Rick Steves' Rome

Home to magnificent art, popes and emperors, astounding architecture, and plentiful fountains, Rome truly is the Eternal City, and travellers in the know are eternally grateful for all the useful information packed into Rick Steves' Rome 2005. Join Rick Steves, authority on travel to Europe, as he tells travellers what the real deal is, so there's less left to guessing and more time spent enjoying the journey. Completely revised and updated, Rick's time-tested recommendations for safe and enjoyable travel in Europe have been used by millions of Americans in search of their own unique European travel experience. Rick's travel tips in Rome include: planning ahead to avoid the long lines waiting to see the art in the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel; finding the best hidden pensione to stay in near all the action; avoiding pickpockets; walking tours of the Palatine; meeting Romans in their inviting neighbourhoods, and more. Packed with advice to save money on eating and sleeping, smart packing, how to be a traveller, not a tourist, and finding and enjoying those "back door" places, Rick Steves' Rome 2005 is an essential item on any traveller to Italy's checklist