Family Guide Rome

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Penguin, Feb 21, 2017 - Travel - 288 pages

DK Eyewitness Travel Family Guide Rome offers you the best things to see and do on a family vacation to Rome and the country of Italy. Each spread bursts with family-focused travel tips and ideas for activities that will engage children, from exploring the Colosseum to touring the Roman Forum to discovering the catacombs.

What's inside:

+ Each major sight is treated as a "hub" destination, around which to plan a day. Plus, DK's custom illustrations and reconstructions of city sights give real cultural insight.
+ "Let off steam" suggestions and eating options around each attraction enable the entire family to recharge.
+ Maps outline the nearest parks, playgrounds, and public restrooms.
+ "Take shelter" sections suggest indoor activities for rainy days.
+ Language section lists essential words and phrases.
+ Dedicated "Kids' Corner" features include cartoons, quizzes, puzzles, games, and riddles to inform and entertain young travelers.
+ Listings provide family-friendly hotels and dining options.

Written by travel experts and parents who understand the need to keep children entertained while enjoying family time together, DK Eyewitness Travel Family Guide Rome offers child-friendly sleeping and eating options, detailed maps of main sightseeing areas, travel information, budget guidance, age-range suitability, and activities for Rome.

 

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Contents

How To Use This Guide
Introducing Rome
The Best of Rome 2 Rome through the Year
Getting to Rome
Getting around Rome
Useful Information
Accommodation
Where to
The History of Rome
Exploring Rome
Ancient Rome
Piazza Navona Campo de Fiori
Piazza di Spagna Trevi Fountain
Villa Borghese Northern Rome
Trastevere Janiculum Hill
The Vatican

Shopping
Entertainment
Spot the Architectural Styles
Parks and Playgrounds
Underground Rome
Aquatic Rome
Romes Churches
Roman Emperors
Everyday Life in Ancient Rome
Life of a Gladiator
Badly Behaved Popes
Beyond the Centre
Day Trips
More Things to
Eat and Drink
Where to Stay
Rome Maps
Practical Information
Kids Corner Answers
Phrase Book
Copyright

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Family Guide Rome
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Family Guide Rome
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Common terms and phrases

access Yes Toilets Age range Ancient Rome Appia Antica Back Eat Back Letting Back Practical Information Barberini Baths Bernini Bioparco Borghese & Northern breakfast café Caffè Capitoline Catacombs centre century church Cinecittà city’s closed Sun Colosseum Corner Kids Doria Pamphilj Drink Picnic Eat and Drink Emperor Family rooms Family treat Fiori floor Fontana frescoes gladiators Guided tours hrs Wheelchair access Information Address Piazza Italian Janiculum Hill Letting Off Steam lunch MAXXI Metro mins Wheelchair access Mon–Sat mosaic Museo Navona & Campo Northern Rome open daily Palatine Hill Palazzo Parco della Musica park pasta Piazza di Spagna Piazza Navona Pope Practical Information Address Quirinale Real meal restaurant Roma Roman Forum Rome’s San Pietro Santa Maria shops Skipping the queue Spagna & Trevi St Peter’s statue Take Cover Temple Trajan’s Tram Trastevere Trastevere & Janiculum Trevi Fountain Vatican City Villa Ada Villa Adriana Villa Borghese walk Wheelchair access Yes

About the author (2017)

Experience the world with DK Travel.DK Travel's highly visual guides show you what others only tell you, with easy-to-read maps, tips and tours to inform and enrich your trip.Our travel writers report on what to see, eat, drink and do around the world, while the very best photographs and illustrations bring cities, regions and countries to life. We publish guides to more than 200 destinations around the world, from handy pocket-sized city guides to comprehensive country guides.DK is the world's leading illustrated reference publisher, producing beautifully designed books for adults and children in over 120 countries.

Bibliographic information

TitleFamily Guide Rome
Travel Guide
AuthorDK Eyewitness
PublisherPenguin, 2017
ISBN1465464476, 9781465464477
Length288 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Travel / Europe / Italy
Travel / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest
Travel / Special Interest / Family
  
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