Top25 Must-See Sights

Best bets for dining, lodging, sightseeing. Plus a full-color pullout map. Everything you need to experience Rome

• Top lodging and dining picks for every budget
• Unforgettable vistas from St. Peter’s Basilica and the Spanish Steps
• Great places to stop for pizza, gelato, or caffè
• Venues for classical music, opera, and jazz
• Classic Rome: the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Forum
• Opulent palaces, magnificent fountains, and romantic piazzas
• More than two thousand years of art—from Etruscan artifacts to Michelangelo and Bernini

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The author: Tim Jepson, once the Rome correspondent for London’s Sunday Telegraph, has written and contributed to many books about Italy.