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The Insider's Guide to Rome by: Nick Wyke List Price: £8.99 City Travel Guides Price: £6.99 You Save: £2.00 (22%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 914 EAN: 9781861057211 ISBN: 1861057210 Label: Robson Books Ltd Manufacturer: Robson Books Ltd Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 224 Publication Date: June 25, 2004 Publisher: Robson Books Ltd Studio: Robson Books Ltd Sales Rank: 116361 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Synopsis: This insightful book allows the visitor to 'upgrade' from tourist to native as it reveals the hidden secrets of a city where the ancient is forever entwined with the modern. As Nick Wyke takes us around the fascinating city of Rome he uncovers sights and treasures that are often overlooked by other holiday guides. He explores its cultural treasures, beautiful gardens, Roman characters, specialist shops and 'amorous' Rome. He provides an in-depth look at Roman cuisine, visiting famous cafes, daily food markets, wine cellars and restaurants, highlighting the best places to enjoy the perfect cup of coffee, ice cream, or Ancient Roman dishes such as stuffed 'doormice' and sparrows. There is also a chapter dedicated to treats to keep the children smiling. This is a companion volume to Kate Muir's bestselling The Insider's Guide to Paris, also published by Robson Books (ISBN 1861051654). Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - An interesting 2nd quide bookLong story short, this is not a guide book, more like an interesting appendix to one. Positives: - An interesting read that gives a real flavour of Rome - Gives you ideas of other things to see Negatives: - No map! So it tells you what to see, but then you have no way of getting there! - Only useful for a longer trip In conclusion great if you're going to Rome for a few days, or just loath being herded around with the rest of the tourists. Either way you're going to have to buy a detailed road map too. Rating: - Useful companion to conventional guides.This is the extra book describing some curious and less well visited parts of Rome. 'Extra' as you will still need a good street map and conventional guidebook for the main sights and the Insider's Guide is solely chapters of text with very basic address details. It is not therefore a book for the lazy traveller. However, with some effort and luck you will at least experience a sense of achievement when finding one of the little gems that Nick Wyke has recommended. Given the choice, I would have preferred at least a few local maps rather than rely on the reader's initiative alone! Regarding one of Nick's recommendations, Babbington's Tea Rooms, note that the prices here are not for the faint hearted, far better to adopt the Italian taste for ... Read More: Rating:  - Gems not seen on the overtrodden tourist trackI ended up reading most of this book just as I was ending my first visit to Rome but I'm already looking forward to my next visit there. I wish I had known about Babington's Tea Rooms (near the Spanish Steps), where one can get a good cup of tea (by British and maybe Irish standards) as my contact in Rome advised that it is next to impossible to get this. Similar to another reviewer, I passed the aqueduct on my way to Rome from Albano Laziale without realising its significance. A visit to the Cat Sanctuary will be on my "To Visit" list for the next trip too. I enjoyed the section on the Vatican too because the author treated the subject matter in a sympathetic manner and gave a good account of the world's smallest state from its early days to ... Read More: Rating: - This book saved the day!We were leaving Rome at the end of a very good week, and got to Ciampino airport to find Ryanair having a bad air day, and the 1000 flight delayed to 1500. If it hadn't been for the Insiders' Guide we wouldn't have known that Rome's best preserved ancient acqueducts were close to the Ciampino end of the metro line. (They weren't mentioned in the Michelin or Dorling Kindersley guidebooks) We checked in our luggage and set off back to the metro for a delightful hour poking around these amazing ruins. Thank you Nick Wyke! Rating: - Knowing Rome Inside OutI was delighted to find this gem of a book amongst the guide books to Rome in my local bookshop. The author (Nick Wyke) has managed to make the book both readable and useful. Its style is very different from the average 'guide book' (and in this sense the book could also be described as 'travel literature') - Mr Wyke takes you on a very personal journey around Rome - and brings alive the sights and sounds of this amazing city. I would recommend this book to anyone travelling to Rome - whether for the first or the fiftieth time. |
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