The new edition of the classic Blue Guide Rome is now out. Now all colour throughout with Blue Guidesā encyclopaedic depth of research, award-winning maps, site plans and selective but practical food, drink and accommodation recommendations:
A look at how the streets of Rome are paved. All roads lead to Rome. And Rome still leads the world in roads. The streets of the ancient city were paved in huge, irregular blocks of stone known asĀ basolato. Today only a very few segments of such paving survive: along…
“Exuberantly impractical” may be overstating it, but we are happy that Liam Callanan (author of When in Rome) in a round-up of great books on Rome (in the Week, here Ā») sees our Blue Guide Rome, the best guide book to Rome, at the detailed and scholarly end of the…
“Gripping” and “delicious”: Harry Mount reviews The Blue Guide’s latest offering for Chapter House in the Catholic Herald. Ever since 1918, Blue Guides have been the best guides to European cities. No other guide has the sheer quantity of facts. For people who want to know why a building is where it…
