Where to Go When Great Britain and Ireland

by D.K. Publishing

When’s the best time to visit London? When are the Scottish islands at their most beautiful? When do the crowds leave Snowdonia? Turn the pages of this beautiful book and you’ll find the answers to all these questions – and more.

With chapters covering every month of the year, Where to Go When highlights the perfect time to visit 100 of Great Britain and Ireland’s favourite places – from the highlands of Scotland to the wild coast of Wales, the ancient heart of England to the rugged isle of Ireland. Inside, you’ll find ideas for every traveller, whether you want to hike through beautiful landscapes, immerse yourself in arts festivals or witness spectacular spring blooms. We’ve included bucket-list trips for new explorers and lesser-known experiences for seasoned travellers, too. 

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Extensively revised and completely redesigned, this new edition features beautiful photography, helpful practical tips and alternative times to visit, in case you can’t make it that month. So, whether you’re looking for travel ideas for a particular season or you’re not sure when the best time to visit your destination is, Where to Go When has you covered. 

Ready to explore Great Britain and Ireland? We’ll see you there.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference

224 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 2010

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Julie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Skimmed, rather than read word for word in detail. I had trouble reading the tiny print in the outer margins of the pages. Overall, I enjoyed looking through this guide and smiled with delight when I read:

"If Britain had a "Fall Foliage" region to rival New England's, it would be the Lower Wye Valley Gorge." This is great news for me, as according to Google maps I live a 40-minute drive away from this area of outstanding beauty!

Additionally, I live in what is described as "Cider Country" and nearby Ledbury, Herefordshire (where my husband grew up) was listed as a place to visit in the autumn. There is so much to explore, and sometimes it is right on our doorstep!

[Erin]

Wifi has returned to the household and this book has been returned to my Dad’s bookshelf.

[Neil · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice looking, good locations, perhaps a bit more focused on natural locations than my personal travel preferences would dictate. The reasons to go are either seasonal for the natural locations or related to festivals and the like for most of the cities and towns. I wish there was a little more coverage of what other highlights of visiting the location might be, since I would rarely travel somewhere just for a festival (maybe I'm a bit too cheap to pay the added cost of lodging when a town is booked up, and I don't always relish the crowds that festival weekend can bring). The travel publishers could really do better with the average coffee table book. They focus on making them pretty, but the content should enhance what readers are using them for: inspiring and helping to plan the next great adventure, or sometimes, just enabling an armchair adventurer like me.

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

good ideas

This shows places to go in Britain, by month. It has some useful information for each location, how to get there, what to see, although it is sparse - but you get the idea and can look up details in other books or online. It is more of a starting point and the photographs definitely help you decide where to go. In every place the weather says be prepared for rain ;0 so true!

[Neil · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gorgeous to look at, but not much support for why each location was best visited at the time of year for which it is listed (the book is organized by the four seasons). And while it's great to see some lesser known locations getting some attention, it seems odd to only give great cities like London, Edinburgh, and Dublin the same number of pages as tiny islands or bird sanctuaries. I enjoyed looking through this, but you certainly wouldn't want to plan a trip around it.

[Jennifer Daniel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too much Great Britain and not enough Ireland. I did glean some info about the horse racing scene and that was useful. I don't think any tour books of Ireland even need to mention Guiness. We all know it is there thank you very much.

[Helle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing pictures, interesting locations and insights, very nice to get inspiration from. Less suitable for practical information.