Frommer's Rome Day By Day, Second Edition

01_381724-ffirs.qxp 10/29/08 7:16 PM Page i Rome day day ™ BY 2nd Edition by Sylvie Hogg 01_381724-ffirs.qxp 10/29/08 7:16 PM Page i 01_381724-ffirs.qxp 10/29/08 7:16 PM Page i Rome day day ™ BY 2nd Edition by Sylvie Hogg 02_381724-ftoc.qxp 10/15/08 12:10 AM Page ii Contents 15 Favorite Moments 1 1 The Best Full-Day Tours 7 The Best in One Day 8 The Best in Two Days 14 The Best in Three Days 18 2 The Best Special-Interest Tours 21 Ancient Rome 22 The Best Museums 28 Baroque Rome 32 Rome’s Best Piazzas 36 Rome’s Best Churches 40 Romantic Rome 44 Underground Rome 46 Vatican City 48 3 The Best Neighborhood Walks Piazza Navona & the Pantheon 52 Campo de’ Fiori 56 Trastevere 58 Tridente 60 Monti 64 Jewish Ghetto & Tiber Island 66 Pigneto 70 Testaccio 72 4 The Best Shopping 75 Shopping Best Bets 76 Rome Shopping A to Z 81 5 The Great Outdoors 89 Villa Borghese 90 Appia Antica (Appian Way) 94 Other Rome Parks to Explore 98 51 02_381724-ftoc.qxp 10/15/08 6 The Best Dining 12:10 AM Page iii 101 Dining Best Bets 102 Rome Restaurants A to Z 7 The Best Nightlife 108 115 Nightlife Best Bets 116 Rome Nightlife A to Z 121 8 The Best Arts & Entertainment 125 A&E Best Bets 126 Rome A&E A to Z 129 9 The Best Lodging 133 Lodging Best Bets 134 Rome Hotels A to Z 140 10 The Best Day Trips & Excursions 147 Tivoli: Hadrian’s Villa 148 Ostia Antica 150 Pompeii & Naples 152 Castelli Romani 154 Beaches & Etruscan Sites Near Rome The Savvy Traveler 159 Before You Go 160 Getting There 162 Getting Around 164 Fast Facts 165 A Brief History 172 Roman Architecture 173 Useful Phrases & Menu Terms Toll-Free Numbers & Websites Index 178 175 176 156 03_381724-flast.qxp 10/15/08 12:05 AM Page iv Published by: Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River St. Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 Copyright © 2009 Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978/750-8400, fax 978/646-8600. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Legal Department, Wiley Publishing, Inc., 10475 Crosspoint Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46256, 317/572-3447, fax 317/572-4355, or online at http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions. Wiley, the Wiley Publishing logo, and Day by Day are trademarks or registered trademarks of John W