Eyewitness Travel Family Guide Rome

Contents 4
How to Use this Guide 6
Introducing Rome 8
The Best of Rome 10
Rome through the Year 14
Getting to Rome 18
Getting around Rome 20
Practical Information 24
Where to Stay 28
Where to Eat 30
Shopping 34
Entertainment 38
Spot the Architectural Styles 40
Parks and Playgrounds 42
Underground Rome 44
Aquatic Rome 46
Rome’s Churches 48
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 50
Everyday Life in Ancient Rome 52
Life of a Gladiator 54
Badly Behaved Popes 56
The History of Rome 58
ANCIENT ROME 64
The Best of Ancient Rome 66
Colosseum 68
San Clemente 90
Piazza della Bocca della Verità 102
PIAZZA NAVONA & CAMPO DE’ FIORI 110
The Best of Piazza Navona & Campo de’ Fiori 112
Piazza Navona 114
San Luigi dei Francesi 118
Campo de’ Fiori 128
PIAZZA DI SPAGNA & TREVI FOUNTAIN 136
The Best of Piazza di Spagna & Trevi Fountain 138
Piazza di Spagna 140
Trevi Fountain 152
VILLA BORGHESE & NORTHERN ROME 162
The Best of Villa Borghese & Northern Rome 164
Villa Borghese 166
TRASTEVERE & JANICULUM HILL 180
The Best of Trastevere & Janiculum Hill 182
Santa Maria in Trastevere 184
West of Viale di Trastevere 188
THE VATICAN 196
The Best of the Vatican 198
Vatican City 200
BEYOND THE CENTRE 216
The Best of Beyond the Centre 218
MAXXI 220
Via Appia Antica 226
DAY TRIPS 232
Ostia Antica 236
Villa Adriana 238
Parco dei Mostri 240
Castelli Romani 240
Lake Bracciano 241
Where to Stay 242
Maps 252
Index 278
Acknowledgments 286
Phrase Book 288