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The perfect guide book for the short-break visitor:

• convenient pocket-sized small format, selective coverage of leading sights and museums, with a handful of the quirkier ones too,

• great restaurants—from regional cuisine to innovative new trends—and cafés, handily located for a perfect sightseeing programme,

• key shopping recommendations in the vicinity of the major sights,

• excellent district-by-district maps and diagrams to aid navigation.

This intelligently planned small-format, all-colour guide book series divides each city up into 4-5 districts centred on a key sight – for example the Forum, the Trevi Fountain, the Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona and the Vatican in the case of Rome – and gives ideas for a perfect day in that part of town: the main sights and one or two less-visited ones too, the best places to eat or have a coffee, and some original shopping ideas, presented in an uncluttered and navigable format that respects the reader's intelligence.

A good 50% of the book is dedicated to the art and history of the place, distinguishing these useable little books from many guides which are little more than practical information listings.