Download a city guide of some of Europe's most beautiful cities onto your iPod, mp3 player or phone. As we guide you through the streets, along the route we've planned for you, our city guides will tell you what you're looking at and how to make the most of your city break.

Florence
We only had a long weekend to do the city and so your tour really helped us get our bearings. There's just so much to see there! I know we only scraped the surface but it worked really well for us.
Tanya Ellison - (27/08/06)

Venice
This was a great tour that took you everywhere you needed to go. Particularly liked the walk through of the mosaic frescoes on the front of the Basilica. We had a great time in Venice, made all the more special by this evocative guide. Like the speaker's voice too - one of the best I've listened to.
Andrea How - (19/02/06)

ROME CITY GUIDE: The Eternal City is on every tourist's list of must-see destinations. As the seat of Papal power and the capital of one of the world's greatest empires, no other city has played such an important role in history, influencing countries and rulers throughout Europe - and even beyond - as Rome.
In Rome history is all around you. Other European cities have buildings and monuments that date back centuries, here they go back millennia.
Our guide to Rome's main sites such as the Spanish Steps, the Pantheon and the Piazza Navona and our guide to the Vatican and Trastevere allow you to look at up and see this history while we tell you about it and put it into context.

ROME TOURIST INFORMATION:

Getting into town from from Rome's airports:
Fiumicino Airport (FCO)
There are trains every 30 minutes to Rome's main Termini station from 6.37am until 11.37pm. Express trains take about 30 minutes and cost EURO9.50 for a single ticket. Other services stop at Trastevere amongst other places.
When you get to Termini station you'll have quite a walk to the front. But you need to take the taxis from here as the taxi the rank half way down works on a different system and can be very expensive.

Ciampino Airport (CIA)
If you're travelling by easyjet take the Terravision airport bus which is an easyJet partner. It leaves about every 30 minutes from outside the terminal building and takes about 40 minutes. It stops outside the Termini station. You can book your bus ticket online at www.easyjet.co.uk
Buses go regularly from Ciampino to Anagnina metro station on Line A and take about 30 minutes from there it's about another 20 minutes into town.
The easiest option, though, is a taxi which takes about 20 to 30 minutes costs about EURO40 - 50.
For more information visit: www.cotralspa.it and www.sitbusshuttle.it

Tickets are valid on the bus, tram and underground system. The underground isn't very useful as it really serves the suburbs but buses and trams are pretty reliable.
Tickets for all three are sold at tabacchi, news stands, cafés, hotels, vending machines at bus terminals and metro stations. Stamp your ticket in the machine when you get on a bus or tram or at the barrier for trains.
There are various different kinds of ticket:
BIT (Integrated Single Ticket) -  Valid 75 minutes from being stamped for buses and only one trip on metro and urban trains. Cost EURO1.00
BIG (Integrated Daily Ticket) - Valid till midnight on the day of validation for an unlimited number of journeys on buses, metro and urban trains. Cost EURO 4.00
BTI (Integrated Tourist Ticket)  - Valid for three days for an unlimited number of journeys on buses, metro and urban trains. Cost EURO11.00
CIS (Integrated Weekly Pass) - Valid seven days, for an unlimited number of journeys on buses, metro and urban trains. Cost EURO16.00
BIRG (Daily Regional Integrated Ticket) - Valid till midnight on the day its stamped for an unlimited number of journeys on  buses and metro in Rome, but also on urban and regional trains. Cost varies between EURO2.50 and EURO10.50 according to the number of areas you cross. For further information visit  www.atac.roma.it
The best routes for tourists are:
Number 64: Termini station - Piazza Venezia - St Peters
Number 110 (normally open top) Termini station - Quirinale - Colosseum - Piazza Venezia - Piazza Navona - St Peters - Augustus' Mausoleum - Trevi Fountain.

Taxis are reasonably cheap and plentiful. It's easiest to get them at ranks around the city centre. There is one at the Piazza Venezia.