Fodor's Pocket Rome, 3rd Edition: What to See and Do If You Can't Stay Long - Softcover

Fodor's

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679000550 ISBN 13: 9780679000556

Publisher: Fodor's, 1998

Synopsis

Pocket Guides are designed for leisure and business travelers who want the highlights of a
destination.  They contain full, rich descriptions of the best a destination has to offer -- the most
worthy sights, the best restaurants and lodging in all price ranges, plus shopping, nightlife, and
outdoors highlights.




The Best of Rome -- with all the essentials

Neighborhood walks to ancient Rome's architectual wonders, romantic gardens,
Renaissance palazzos, bustling plazas, and the Vatican

Where to find high fashion, fine leather goods, and handicrafts, plus the most colorful
food markets

The arts scene - museums, opera, concerts, and festivals

Day trips to Ostia Antica, Tivoli, historic hillside towns

15 pages of maps locating sights, dining, lodging,the Metro, and outlying towns






Where to stay and eat, no matter what your budget

Grand hotels with sweeping views, converted mansions tucked between piazzas,
charming pensioni

Ristoranti, chic trattorie, osterie, and more





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About this title

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The Eternal City



However you arrive in Rome, by autostrada, or train or plane, you can tell by the traffic that
you are entering a grand nexus: All paths lead to Rome.  
More than Florence, more than Venice, Rome is Italy's treasure trove. Packed as it is with
masterpieces from more than two millennia of artistic achievement -- for this is where Republican
Rome once bustled around the extravagant buildings of the Roman Forum, centuries later Michelangelo
Buonarroti painted the ceiling in the Cappella Sistina, and in modern tines, Federico Fellini filmed
La Dolce Vita and 8-1/2 at Cinecittá Studios.



Ancient Romans, Vandals, Popes and the Borgias, Michelangelo and Gianlorenzo Bernini, Napoléon and
Mussolini all left their physical and spiritual marks on the city.  Today Rome's formidable legacy is
upheld by its people, history knit into the fabric of their everyday life.  Modern Rome has one foot
in the past, one in the present -- a delightful stance that allows you to have an espresso in a
square designed by Bernini, then take the Metro back to your hotel room in a renovated Renaissance
palace.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fodor's
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679000550
• ISBN 13: 9780679000556
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 140