Fodor's Around Rome with Kids, 1st Edition: 68 Great Things to Do Together (Around the City with Kids)

Paperback - 02 April, 2002 - Fodor's
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By: Fodor's
ISBN: 0676901883

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Could be a LOT more user-friendly if...

This book has some great suggestions, but it is not set up in a user-friendly format. There are 68 2-page spreads, each one describing a particular place to take the kids. Phone numbers, hours, recommended ages, location, and even nearby kid-friendly restaurants are listed. All of which is great. However, the 2-page-spread format is annoying! Instead, they should have each destination on the FRONT and BACK of 1 page, preferably with a perforation along the inner edge, so that you can simply tear out the page you want (or a couple of pages describing places near where you'll be), stick it in your pocket, and go. So you don't have to carry the whole book around the city with you. We actually ended up creating our own destination flash-cards by cutting, pasting, photocopying, and reassembling the pages. But that's a lot of work that the consumer shouldn't have to do in order to make a guidebook useful to him or her.

It doesn't include ANY maps. And some of the location descriptions are bare addresses, which does not help a non-Roman to figure out where they are if they're not on main thoroughfares or in major piazzas.

The destinations are organized alphabetically...in Italian. Great for pointing to the name when trying to indicate to a non-English speaker where you're trying to go, but HORRIBLE for non-Italian-speaking parents (and kids!) who are trying to use the book.

My 7-year-old requests that I add to this review his own comment: "the red writing is hard to read and it doesn't tell you how to get to anywhere."

fodor's around rome with kids

We used this guide during our trip to Rome this summer with our 14/11/9/and 7 year olds. There are some inaccuracies with opening and closing times of a few churches and museums that needs updating. A map highlighting the attractions is missing, and would be very desirable.
The book did highlight a few interesting facts that were missing in the traditional guides.
I would recommend using this book as an adjunct......but you could probably get by without it.

Don't waste your money on this guide

Just returned from a trip to Rome with two kids and had this book in hand. Most of the ideas listed are things that most people would come up with on their own and some of the things listed were just wrong...for example, we showed up at the Victor Emmanuel monument early to see the big iron gate descend (as noted in the book) and not only was the opening time wrong but it turns out that all they do is open a door in the gate. They also list (in a note) a museum dedicated to nativity sets...turns out it's only open in the evenings, a fact that the authors fail to mention.

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