Rome : A New Look Book

Frequently updated and thus able to include current prices, latest restaurants, opening times of museums and so on, the City Breaks series features the world's most splendid cities. Each one begins with an introduction to the magic of the city to be visited, and then continues with planning the visit, weather and what to wear, regional descriptions with highlights, and several chapters on shopping, eating and drinking, travel hints, and other themes relevant to each location. These always up-to-date wallet-sized books have probably the best value per page for information that ensures you are aware of all the leisure opportunities and highlights you can cover in a 1-2 week stay.

A courier as a young man, Reg Butler is an acknowledged international journalist and writer, and a Wall Street correspondent for Turkey. He regularly visits the areas on which he writes. His publications, which date back over 25 years, include some 30 City Breaks guides and new editions, a dozen books on Mediterranean countries and a similar number on Caribbean and Far East destinations. He is a regular travel contributor to about ten United Kingdom newspapers.