Frommer's Rome (Frommer's Complete Guides)

FROMMER\'S ROME, 20TH  EDITION......Page 3
CONTENTS......Page 5
LIST OF MAPS......Page 8
ABOUT THE AUTHORS......Page 9
FROMMER’S FAVORITE ROME EXPERIENCES......Page 13
THE BEST MUSEUMS......Page 17
THE BEST CATHEDRALS & CHURCHES......Page 18
THE BEST RUINS......Page 19
BEST HOTEL BETS......Page 21
BEST DINING BETS......Page 23
CHAPTER 2: ROME IN DEPTH......Page 26
ROME TODAY......Page 27
LOOKING BACK AT ROME......Page 29
ROME’S ART & ARCHITECTURE......Page 39
LITERATURE: THE CLASSICS & BEYOND......Page 45
THE ROMANS: FROM MYTH TO LANGUAGE......Page 48
ROME IN POPULAR CULTURE: BOOKS, FILM & MUSIC......Page 51
EATING & DRINKING IN ROME......Page 55
WHEN TO GO......Page 57
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS......Page 59
GETTING THERE & GETTING AROUND......Page 61
MONEY......Page 68
HEALTH......Page 71
SPECIALIZED TRAVEL RESOURCES......Page 72
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM......Page 74
SPECIAL INTEREST TRIPS & ESCORTED GENERAL INTEREST TOURS......Page 76
STAYING CONNECTED......Page 78
TIPS ON ACCOMMODATIONS......Page 80
CHAPTER 4: SUGGESTED ITINERARIES......Page 82
CHAPTER 5: WHERE TO STAY IN ROME......Page 98
NEAR STAZIONE TERMINI......Page 99
NEAR VIA VENETO & PIAZZA BARBERINI......Page 105
NEAR ANCIENT ROME......Page 108
NEAR CAMPO DE’ FIORI......Page 110
NEAR PIAZZA NAVONA & THE PANTHEON......Page 112
NEAR PIAZZA DEL POPOLO & THE SPANISH STEPS......Page 114
NEAR THE VATICAN......Page 121
IN PARIOLI......Page 125
IN TORLONIA......Page 126
AT THE AIRPORT......Page 127
CHAPTER 6: WHERE TO DINE IN ROME......Page 128
NEAR STAZIONE TERMINI......Page 130
NEAR VIA VENETO & PIAZZA BARBERINI......Page 133
NEAR CAMPO DE’ FIORI & THE JEWISH GHETTO......Page 135
NEAR PIAZZA NAVONA & THE PANTHEON......Page 138
NEAR PIAZZA DEL POPOLO & THE SPANISH STEPS......Page 144
NEAR ANCIENT ROME......Page 149
NEAR THE VATICAN......Page 151
IN TRASTEVERE......Page 153
IN VILLA BORGHESE......Page 156
IN PARIOLI......Page 157
IN MONTASACRO......Page 158
ST. PETER’S & THE VATICAN......Page 159
THE COLOSSEUM, THE ROMAN FORUM & HIGHLIGHTS OF ANCIENT ROME......Page 170
THE PANTHEON & ATTRACTIONS NEAR PIAZZA NAVONA & CAMPO DE’ FIORI......Page 181
THE SPANISH STEPS, THE TREVI FOUNTAIN & NEARBY ATTRACTIONS......Page 187
IN THE VILLA BORGHESE......Page 191
THE APPIAN WAY & THE CATACOMBS......Page 193
MORE ATTRACTIONS......Page 194
THE GARDENS OF ROME......Page 202
ORGANIZED TOURS......Page 203
WALKING TOUR 1: ROME OF THE CAESARS......Page 205
WALKING TOUR 2: THE HEART OF ROME......Page 216
WALKING TOUR 3: RENAISSANCE ROME......Page 223
WALKING TOUR 4: TRASTEVERE......Page 231
THE SHOPPING SCENE......Page 237
SHOPPING A TO Z......Page 238
THE PERFORMING ARTS......Page 250
THE CLUB & MUSIC SCENE......Page 251
THE CAFE & BAR SCENE......Page 253
TIVOLI & THE VILLAS......Page 258
PALESTRINA......Page 261
THE CASTELLI ROMANI......Page 262
OSTIA......Page 265
FREGENE......Page 266
ETRUSCAN HISTORICAL SIGHTS......Page 267
VITERBO......Page 268
CHAPTER 12: FAST FACTS ROME......Page 270
BASIC VOCABULARY......Page 275
ITALIAN MENU TERMS......Page 277
INDEX......Page 281
RESTAURANTS INDEX......Page 289