How To Use This E-Book Getting around the e-book This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Rome, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editor’s Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Rome. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip. In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information. Maps All key attractions and sights in Rome are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view. Images You’ll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Rome. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen. About Insight Guides Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs. Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it. © 2016 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd Table of Contents How To Use This E-Book Rome’s Top 10 Attractions Editor’s Choice Introduction: The Eternal City Rome and the Romans Decisive Dates The Making of Rome Art and Architecture Insight: Bernini and the Baroque The Shape of Modern Rome Rome on Film Food and Drink Shopping Insight: Markets in Rome Introduction: Orientation The Capitoline Hill Insight: The Capitoline Museums Ancient Rome Insight: The Grim Glory of the Colosseum Fontana di Trevi and Quirinale Piazza di Spagna and Tridente The Vatican and Prati Insight: Treasures of the Vatican Insight: Sistine Chapel Piazza Navona and the Pantheon Campo de’ Fiori and the Ghetto Via Veneto and Villa Borghese Insight: Galleria Borghese Trastevere and the Gianicolo Aventino and Testaccio Celio and San Giovanni Monti and Esquilino The Appian Way Insight: Relics of the Catacombs Introduction: Excursions from Rome Ostia Antica Tivoli Insight: Green Retreats Castelli Romani Etruscan Towns Transport Activities A-Z: A Handy Summary of Practical Information Understanding the Language Further Reading Rome Street Atlas Rome’s Top 10 Attractions Here, at a glance, are the city’s must-sees, from the iconic monuments of Ancient Rome to the vibrant squares of Campo de’ Fiori and Trastevere, and the tranquil gardens of the Villa Borghese.