Great Britain (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE) by DK Publishing

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Great Britain (EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE) by DK Publishing
Price: $19.80

Features

Turtleback: 720 pages

Publisher: DK Travel March 20, 2006

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0756615429

ISBN-13: 978-0756615420

Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 4.9 x 1.4 inches

Shipping Weight: 2 pounds

Product Review
You'd be hard-pressed to find a more comprehensive, engrossing, and just plain fun-to-read guidebook than the Eyewitness Travel Guide: Great Britain. Spilling over with all sorts of useful information for the traveler, you'll find three-dimensional drawings, floor plans, and detailed neighborhood maps, as well as timelines, charts, and even popular bus routes. Broken into several sections--"Introducing Great Britain," "Region by Region" (including London and environs, Scotland, and Wales), "Traveler's Needs," and "Survival Guide"--the guide paints a complete picture of the country. Readers will especially appreciate the hundreds of color photos of everything from London's double-decker buses to the ancient formations at Stonehenge. You'll also find street-by-street illustrated city walks (Covent Garden, Westminster), as well as scenic hikes in the Scottish highlands and the Lake District, with plenty of listings for inns and fish-and-chip taverns along the way. --Jill Fergus --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The New York Times
Each book is a visual as well as informational feast about a particular place. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Great Britain (revised) (Paperback) . Summary: Every Dorling Kindersley Guide has been a great and interesting book... and delightful to have and use, even if you are not traveling to that location, but are only interested in learning more! The Guides are well organized in a logical and easy to follow manner. They are beautifully illustrated, well developed with accurate information (it is unusual for hotel and restaurant information to be that accurate), have enough history to help the reader understand the people and cultural background, and have a lot of useful travel information and useable maps in the appendixes. But, the really great attraction to this book is several fold; it is: ............Very complete ............Easy to read ............Beautifully and artistically completed ............Good shopping, safety and other tips ............Gorgeous photographs too numerous to list. Summary Negative: The country books are too general to really satisfy all your needs in any given location. So, if your entire trip is spent in Wessex, for example, you will also want to get the specific guide for that city (but, the London Section is fairly good) Guide Specifics: The guides are organized as follows: How to use this guide Introduction to Great Britain ............Portrait of Great Britain ............History of Great Britain ............Great Britain Through the Year London, Area by Area Great Britain by Region ............Southeast England ........................Specific Cities / Towns ............West Country ........................Specific Cities / Towns ............Midlands ........................Specific Cities / Towns ............North Country ........................Specific Cities / Towns ............Wales ........................Specific Cities / Towns ............Scotland ........................Specific Cities / Towns Travelers Needs ............Hotels ............Restaurants ............Shopping Survival Information ............Practical Info. ........................Police, safety, buses, trains, etc. ............Travel Info. ........................Maps, tours, currency, etc. ............General Index ............Phrase Book Discussion: The book begins with "A Portrait of Great Britain", including a complete map, a review of Great Britain, it's history, and Great Britain's History (very interesting), and Great Britain though the Year - including events, etc., Region with an "At a glance" overview, then has subsections of Cities / Towns, then specific locations, churches, historical monuments, bridges, galleries, etc. Architectural reviews include various views, and cutaways; given greater understanding and better perspective. They are all attractive, if not works of art - honestly. The travelers' Info. offers good and valid info. on prices, currencies, customs, important words, etc. I used the reviews on resorts, hotel's restaurants and nightclubs, etc. and found they were useful and accurate, and helpful with my touring and site decisions The books are so well thought out that it has multiple maps, with various lookup tables, and the book's flaps are designed to be used as bookmarks for map pages. Negative: The country-wide guides are by definition more general than the specific city guides. So, if you are going to Scotland, get the specific "Scotland" guide (another great guide). If you decide to get the "Great Britain" guide for your 3, or 4 city tour of England, understand that this guide may be a little to general for all your local travel needs. Conclusion: As the President, CEO of an International Meeting Planning Corporation we have many resources and techniques to learn about places we have meetings / groups at as well as the cities and sights. But, as a traveler, this book really is top notch and I would recommend it to anyone going on a personal trip, or wanting to learn about a city, or location. Comment (1) | Permalink | (Report this)

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