Bobo & Lumen's Rome Travel Guide cover

Bobo & Lumen's Rome Travel Guide

A Kids' Adventure Guide to the Eternal City: Landmarks, Legends, Missions, Games and a Travel Journal

Rome, explored properly. Bobo and Lumen's Rome Travel Guide is a 48-page illustrated adventure and activity book for curious young travellers heading to Italy's capital, and for anyone who wants to understand the Eternal City before they arrive. Lumen is the calm one with the map. Bobo is the one already halfway down an alley. Between them they turn Rome into a story you can walk through. WHAT'S INSIDE Meet the city first: where Rome sits on the Tiber, the seven hills the city grew on, the 22 rioni of the historic centre, a story timeline from a legend of twins to a modern capital, everyday Roman life, useful Italian words with pronunciation help, and an explorer's toolkit. Ten full two-page landmark adventures: the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and Palatine Hill, the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain and its ancient aqueduct, St Peter's Basilica and its climbable dome, the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel, Castel Sant'Angelo, Piazza Navona, the Capitoline Hill and its bronze she-wolf, and the Appian Way with its catacombs and aqueduct park. Twelve more real places to spot, from the Mouth of Truth and the Spanish Steps to the Aventine keyhole, Circus Maximus, Tiber Island and the noon cannon on the Janiculum. Roman food and culture: cucina povera, the four great Roman pastas, pizza al taglio and supplì, gelato and maritozzi, the builders who invented concrete arches and long straight roads, and the rival artists who shaped the city's squares. Games and on-location missions: a Rome quiz, a city spotter checklist to tick off while walking, a matching game, drawing space, a travel time capsule and an explorer certificate. WHY FAMILIES LIKE IT History told as story, not as a list of dates. Every fact is checked against museum, monument and official city tourism sources. Writing and drawing space appears only where the page invites it, so the book stays readable and re-readable. It fits in a day bag, works on a plane, and works even better standing in front of the real thing. A memorable choice for a first trip to Rome, a school project on ancient Rome, or a young explorer who wants to know why the Pantheon's roof has a hole in it.

Pages
48
Size
6 × 9 in
Format
Premium color, fully illustrated paperback