Lonely Planet Rome (City Guide) (City Travel Guide)
and over one million other books are available for Amazon Kindle .
Learn more
| |||||||||||||||
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. |
|
There is a newer edition of this item:
|
Product details
|
More About the Authors
Discover books, learn about writers, and more.
Product Description
Product Description
This is the most comprehensive book on Rome on the market. It features excursions to Cerverteri, Viterbo, Orveito, Lake Bolsena, Perugia, L'Aquila, Tivoli, Castelli Romani, Sperlonga and Sabaudia. Insider knowledge gives travellers an insight into the zeigeist of the city with all its contemporary architecture projects and summer festivals. This title focuses on well-priced hotels and dining gives travellers the best value for money.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
21 of 23 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I paid half the cover-price; a fair reflection of its value. The guide is okay, marred by the frustrating lack of information concerning the location of points of interest. Fiddly cross-referencing is required; in order to find, say, the location of a cafe in the 'Food' section, the reader has to flick back a hundred pages to a map key for that area, then find the name of the place and the map number and exact co-ordinates, then turn back a further page and find the place based on those details. Why can't the relevant site have a map number and reference next to it in the main body of the text? We spent a long time standing around on street corners flicking from one part of the book to another looking for this kind of information. Lazy copy-editing.
Handy little pull-out map at the back, but not as robust or user-friendly as that in the Footprint guide.
Reasonably well-illustrated, but not as well as the Dorling Kindersley guides
Fair amount of cultural/historical detail, but pales in comparison with the Blue Guide.
Up-to-date, modern and relvent, but less so than Time Out.
Not as user-friendly as the Rough Guide, nor as cool as the Wallpaper series.
In conclusion, this book - and all of the Lonely Planet series - does what it should reasonably well; but LP's old Unique Selling Point, aiming itself at the budget-minded independent traveller, has long gone. What's left is a diluted version, which, in trying to be all things to all people, doesn't quite reach any of them.
Handy little pull-out map at the back, but not as robust or user-friendly as that in the Footprint guide.
Reasonably well-illustrated, but not as well as the Dorling Kindersley guides
Fair amount of cultural/historical detail, but pales in comparison with the Blue Guide.
Up-to-date, modern and relvent, but less so than Time Out.
Not as user-friendly as the Rough Guide, nor as cool as the Wallpaper series.
In conclusion, this book - and all of the Lonely Planet series - does what it should reasonably well; but LP's old Unique Selling Point, aiming itself at the budget-minded independent traveller, has long gone. What's left is a diluted version, which, in trying to be all things to all people, doesn't quite reach any of them.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was a really good book to have to hand when we went to Rome a few weeks ago. We were only there for two days so wanted to see as much as we could and learn about it as much as we could within the time - this book helped us do that and I can highly recommend it. The only problem with it, as with a lot of Lonely Planet books is that it's quite heavy when you are lugging it around in your hand bag all day. However, it probably wouldnt be as good as it is if it wasn't as big. Not very many pictures in it either.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a perfect guide. It was my first time in Rome and thanks to this guide, it was very enjoyable. It includes great recommendations and maps, and it was very easy to read.
I also have the New York guide from Lonely Planet and I am convinced that you can't go wrong with Lonely Planet guides.
I really liked the way this book is separated into chapters about neighbourhoods; this makes planning the day and finding information very easy. Definitely recommended.
I also have the New York guide from Lonely Planet and I am convinced that you can't go wrong with Lonely Planet guides.
I really liked the way this book is separated into chapters about neighbourhoods; this makes planning the day and finding information very easy. Definitely recommended.
Would you like to see more reviews about this item?
Were these reviews helpful?
Let us know
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Rome Guide
We visited Rome this month, (Sept 2011), and used the guide extensively, finding the map very easy to follow and the detailed descriptions of the various sites and their history... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Rory
Great way to discover Rome
Great way to discover Rome! The book gives background information about every historical building or event. Read more
Published 10 months ago by lr
What happenned to the old LP ?
some bad reviews about Lonely Planet due to having to go to different chapters to find what you need. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mr. F. Rodriguez
Adequate
I bought the guide book for a 4-day city trip to Rome. I usually buy the Lonely planet for every (distant) trip I take. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Akil Komur
A reliable travel companion
For our preparation for a trip to Rome, as well as a reliable guide during our one week's stay there we always found answers and good advice in this handy and easy to use travel... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Hans R. Bichsel
moderate
Moderate, adequate, sort of ok, really quite usefull, but then I'm not a young backpacker. I didnt find this an inspiring guidebook, not like some gloriously ott ones you find, but... Read more
Published 17 months ago by Fiona Cameron
Listmania!
|
|
Look for similar items by category
Look for similar items by subject
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
