Cereal City Guide: London

by Rosa Park, Rich Stapleton (Editor)

From the leading independent travel and style magazine Cereal comes Cereal City a portrait of the English capital offering a finely curated edit on what to see and do for discerning travelers and locals alike.   Rich Stapleton and Rosa Park, Cereal’s founders, travel extensively for the magazine and were inspired to create a series of city guides that highlighted their favorite places to visit. Now, after building a loyal readership that counts on their unique, considered advice, they are relaunching the books with a fresh design and new content.   Rather than a comprehensive directory of all there is to see and do, these Cereal City Guides offer instead an edit of points of interest and venues that reflect Cereal’s values, in both quality and aesthetic sensibility. Rich and Rosa have personally visited hundreds of venues in London, distilling their preferred locales down to their firm favorites. From the intimate local shops to the eclectic galleries that evoke London’s dual sense of history and modernity, these are the finds that that will offer a more personal take on the city. Meticulously researched and illustrated with original photography, each guide  photo essays of striking images of the cityan illustrated neighborhood mapinterviews and essays from celebrated locals such as architectural designer John Pawson, fashion designer Margaret Howell, and morelists of essential architectural points of interest, museums, galleries, day trips outside the city, and unique goods to buyan itinerary for an ideal day in London Cereal City London is a design-focused portrait of an iconic city, offering a distinctive look at the best museums, galleries, hotels, restaurants, and shops.   Also, check out Cereal City Paris and Cereal City New York.  

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Architecture

217 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 9, 2018

Reviews

[Jazz · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Brooklyn Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was absolutely beautiful. it made my love for london that much greater. there are some amazing photographs, interviews and essays within that i highly recommended if you want to fall in love with london or continue falling in my case! i honestly want to work for cereal the way this was set out, written and just overall done inspired me and made me want to write in such a way to influence and inspire others as this has done for me within the 1 hour of reading it!!

[Kyle · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really nicely curated book. I agree with the critiques that it’s a bit more “hipster” than your typical tourist guide. However i enjoyed their selection and photographs.

I don’t know if it’s just my copy but I felt the editing was subpar. Some pages felt out of place without an intro, and one location has the same paragraph copied twice on 2 pages back to back. I don’t think it’s a binding issue as the pages are numbered correctly. Just poor editing.

[oliwka · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 - definitely a new and fresh perspective

[zoe gomez · Rating 5 out of 5]

gorgeous. the book is filled with absolutely stunning photography, design, and writing, and now all I want to do is pack everything up and visit each store, hotel, restaurant, and book shop recommended in the book just to see the gorgeous sights myself. the essays were my favourite though, and I wish there were more included.