
Italy - Rome & Lazio (PDF Chapter)
This is the Rome & Lazio chapter from Lonely Planet’s Italy guidebook.
Rome has been mesmerising travellers for millennia and still today it casts a powerful spell. It’s home to some of the world’s most celebrated masterpieces and its romantic cityscape, piled high with haunting ruins and iconic monuments, is achingly beautiful.
- get your first spine-tingling glimpse of Rome’s great gladiatorial arena, the Colosseum
- maps
- marvel at Michelangelo’s legendary Sistine Chapel frescoes in the heart of the Vatican Museums
- transport
- gaze heavenwards in the extraordinary Pantheon
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: History, Sights, Courses, Tours, Festivals & Events, Sleeping, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Lazio.

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