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end. Park your car at Tiburtina Station (€1/hour,
www.atac.roma.it
) and take a 10-minute
ride on the Metro line B into the center.
By Plane
For information on Rome's airports, see the end of this chapter.
Sightseeing Tips:
Avid sightseers can save money by buying the Roma Pass (see “Tips on
Sightseeing in Rome” sidebar, later), available at TIs and participating sights—buy one
before visiting the Colosseum or Forum, and you can skip the long lines there. If you
long Vatican Museum line, reserve an entry time online (see
here
for details).
Internet Access:
If your hotel doesn't offer free or cheap Internet access, your hotelier can
point you to the nearest Internet café.
Bookstores:
Thesestores(allopendailyexceptAngloAmericanandOpenDoor)selltravel
guidebooks, including mine. The first two are chains, while the others have a more
personal touch.
Borri Books
is at Termini Station, and
Feltrinelli International
has
two branches (at Largo Argentina, and just off Piazza della Repubblica at Via Vittorio
Emanuele Orlando 84, tel. 06-482-7878).
Anglo American Bookshop
has great art and
history sections (closed all day Sun and Mon morning, a few blocks south of Span-
ish Steps at Via della Vite 102, tel. 06-679-5222).
Libreria Fanucci
has a small selec-
tion but is centrally located (a block toward the Pantheon from Piazza Navona at Piazza
Madama 8, tel. 06-686-1141). In Trastevere, Irishman Dermot at the
Almost Corner
Bookshop
stocksanItalian-interest section(ViadelMoro45,tel.06-583-6942),andthe
Open Door Bookshop
carries the only used books in English in town (closed Sun, Via
della Lungaretta 23, tel. 06-589-6478).
Laundry:
Yourhoteliercandirectyoutothenearestlaunderette.The
ondablu
chainusually
comes with Internet access; one of their more central locations is near Termini Station
(€2/hour, about €8 to wash and dry a 15-pound load, usually open daily 8:00-22:00, Via
Principe Amedeo 70b, tel. 06-474-4647).
TravelAgencies:
Youcangettrainticketsandrailpass-relatedreservationsandsupplements
at travel agencies (at little or no additional cost), avoiding a trip to a train station. Your
hotelier will know of a convenient agency nearby.
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