[.ca] National Geographic Traveler: Rome (ISBN 0792275667)

Rome: I feel like I'm There Already:
Unable to locate a Michelin Green Guide of Rome at my local bookstore, I opted for the National Geographic Traveler Guide of Rome instead. Being a long time fan of the magazine, I felt it was a good bet. I was thoroughly delighted with what I found in its pages: beautiful photographs, of course, along with wonderfully concise history and details for everything I wanted to visit and more. I am mainly interested in the art and architecture of Rome, and this guide does not disappoint. My friend, who was born and raised in Italy, living in Rome for over eight years, was equally impressed. He found several new discoveries for himself. There are many clear maps, as well as a practical section called Travelwise, rating hotels and restaurants and providing informative advice for transportation, shopping and entertainment. Although my primary purpose for buying a guide was to have enough information to be able to choose what to fit into a visit of only a few days, I found this guide to be so well written and put together that I will keep and reread it in years to come.

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC travel book very similar to travel shows:
your typical travel guidebook (a little on the heavy side) with the most detail oriented information at your disposal. good for the plane ride over to italy, it's full of information about everything you wanted to know about rome, starting with history and culture. the guidebook is not very practical for pulling out of your sack especially if your burdened with cameras and other heavy travel items. the book is very very very informative and true to national geographic, chock full of beautiful pictures! this guidebook offers a series of walking tours with national geographic as your guide; extremely useful if you have the time to walk and read as you go! while travelling i found it a little difficult to find the maps when i needed them (during those vacation rush periods). this book is useful for reference; with every point of interest explained thoroughly.

Extremely Helpful ~ Great Buy:
I am very picky with my travel guides and I think this was the best purchase I ever made. I expected the beautiful pictures; however, the content was also amazing. I personally prefer more than a 4 line blurb about an attraction and in this book, I found there were amazing detailed descriptions for each place I visited to identify the history, important characteristics and must see items. The maps were very helpful while navigating each district and the recommendations were well suited.