rough Guide authors are allowed to express their personal opinions on a range of subjects. Although sometimes controversial, this editorial stance allows readers to experience more detailed & personal takes on each destination, a feature often more limited in other guidebooks. Cultural & historical nuances are explored in significant depth throughout the text & descriptions on the ambience of individual settings alongside personal recommendations, particularly in cities, are notably prevalent. Each Rough Guide in the Countries, Regions & Cities series has a similar layout. A ...

For almost a thousand years, Rome held sway as the spiritual & artistic centre of the world. Hughes vividly recreates the ancient Rome of Julius Caesar, Marcus Aurelius, Nero, Caligula, Cicero, Martial & Virgil. With the artistic blossoming of the Renaissance, he casts his unwavering critical eye over the great works of Raphael, Michelangelo & Brunelleschi, shedding new light on the Old Masters. In the seventeenth, eighteenth & nineteenth centuries, when Rome`s cultural predominance was assured, artists & tourists from all over Europe converged on the city. Hughes brilliantly analyses the defining works of Caravaggio, Velasquez, Rubens & Bernini. Hughes` Rome is a vibrant, contradictory, spectacular & secretive place; a monument both to human glory & human error. In equal parts loving, iconoclastic, enraged & wise, peopled with colourful figures & rich in unexpected details, ROME is an exhilarating journey through the story of one of the world`s most glorious cities. ...

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 ...

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. ...

The Rough Guide to Rome is the ultimate travel guide to this fascinating city, with detailed coverage of all the major sights, including some only recently opened to the public, such as the Stadium of Domitian, the Domus Aurea (Rome`s most magnificent ancient building) & Mussolini`s bunker at Villa Torlonia. Get the most out of Rome with information on everything from its world-class museums & iconic ancient monuments to quirkier sights & lesser-known corners
- & the best places for ice cream. Find detailed practical advice on what to see & do in Rome, relying on up-to-date descriptions of the best hotels, bars, clubs, shops & restaurants for all budgets. With clear maps, an Italian language section to help you negotiate your way around, helpful itineraries & suggested day trips, plus expert background on everything from the Sistine Chapel`s frescoes to tucking into cucina Romana, The Rough Guide to Rome is all you need for the perfect trip. Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to Rome.
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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. ...