The third edition of this guide to the Eternal City, completely revised and updated. Contains extensive information on where to stay and where to visit, as well as a full history of the city.
http://nhw.livejournal.com/998924.html[return][return]good background essays, very good restaurant recommendations, a sensible approach to navigating around the sights. My one complaint is that the maps are not tied to the text awfully well, and actually allowed us to go seriously astray when we looked for the catacombs along the Appian Way.