City Secrets Rome: The Essential Insider's Guide, Revised and Updated

by Robert Kahn (Editor)

Overview

City Secrets Rome: The Essential Insider's Guide brings together the recommendations of artists, writers, historians, architects, chefs, and other experts whose passionate opinions and highly informed perspectives illuminate well-known sites as well as overlooked treasures. These expert travel companions share with you their favorite little-known places including restaurants, cafés, art, architecture, shops, outdoor markets, strolls, daytrips, as well all manner of cultural and historic landmarks. Clothbound, elegant, and pocket-sized, City Secrets Rome features a subtle, non-guidebook design and detailed maps. With over 250 contributors and 400 entries, this curated travel guide is a valuable supplement to any book more devoted to travel basics. A percentage of the proceeds will be donated to The American Academy in Rome, a center for independent study and advanced research in the arts and humanities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780983079576
Publisher:	Fang Duff Kahn Publishers
Publication date:	06/01/2011
Series:	City Secrets , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	384
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Architect Robert Kahn is the creator and editor of the City Secrets series. A recipient of the Rome Prize in Architecture from the American Academy in Rome, Kahn has received numerous awards from the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). His work has been featured Architectural Digest, House&Garden, Metropolitan Home, The New York Times Magazine and The New York Times, among many other publications. He has taught at Columbia University, Ohio State University, and Yale University where he held a Davenport Chair Professorship. He lives in New York City and Shelter Island, NY with his wife and daughter.

Editorial Reviews

“The best literary gift to Italian travelers since the Baedeker and Henry James.”
— Financial Times

“City Secrets Rome is always filled with the kind of information you would get from a friend who had spent years living in the Italian capital … After using City Secrets Rome, you’ll never want to go back to the standard guidebook.”
— GQ

“This series shows each city through the eyes of those who know it best … taken together, their recommendations provide travelers with the ultimate insider’s tour. They are the hot guide … Wonderful keepsakes.”
— Savvy Traveler, Public Radio International

“This idiosyncratic guide helps jaded visitors see the Eternal City anew.”
— The New York Times

“Escape from the crowds and chaos can be a challenge in Rome, but help comes in the form of City Secrets Rome.”
— Condé Nast Traveler

“City Secrets Rome] should be everyone’s pick to supplement any guide more devoted to the travel basics”
— Barron’s

“… an extraordinary resource …”
— Travel and Leisure

“Architect Robert Kahn’s City Secrets Rome is full of interesting finds, even for those who know Italy well.”
— Town & Country

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