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Title: Rick Steves' London 2003 by Rick Steves, Gene Openshaw ISBN: 1-56691-455-8 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Do your homework before traveling!
Comment: London, London, London... I just came back from a wonderful (and hot) trip to Europe. My best advice? Do your homework before traveling. Buy Rick Steves' books, research in advance what you want to visit and how to get there. I love the walking tours included in Steves books. In London the tube (subway) takes you pretty much everywhere. Organize your calendar by blocks (2 or 3 hours) flexible enough that you can change them around in your schedule. Group activities by geographical areas (that is how the book is organized). You will save precious time and lots of "surprises". I was tempted to give the book 4 stars because some of Steves comments are silly but I skipped them and concentrated on the great tips and well organized walks described in this book. Some of my tour friends had other travel guides and Rick Steves was the best by far. At the British museum and the Westminster Abbey I found Steves' followers, everyone agreed that this book made their travel much easier.
I recommend the specific city guide instead of the Best of Europe because the later was not detailed enough and it did not include the useful "walking tours". The only thing I did not use on this book for was the hotel recommendation (because my tour company arranged the hotels). Still, this book was worth every penny I spent on it.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good Book
Comment: A little more musuem info than I would have wanted but it's still a really great read for a first time traveler to London!
Rating: 2
Summary: too much art, too little food and lodging
Comment: I was very disappointed in the book - I was expecting a lot of useful advice on finding a comfortable hotel and an inexpensive meal, but there was almost no info on those topics. Instead, Steves gives great detail on the few items he thinks you should see in the major museums of London. Well, thanks, but my taste in art differs from his. In something the size of the British Museum, putting together a sort of "Greatest Hits" list is ridulous; there's too many fabulous pieces in too many categories for a small section of guidebook to do the reader anything but a disservice. Much better to use the Museum's extensive resources on site to find your personal favorites.
Steves would far better serve his readers by giving some SPECIFIC info on restaurants, not just broad categories of places to seek out.
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Title: Rick Steves' Great Britain 2003 by Rick Steves ISBN: 1566914620 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Streetwise London by Michael Brown, Streetwise Maps ISBN: 0935039279 Publisher: Streetwise Maps Pub. Date: 01 March, 1993 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Rick Steves' Paris 2003 by Rick Steves, Steve Smith, Gene Openshaw ISBN: 1566914566 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: December, 1902 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The London Mapguide: The Essential Guide to Experience London by Michael Middleditch ISBN: 0140279482 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: London (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Michael Leapman ISBN: 0789493837 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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