Rome

by Michael Brouse

Take a tour of Rome guided by National Geographic -- for generations synonymous with the thrill of discovery and exploration. Featured sites include both famous and lesser known places, selected to help you experience the city in a fresh and exciting way. * In-depth site descriptions and background information
* Insightful features on history, culture, and contemporary life
* More than 160 vivid color photographs
* 21 detailed, full-color maps
* Mapped walking tours
* Specially commissioned artwork
* Clear, easy-to-use design
* Complete visitor information plus hotels, restaurants, shopping, and entertainment

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction

272 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2004

Reviews

[Barahir Gray]

Страхотни грешки и като фактология и като снимки! Но като цяло са уловили духа.

[Lenabean77]

I really liked the way this travel guide was laid out. It was my first Nat Geo travel guide. The brief history in each section was also interesting.

[Bob H]

As someone who has planned for years to visit Rome, has learned the language, and looked at numerous travel guides, I must say that this is perhaps the best one I’ve seen so far. It’s succinct, portable, laid out in a logical and user-friendly way, and practical. Most of the book is devoted to the city’s neighborhoods, chapter by chapter (with color-coded tabs) with an eye to walkability. Amongst these pages are separate essays on amenities and background (blue pages) and suggested walking tours (green pages).

The book is well and attractively illustrated, with full-color photos, sketches and plans of major buildings, and – invaluably – plenty of street maps, easy to read and reasonably detailed. The rear cover includes a full schematic of Rome’s tram, subway and suburban rail systems.

The book mainly focuses on the city but has a couple chapters on excursions outside the walls: the larger city and attractions in the nearby region (the Alban Hills, Tivoli, Ostia). And it has a full and up-to-date appendix on the city’s hotels, restaurants, shopping, public transportation, as well as tips on visa requirements, practical attire and seasonal climates. The book isn’t as comprehensive as, say, the Companion Guide to Rome but it’s a good overall guide, practical, and, if you pack it with you, portable, thanks to its size and layout.

Highly recommend to anybody even thinking of a trip to Rome. Indispensable if you’re planning a trip – and to have in hand when you’re there.

[Adi (Reading in the Windowseat)]

I just LOVE National Geographic - for me, they set the standard for presenting non-fiction: be it on paper or on video, the information is always attractive, catchy and interesting to discover.

As always, this read beautifully. I'm giving it four stars for the simple reason that I read Paris and London from the same Guide series, and they were both more exhaustive and better written. In the Rome Guide I found several small mistakes and repetitions which bugged me, but they were very small - I probably noticed only because recently I took a class in stylistic mistakes and editing at university.

I'm definetely taking this on my trip - the maps and chapterisations are invaluable, as I know from experience, and I'm going to stick to this series; when it comes to travel guides, there are no better.

[Xfi]

Las guías de Nacional Geographic son, para bien o para mal en función de lo que busques, diferentes al resto. No se limitan a soltar tópicos y proponer rutas y visitas y decir continuamente lo impresionante que es el sitio que vas a visitar.
Añaden cierto contexto histórico, cuentan anécdotas y te previenen sobre algunos aspectos.
Si lo que buscas es una guía sencilla con informaciones prácticas esta se te hará demasiado grande y con mucha literatura. Si por el contrario quieres darte un barniz de cultura e información del sitio al que vas y no ver las cosas porque sí esta es tu guía.
En este caso la información de Roma es completa, actual y en lo que respecta a las obras de arte, te dice donde debes mirar. Cosa que no es tan obvia siempre....(en las iglesias de Roma es mejor siempre mirar hacia arriba..es donde están los mejores tesoros)

[Brenda]

Great book with a lots of wonderful information. Used it a lot to plan my trip there.

[Angela]

Suggests many websites to review areas of interest in depth