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Rick Steves' Rome 2008
by Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw
from Avalon Travel Publishing

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Rick Steves Rome
  Great book! Just got back from Rome, and got So much use out of it! If you plan on visiting the Vatican and its museums his tips on avoiding the lines really worked! Like sneaking out of the back entrance at the Sistine Chapel into St Peters, the sign said for tour groups only, well no one was going through so we chanced it, and we passed a bunch of security guards and no one stopped us! Also avoiding lines at the colosseum tips worked, we also did some of his tours, they were great, and quite funny! Only... more info

• Spot on...as usual
  I'm an American living in Europe and our family does a lot of traveling. I wouldn't dream of going anywhere without a Rick Steves' travel guide in my bag. I even find myself thinking "what would Rick Steves do in this situation?" I have so many of his books and his information is always accurate in where to go, what to do, even the attitudes of the wait staff at restaurants (Rick Steves' Prague). I do not know how he manages it! What I do know is that I love tapping into his guidebooks. I get so much more... more info

• 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.

• 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... more info

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