Roma: The Smart Traveler's Guide to the Eternal City

by Paul Hofmann

Recommends hotels and restaurants, describes sights in each section of the city, including the Vatican, and offers advice on entertainment, shopping, outdoor activities, special services, and trips to the surrounding area

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Paul Hofmann was an author, journalist, linguist, and political activist. The New York Times, for whom he was a foreign correspondent, described him as fluent in German, Italian, French, and English, having a command of several other languages that was more than passable, as well as "a broad grasp of history and diplomatic affairs and an often playful curiosity."