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November 4, 2009 · 11 Comments

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  •   Editorial // Jul 30th 2008 at 3:16pm

    Update Blue Guide Rome - new museums / sites May 2008:
    “Rome’s illustrious repetoire of museums has been enhanced recently by the opening of the new Museum of the Imperial Fora. This is housed in magnificant setting of the so-called Trajan’s Markets . . .” See the whole article in Minerva Magazine.

  •   Editorial // Aug 1st 2008 at 9:29am

    Update Blue Guide Rome - new museums / sites May 2008:
    “The House of Augustus reopened in Rome . . . the section of the Palatine Hill associated with the domestic and religious complex inaugurated by Augustus.” See the whole article in Minerva Magazine.

  •   Brendan Somes // Sep 25th 2008 at 4:48pm

    Re: the Palazzo Farnese (Blue Guide Rome, 9th ed., p.302) it is open to the public on specified days. The Guide states that it is not open. I have been able to arrange a visit to the Palazzo by contacting the French Embassy in Rome.

  •   Pausanias // Oct 26th 2008 at 4:44pm

    Tickets for the Forum and Colosseum

    Although access to the Roman Forum was free when Blue Guide Rome was published (p61), this appears to be no longer the case: you have to buy a ticket covering the Roman Forum, the Palatine Hill and the Colosseum for around €12 (I say around, there seem to be differences depending on where you come from, and there is a charge included which you don’t seem to be able not to pay for the special “exhibition” whatever and wherever that is).

    To avoid the long lines for the Colosseum, buy your ticket at the Forum and do that first; anyway it is a nicer walk through the Forum to the Colosseum if you’re coming from the Capitoline Hill direction than along the street and it costs no more. The advantage is that when you get to the Colosseum you’ve already got the ticket and can go straight in.

  •   anon // Jan 30th 2009 at 6:19pm

    I must take exception to your recommendation of Il Covo Hotel in Rome. No doubt, the Il Monti district is charming, and the location is superb, but the hotel itself was a huge disappointment. I assume we had a room in one of the old outbuildings, because we had a three-floor walkup to a small room with cheap furnishings, including an armoire with a hanging rack so high I had to step onto the bed to reach it. Add to that climate control that was controlled centrally, meaning we had no way to manage the level of heat pumped into our room. And all this for 120 Euros a night? Thanks, but next time in Rome I think I’ll look elsewhere. You might wish to suggest your readers do the same.
    Regards.

  •   Editorial // Jun 7th 2009 at 10:59pm

    Highly recommended: the easy half day trip from Rome to the unspoilt ruins of Antica Ostia, Ancient Rome’s port »

  •   blue guide user // Jul 14th 2009 at 9:02pm

    In the mos t recently published Blue Guide to Rome, November is listed as one of the least crowded months for touring the city. Is this still true? I’m asking because the guide is now several years old and I saw early November listed as \high season\ on a hotel’s website

  •   Architect Melbourne // Sep 4th 2009 at 7:16pm

    This is just a fan letter to praise the superlative quality of your guides.

    A couple of years ago, I used the Rome guide in great detail in Rome, comparing it with Alta McAdam’s much earlier 1979 edition, itself excellent, which I had used since it was published, but now appreciating the astute and rigorous detail of the current edition. …

    Thankyou so much for their crucial place in my life.

  •   Editorial // Oct 13th 2009 at 10:31am

    New exhibition at the Colosseum “The Colosseum and Vespasian’s Rome”: see Mary Beard’s article in the Daily Telegraph.

  •   Minerva Magazine // Aug 23rd 2010 at 8:51am

    Is the Colosseum falling down? “On the morning of 9 May, a section of the roof, measuring about a metre square, above one of the stone entrance ways leading into the Colosseum, collapsed. Three large pieces of ancient mortar were sent crashing through a wire mesh protective net and smashed into the ground below. ” Read the story in Minerva Magazine.

  •   Publisher // Aug 23rd 2010 at 11:48am

    The new Blue Guide Rome 10th edition is NOW AVAILABLE: details here.

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