Rick Steves' 2003 Rome

by Steves, Rick; Openshaw, Gene

• ISBN13: 9781566914574
• ISBN10: 1566914574
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-01
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Pub

Summary

With the most current information, this edition features what travelers want to see--the best museums, St. Peter's, the Sistine Chapel, and the Coliseum.

Author Biography

Rick is the author of 24 European travel guidebooks and the host of the popular public television series, Rick Steves' Europe. He hangs his rucksack in Edmonds, Washington.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Orientation	p. 17
Sights	p. 27
Tours
Night Walk Across Rome	p. 52
Ancient Rome
Colosseum Tour	p. 58
Roman Forum Tour	p. 64
Palatine Hill Tour	p. 77
Trajan's Column, Forum, and Market	p. 86
Pantheon Tour	p. 90
Baths of Diocletian Tour	p. 100
Museums
National Museum of Rome Tour	p. 106
Capitol Hill Museum Tour	p. 120
Borghese Gallery Tour	p. 127
Vatican Museum Tour	p. 137
Churches
St. Peter's Basilica Tour	p. 164
St. Peter-in-Chains Tour	p. 181
Pilgrim's Rome Tour	p. 185
Day Trips
Ostia Antica	p. 199
Tivoli	p. 207
Naples and Pompeii	p. 209
Sleeping	p. 228
Eating	p. 244
Rome with Children	p. 261
Shopping	p. 264
Nightlife	p. 267
Transportation Connections	p. 271
Roman History	p. 275
Appendix	p. 280
Index	p. 289
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