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Newly revised, updated, and redesigned for 2014. Experience the best of Rome with "DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Rome." This newly updated travel guide for Rome will lead you straight to the best attractions this city has to offer, whether visiting the Vatican, touching the stones of the Colosseum, or enjoying gelato in one of the city's beautiful piazzas. Expert travel writers have fully revised this edition of "DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Rome." Themed itineraries help plan trips to Rome by length of stay or by interest. Improved neighborhood walking maps now include restaurant locations by area. Completely new hotel and restaurant listings now include DK Choice special recommendations. New typography and fresh layout throughout. You'll still find DK's famous cutaway illustrations of major architectural and historic sights, museum floor plans, and 3-D aerial views of key districts to explore on foot, along with in-depth coverage of the city's history and culture. A pull-out city map is marked with sights from the guidebook and includes a street index, a transportation map, and a chart showing the walking distances between major sights. With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, "DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Rome" truly shows you this city as no one else can.