I agree with the other reviewer - I too had access to a few different guides on my recent trip to Rome and wasn't even sure if I would take the Blue Guide as it looked a little uninpiring with just tons and tons of text - I admit to liking a book with a few nice pictures and easy to use lists of things to see etc. However, this ended up being the book I used most. Rome is such a fascinating place with so much history and meaning and frankly, the other books were pretty useless apart from giving you something to flick through and see what you may be interested in doing (apart from the Eyewitness guide which gives a map of the Sistine Chapel roof- clearly explaining each of the pictures - well worth having). Once you get to any given place, ... Read More:
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I agree with the other reviewer - I too had access to a few different guides on my recent trip to Rome and wasn't even sure if I would take the Blue Guide as it looked a little uninpiring with just tons and tons of text - I admit to liking a book with a few nice pictures and easy to use lists of things to see etc. However, this ended up being the book I used most. Rome is such a fascinating place with so much history and meaning and frankly, the other books were pretty useless apart from giving you something to flick through and see what you may be interested in doing (apart from the Eyewitness guide which gives a map of the Sistine Chapel roof- clearly explaining each of the pictures - well worth having). Once you get to any given place, ... Read More:
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I agree with the other reviewer - I too had access to a few different guides on my recent trip to Rome and wasn't even sure if I would take the Blue Guide as it looked a little uninpiring with just tons and tons of text - I admit to liking a book with a few nice pictures and easy to use lists of things to see etc. However, this ended up being the book I used most. Rome is such a fascinating place with so much history and meaning and frankly, the other books were pretty useless apart from giving you something to flick through and see what you may be interested in doing (apart from the Eyewitness guide which gives a map of the Sistine Chapel roof- clearly explaining each of the pictures - well worth having). Once you get to any given place, ... Read More:
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This book tells you little about beaches or hotels (and nothing about nightclubs), and there is no attempt to pander to the youth/backpacking/middle-American/radical-student/gay/any other market. However, if you want authoritative detail on the sights and history of Greece, it is unmatched - both in scope and in reliability. A work of integrity for the educated and thinking traveller.
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This book tells you little about beaches or hotels (and nothing about nightclubs), and there is no attempt to pander to the youth/backpacking/middle-American/radical-student/gay/any other market. However, if you want authoritative detail on the sights and history of Greece, it is unmatched - both in scope and in reliability. A work of integrity for the educated and thinking traveller.
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