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Authentic Shopping Guide
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Find authentic handcrafted items from around the world.
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Ultimate Travel Library
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Delve into a globe-spanning literary ramble with the world's best travel books.
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Rome Photo Gallery
Photographs by Bob Krist
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It takes a neighborhood to play chess in backstreet Rome, here near Piazza Navona. Impromptu chess games can pop up anywhere in this city of neighborhoods—as do the impromptu gatherings of self-appointed chess consiglieri.

Read more about "Authentic Rome" in the July/August 2008 issue of National Geographic Traveler.


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