The guide book provided a fantastic experience navigating us through the Forum and the Palatine.

Plenty of info on all the areas of the city, the transport system and a handy map section at the back.

I've taken it on my last three visits to Rome and it never disappoints.

On the down side, we didn't have much luck with the featured restaurants.

Please note : Don't buy this guidebook if you want glossy photos. There are only maps, plans and drawings.


Lost in Rome   January 31, 2006
 17 out of 18 found this review helpful

This was the most disappointing guide book I've ever used. I've just returned from Rome and have spent a long weekend cursing this book! The maps were next to useless (thank God for the freebie map I was given in the hotel). It is incredibly frustrating to try and find somewhere that has been recommended in the book only to find that it either isn't marked on the book's maps or worse is beyond the area covered by the maps! Why tantalise the reader with the promise of something good only to deny them the means of finding it? We stopped trying out the recommended restaurants in this book after two disasters. This book is going to be recycled very fast in this household!


A Must Have   April 15, 2005
 25 out of 29 found this review helpful

Just back from 3 days in Rome and it would not have been the same without the Rough Guide. What a source of information. From the history of Rome to the maps to the individual descriptions of each place of interest, it never left my side!! Thoroughly recommended.


Excellent Guide   December 7, 2003
 31 out of 31 found this review helpful

I've just got back from Rome, and this book was my guide the whole time I was there.

It has enough information within it, to ensure you know the important aspects of the many historical sites. It also has great listings on eating out, and where to stay, and lots of snippets of information that will come in handy. This guide stayed in my ruck sack the whole time I was there (I enhanced the maps at the back of the guide by purchasing a Lonely Planet laminated fold away map - great when it starts to rain).

As for Rome itself, what a beautiful place, I stood in the colleseum on an upper level directly opposite where gladiators would have made their first entrance into the arena, at the start of the many games held there, and read the section from the book to my friend, and a few others were listening in and we all started to talk about what the book has said...so yes, it is worth the purchase, and I would strongly recommend it as a guide.