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Title: Great Britain (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Michael Leapman ISBN: 0-7894-9385-3 Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (15 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Big book...lots of info!
Comment: When I received this book in the mail, I was quite surprised at its size. It's thicker than some of the other Eyewitness travel books, but this should not discourage you! There is so much information that one can get very engrossed in reading and learning from it for hours on end. I found the maps extremely useful and the different sections divided up for easy referencing made locating places to eat, hotels to stay at, and things to see very quick and easy. What a wonderful guide! The pictures are superb and it really is a clever travel companion. I've found the Eyewitness travel books to be very smart and practical...a real asset to the frequent, casual, and even business traveler. I recommend it highly as a companion guide to other travel books you may acquire about Great Britain, however it could do the job quite well on its own also.
Rating: 4
Summary: Vast
Comment: There is enormous coverage in this book. Maybe that is its main drawback. There is just so MUCH to Great Britain, that it is impossible to go into great depth. HOWEVER, what it does it does extremely well.
The house style of the Eyewitness guides is very attractive - beautiful pictures, cutaways and good maps.
It is not the sort of guide that is very comprehensive in restaurant and hotel suggestions - but in the UK there is such a good network of tourist offices that you rarely need a huge accommodation listings book. Each tourist office will book accommodation in any price range or category.
I wrote a rave review of the London guide. I suggest if you are spending an extensive time in London, it is worthwhile buying that book instead. And if you are spending significant time in Scotland, consider that book.
Rating: 1
Summary: A nice idea but so very far from the truth
Comment: First of all, for all those who are not familiar to the UK (Great Britain)the Britain this guide try to show you has not excisted since the end of the 1950's. The images are buetiful, in fact I will complement it on selling such a romantic vision of contemporary Britain. But alas this is all false. Verging on 99.9 percent of the UK's people have never eaten cream-cakes or had tea and crumpets with the Queen in Buckingham Palace, likewise nobody in the country speaks like the Queen (sorry to tell it like it is.) Roads are concrete and Burger King & McDonalds lurk in every town. I can say as a UK citizen that this guide is giving out mis-information. I would recommend reading this book if you are planning on visiting the countryside or a museum but otherwise they are selling you a vision of Britain that has been dead for nearly 60 years. If you buy this guide, belelive what you read, and visit the country you will (and we see this happening on a regular basis in Britain) walk into the roughest and most run-down area of London for example, ask the first person you meet in a bar for scones and tea and then you and maybe your partner will be beaten to pulp and have your possessions stolen. By no means is Britain a hell-hole, but its far from the Britain shown in this Travel Guide. Sorry to tell it like it it.
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Title: London (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Michael Leapman ISBN: 0789493837 Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Ireland (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Lisa Gerard-Sharp, Tim Perry ISBN: 0789494248 Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide to London (Eyewitness Travel Top 10) by Roger Williams ISBN: 0789483491 Publisher: DK Publishing Inc Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Dk Eyewitness Travel Guides: Scotland (Dk Eyewitness Travel Guides Scotland) by Michael McGarrity ISBN: 0789494191 Publisher: DK Publishing Inc Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: France (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Not Applicable (Na ) ISBN: 078949387X Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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