National Geographic Rome (Destined to Be the Best-Selling Travel Map Series)

Rating:
Summary: Defective map
Review: Do NOT buy this map. One of the major monuments is facing in the wrong direction, the Vittorio Emmanuele (aka Birthday Cake) monument. Really awful because it's a central point of the map and the city. Do not buy this map. If you go to NG's website, THEY don't even have it listed anymore! If you ever pick this one up in a store (ANOTHER reason why we need real bricks and mortar bookstores!), the monument should be facing AWAY from the Colloseum, not facing towards it. Given it's no longer on NG's website, perhaps they'll be fixing it and reissuing it. What a huge mistake!

Rating:
Summary: Defective map
Review: Do NOT buy this map. One of the major monuments is facing in the wrong direction, the Vittorio Emmanuele (aka Birthday Cake) monument. Really awful because it's a central point of the map and the city. Do not buy this map. If you go to NG's website, THEY don't even have it listed anymore! If you ever pick this one up in a store (ANOTHER reason why we need real bricks and mortar bookstores!), the monument should be facing AWAY from the Colloseum, not facing towards it. Given it's no longer on NG's website, perhaps they'll be fixing it and reissuing it. What a huge mistake!

Rating:
Summary: One of the three best maps of Rome.
Review: This is one of the three best maps of Rome. Recently (through fall 2001), I bought just about every map of Rome I could find. The best three maps are Rome [called by Amazon.com Rome: FlexiMap (Insight Map Series)], Rome City Map [called Eyewitness Travel City Map to Rome], and Rome, Destination Map [called National Geographic Rome]. Based on content, usability, accuracy, and durability, Insight's FlexiMap is best, with the other two close behind and tied for second and third best. The maps are about the same price.