Great guide, but beware of it's success

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	• Rick Steves' Rome 2008 (Rick Steves) Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw Avalon Travel Publishing, 2007 - 376 pages average customer review:based on 11 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The best guide book

We have been to Rome twice and this is by far the best guide book. It has the latest information and contains everything you need. He gives you information you want and tells you things you wouldn't think to think of. I especially like the step by step instructions on how to get from place to place and the history behind it all. And he's funny!

Great guide, but beware of it's success

This book was tremendously helpful during a May 2008 trip to Rome. It wasn't perfect but provided lots of good travel information.

The good:
- Covers most of the popular sites, and goes into the more detail for the important sites.
- Ranks each site with a level of importance/significance - this is very useful when deciding what sites are worthwhile and/or important. I agree with most site rankings.

The bad:
- Many prices are incorrect (add 1-2 euros to many museum and ticket prices).
- Some time information is incorrect (double check via phone if you are on or near holidays, weekends, or beginning/end of day).
- Overview maps (b/w hand drawn appearance) lack street level detail making them difficult to use for navigation.
- Street maps (color, in front of book) also lack sufficient street level detail. You may need a more detailed map from your hotel to navigate the complex city streets.

The worst problem with the 2008 edition may be its success. Every restaurant (and also the hotels) were mobbed by people with a Rick Steves guide. I've never seen so many people with the same book all trying to go to the same place. It kind of spoiled some of the magic since we were often surrounded by American travelers and not the eclectic mix of people you would expect on such a trip.

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Helpful, practical, and fun!

Used this guide, in addition to the DK Eyewitness Guide, on a trip to Rome earlier this month. I found this to be very practical in it's advice and recommendations. I agree with a previous reviewer who said Rick Steves' advice was spot-on. Following his suggestions to avoid ticket lines saved us time and money! His self-guided walking tours were really fun and we found ourselves enjoying, not rushing, each place we visited. We especially enjoyed the Jewish Ghetto walking tour (not found in other guide books!) and the Ostia Antica tour. The maps included in this book are o.k., but I would recommend picking up a more detailed map locally in Rome. Would definitely use a Rick Steves guidebook again!

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Great Book

Rick Steves' books are always amazing. Detailed, yet easy to read. His humor comes out and he is bluntly honest with you about what's worth it and what's not.

Rick Steve's Rome 2008

I feel this book is a "must" for anyone visiting Rome. Very helpful with sights to see, what needs reservations and when you should take a tour to avoid long lines. His suggestions were very helpful during our first visit over seas. I had forgotten the one suggestion about at cafes order at the counter and don't order from a table. It cost us 23 Euros for 2 small dishes of gelato and a light coke when it would have cost us 11 Euros if we had stood at the counter. His suggestions for the different passes you can purchase for sites to visit along with transportation forms saves you both money and time waiting in lines.

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Who but Rick Steves can tell travelers the best ways to see St. Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, and the Colosseum? With Rick Steves? Rome 2008, travelers can experience the best of everything Rome has to offer ? economically and hassle-free. Completely revised and updated, this guide includes opinionated coverage of both famous and lesser-known sights, friendly places to eat and sleep, suggested day plans, walking tours and trip itineraries, and clear instructions for smooth travel anywhere by car, train, or foot. America?s number one authority on travel to Europe, Steves' 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.

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