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1: The best possible 2nd guidebook
City Secrets makes no claim to be a comprehensive guide to Rome. Buy another book to get the overview and to see the major sites (I liked Rick Steves' approach), but then also bring City Secrets to really begin to get to know the city. The suggestions are personal, quirky, and always interesting.
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2: rome-ah... wish I had more time
this is not a travel journal as much as a history book. I will keep in my library because I love rome and will return again. Read this in advance of your trip and get a moons book for carrying with you. this is great advanced reading with great off the beaten path stuff but read ahead of time and take a more generic book with you and some notes rather than carrying this as extra weight. Also if you thinking about rome (why think...do it) read this to get excited about how rich in history and architecture this great city is then book your tickets and go.
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3: Hard to read and of limited use
I don't recommend this book for the average person. The type is teeny tiny and in pale greyscale against a vellum background; very artsy but impossible to read. The content is comprised of personal opinions by academics and artists.
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4: City Secrets
City Secrets is a jewel. We enjoyed both the content and the style of the authors, all grant winners at the American Academy in Rome. The book directed us to sites and places to eat we would not have discovered otherwise.
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5: City Secrets is not an easy read
If you're looking for a guidebook, this probably isn't the best choice. The book reads like a series of short essays and opnions about Rome sights, but doesn't provide much practical information. I wasn't able to get through the entire book even though it's small. The gray print makes it difficult to read in any less than perfect light. There may be some interesting facts in it. I just wasn't able to make my way through the payges to get to them.
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