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London Encounter
Our resident author recommends the very best sights, restaurants, shops and entertainment, plus local experts also reveal London's secrets: from a boutique hairdresser's top shopping suggestions to the coolest live music venues from the director of the BBC Electric Proms.
Weigh yourself down with shopping bags in Covent Garden
Down some proper beer in the Jerusalem Tavern
Separate your Picassos from your Pollocks at Tate Modern
Discover twice the city in half the time. Features unique itineraries and highlights to help you make the most of a short trip, plus full-colour neighbourhood maps for easy navigation.
Weigh yourself down with shopping bags in Covent Garden
Down some proper beer in the Jerusalem Tavern
Separate your Picassos from your Pollocks at Tate Modern
240 pages, Paperback
First published May 28, 2007
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A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
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June 5, 2008
[Please note: This review is pretty much the same as my Lonely Planet Paris Encounter guide, because the two books have the same format.]
This guidebook worked out well for me because there is so much to see/do in London besides the major monuments. The author (introduced at the beginning of the book) is a 20- to 30-something year old who suggested off-the-beaten paths that someone like me would enjoy (cabarets, record shops, etc.)
But if you want detailed descriptions about the site you're looking at, this is not the book for you. A few things about this book were not very helpful: 1) you'd be better off buying a laminate map than the fold-out included with this one; 2) the interior maps number each site, but the descriptions don't show the number...this makes it very hard to reference where you're going; 3)the features of what the locals "think" about London is interesting, but is (of course) one-sided and not very necessary; 4) author doesn't tell you all the must-see places (pretty biased to what she enjoys about the city).
This guidebook worked out well for me because there is so much to see/do in London besides the major monuments. The author (introduced at the beginning of the book) is a 20- to 30-something year old who suggested off-the-beaten paths that someone like me would enjoy (cabarets, record shops, etc.)
But if you want detailed descriptions about the site you're looking at, this is not the book for you. A few things about this book were not very helpful: 1) you'd be better off buying a laminate map than the fold-out included with this one; 2) the interior maps number each site, but the descriptions don't show the number...this makes it very hard to reference where you're going; 3)the features of what the locals "think" about London is interesting, but is (of course) one-sided and not very necessary; 4) author doesn't tell you all the must-see places (pretty biased to what she enjoys about the city).
March 20, 2009
This is one of Lonely Planet's heftier "Encounter" books, almost double the volume of my Istanbul copy. It accordingly has more detail, and most of it is pretty accurate. One of the metro stops indicated around the Tower Bridge area threw me off, though.
I love the pull-out map in this series.
I love the pull-out map in this series.
January 21, 2011
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees :D been wanting this for so long <3 London in my heart forever.
And good it was ^_^ the author mixes humoristic descriptions of the usual touristy stuff, with interesting details about the less known areas... fab.
And good it was ^_^ the author mixes humoristic descriptions of the usual touristy stuff, with interesting details about the less known areas... fab.
March 3, 2009
its a decent guide book i guess.
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