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 enlarge | Authors: Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw
Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 34522
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2008
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Pages: 376
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Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 4.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 1566918669
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9781566918664
ASIN: 1566918669
Publication Date: August 28, 2007
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 Helpful, practical, and fun! May 20, 2008
Used this guide, in addition to the DK Eyewitness Guide, on a trip to Rome earlier this month. I found this to be very practical in it's advice and recommendations. I agree with a previous reviewer who said Rick Steves' advice was spot-on. Following his suggestions to avoid ticket lines saved us time and money! His self-guided walking tours were really fun and we found ourselves enjoying, not rushing, each place we visited. We especially enjoyed the Jewish Ghetto walking tour (not found in other guide books!) and the Ostia Antica tour. The maps included in this book are o.k., but I would recommend picking up a more detailed map locally in Rome. Would definitely use a Rick Steves guidebook again!
 Rick Steve's Rome 2008 May 15, 2008
I feel this book is a "must" for anyone visiting Rome. Very helpful with sights to see, what needs reservations and when you should take a tour to avoid long lines. His suggestions were very helpful during our first visit over seas. I had forgotten the one suggestion about at cafes order at the counter and don't order from a table. It cost us 23 Euros for 2 small dishes of gelato and a light coke when it would have cost us 11 Euros if we had stood at the counter. His suggestions for the different passes you can purchase for sites to visit along with transportation forms saves you both money and time waiting in lines.
Don't go to Rome without it! May 8, 2008
We used this book to plan our hotels, and sightseeing. And once in Rome we used it as a tour guide at some sights and a dining recommendation. The dining recommendations were spot on, with one exception one of the places we wanted to try was closed. Rick Steves picks places that are affordable and good. We tried a random place in Rome and we were not pleased, so everywhere we ate, we ate a place recommended by him.
The guides for the museum were excellent. He also provides audioguides and videos for many sights on iTunes as podcasts.
Rick Steves' Rome May 4, 2008
This book is a very good tour book. I will be going to Rome on a budget and have booked reservations from his suggestions. The tour information is very thourgh. I was so impressed that I have downloaded the audio tours from his website [...] to an MP3 and they are also excellent.
 Very good on practicalities, meagre on culture and history April 13, 2008
6 out of 12 found this review helpful
The title of this review practically says it all: Rick Steves' guide is an excellent aid in finding about the opening hours, cost of tickets, locations of bathrooms and similar important things. On the other hand, its historical and cultural content is anecdotal and sketchy, and must be complemented by more serious publications, such as the Blue Guide, the Rough Guide, or the immortal "Companion Guide to Rome" by Georgina Masson. Steves' uncritical repetition of many canards about the Church and the Inquisition is quite jejune, just like his equally partisan pro-Jewish comments. Nevertheless, this book has definite practical merits and should be consulted by all future visitors to Rome.
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