Top 10 Rome (Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guides) |  | Authors: Reid Bramblett, Jeffrey Kennedy
Publisher: DK Travel
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/Map Re
Pages: 192
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Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 4 x 0.6
ISBN: 0756660769
Dewey Decimal Number: 914.56320493
EAN: 9780756660765
ASIN: 0756660769
Publication Date: February 15, 2010
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Product Description
Drawing on the same standards of accuracy as the acclaimed DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, each book in DK's Top 10 series uses evocative color photography, excellent cartography, and up-to-date travel content to create a reliable and useful pocket-sized travel guide.
Dozens of Top 10 lists provide vital information on each destination, as well as insider tips, from uncovering a city's most memorable sights to finding the best restaurants and hotels in each neighborhood. And to save you time and money, there's even a Top 10 list of Things to Avoid.
Each Top 10 contains a pull-out map and guide that includes fold-out maps of city metro systems, useful phone numbers, and 60 great ideas on how to spend your day.
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A bargain at thrice the price May 13, 2008
A. Smith (Birmingham, AL)
27 out of 27 found this review helpful
I've read numerous travel guides, most of which I've dragged with me throughout the duration of my trips (often times, two or three books and various website printouts and lists). These have included the Lonely Planet, Fodor's and Rough Guide books. All are decent, but tend to be long and tedious to thumb through quickly.
But when you factor in size, weight, cost, and coverage, I don't think you can beat the Top 10 series. They are ideal for a few days' stay, but might be a bit lacking if you're in a particular city for a week or more. It has been all we've needed for the basis of our Rome and Venice trip planning. The hotel recommendations are a bit outdated and bare-bones, but there's always TripAdvisor and Venere for more up-to-date and detailed info. The maps are also outstanding--they've made my StreetWise maps basically obsolete (for comparison, StreetWise maps cost almost as much as this book).
Detractors may quickly scoff at the whole idea of boiling everything down to "just a top 10", but keep in mind that there are numerous "top 10 lists" throughout the book, covering many categories. The idea here is to give tourists--especially first-timers--an overview of the major sights and to provide them a basis for which to explore further, based on specific interests. Used as such, I don't think you'll find a better travel guide.
Top 10 Rome November 17, 2008
Joseph Calusio (Ruidoso, NM)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Excellent book , expecially for us travelers with too little time to do a thorough search of information on this famous city. The text is organized so that you can easily pick and choose topics of interest such as the 10 best museums. Photos and illustrations add to the ease in understanding the text as do the directions and phone numbers included for many sites and locations. Our experience reading the book combined with a few internet searches made us feel like experienced tourists even before we left for our trip. Our only tip after visiting is to come prepared and bring along your book since you cannot expect much help and/or directions after you arrive as everyone else seems to be in a hurry or just uninterested in your dilema.
Eyewitness Travel Guide Rome January 21, 2010
Bill A. Belt (Dallas, Texas)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
We have traveeld to Rome three times now and found this travel guide to be the most informative. The material is well organized and most of all well written. The quailty of the paper and quailty of the pictures cannot be beat. Even after a long trip the book still holds togather with no loose pages like we have expierenced in other travel guides. Don't expect to get a lot of hotel and restaurant information in these guide as it's all about the sites. We never leave home without an Eyewitness Guide.
A great pocket reference for Rome February 23, 2010
N. Hawkins (Chicago)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm of the theory that you're best served with two travel books - a pocket sized, quick reference book and a larger, more indepth book. The pocket sized book is the one that fits into a cargo pants pocket or a jacket pocket.
I got back from a trip to Rome and while everyone had their tomes from Lonely Planet or Fodor's out at dinner, the DK Top Ten Rome book was the one that was taken from my hands and passed around. The foldout map helps a lot and as a result, I was the navigator as we walked the streets of Rome.
If you have an infinite amount of time to see everything in Rome, then you'll need a great book to cover everything. If you're doing a multi-city Italian tour and only have a few days in Rome, it's good to have a book like this to keep as a quick reference guide.
a great way to skim through the highlights March 23, 2009
cchocolate (San Jose, CA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
i bought this booklet in addition to the rick steves guide book. i was relying on rick steves for the touring and sightseeing, but i like this one for its compactness and beautiful pictures. i kept it pristine, so after our trip, we kept it as a travel memorabilia.
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