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. ...

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

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The highly successful Globetrotter Travel Series, which

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

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Street plan of the city published in Falk's special folding system, designed to show only a small section of the map at one time. The whole map can be opened but it will be cut in several places & difficult to re-fold. Many find these street plans very user-friendly & easier to handle than conventional maps. The plan uses a special projection, with the map scale becoming progressively less detailed as one moves away from the city centre. The scale at any given point on the map is shown by a 1km grid. The plan, which

Includes:: outer suburbs, shows one-way streets in central Rome & public transport in the city. Additional maps shows the Lake Albano area (Castel Gandolfo, Marino, Albano & Ariccia), Fiumicino area with the Leonardo da Vinci airport, Lido di Ostia, & Tivoli/ Villa Adriana area. An enlargement shows the city centre at 1:8, 000. Street index has lists of places of interest. Map legend

Includes:: English.



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