My husband and I have had, along with friends, four month-long trips to Italy in the last ten years. In the spring of ’97 and in the fall of ’99, we designed our trips around Italy for the Gourmet Traveller.I had readthe book cover to cover when first purchased and couldn’t wait to use it. [...]
I went to Rome with three guidebooks and this map.It was this map that was the most useful tool for negotiating the city.It iscompact, yet very comprehensive, accurate and well marked.It was easy to find landmarks, tourist sites, piazzas, metro stops, etc., as well as even the tiniest streets in Rome.A big plus is the [...]
Do not go to Rome without this book! I read this book before going and was able to get an idea of what Rome was about, but when I arrived, this book did not leave my hands! This guide divides Rome into sections.We set outagenda according to sections in the book. The street-by-street map wasinvaluable [...]
I am a fan of Frances Mayes first book, “Under the Tuscan Sun” and thought I would really enjoy this book, but I was rather disappointed and had a lot of mixed feelings about it. The things I liked about her writing style is that she sometimes writes with a kind of flourish, lyrical and [...]
We have used Rick Steves’ travel guides in France, Spain and Central Europe and have found them to be very, very helpful. While it is true that Rick Steves’ Italy 2010 doesn’t cover the extreme southern part of Italy or Sicily, it covers the areas that we plan to visit, and in that respect, I [...]
Recently spent a week in Rome with the family. My 12th trip, the family’s first. We took Rick’s book and DK Eyewitness Travel Rome. Rick’s book is a great book. Lots of detail and a clear picture of some out of the way places in Rome. Rick has a good eye and his research is [...]