The Civilized Shopper's Guide to Rome

by Pamela Keech

With this small and discriminating book as their guide, visitors find themselves strolling down cobblestone back streets that only native Romans know well. Rome's ancient streets are filled with shops... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1892145286
• ISBN13: 9781892145284
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Little Bookroom
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.0" x 4.0"

Customer Reviews

not the same old guidebook

I've lived in Rome for years and often recommend this guide to friends. Not only is it tiny (and thus fits in a pocket), but it includes many wonderful little places that locals know and love and that tourists may miss completely.

Perfect Gift

I found this while looking for a good guidebook for my daughter to take to Italy. She was accompanying a friend of mine who loves to shop and this was the perfect little thank you gift to give to her before they left. It is very small (easy to carry on-board or while actually shopping), with one shop per page. It is aimed more at the little specialty shops and boutiques so I don't know if she was actually able to put it to use this trip, but she enjoyed getting it. My only worry is that since the book is several years old, I wonder how much of the information is outdated. Still, the perfect gift under the circumstances.

Excellent resource

This is a wonderful book for anyone to use as a "behind the main streets" guide to Rome. If you any desire to experience the real Rome rather than just falling in step with the thousands of tourists, this book will lead you to wonderful shops and experiences. Buy it long before your trip and study the routes. You will not be sorry.