Product Details

• Actors: Lauren Bacall, Roddy McDowall, Rick Steves
• Directors: Graham Loveridge
• Writers: Deborah Richardson, Lee Grant
• Producers: Tracy R. West
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Questar
• VHS Release Date: April 30, 2002
• Run Time: 53 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 1568551827
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #225,204 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Travel through these enchanting areas of Great Britain with Rick Steves as your guide. He offers historical background, spectacular sights, and practical information for each segment of the video. Starting in North Wales, Steves gives a brief history of the area and then takes you on a tour of castles and forts. The final part of his expedition in Wales is a journey to the top of Mount Snowden, Britain's tallest mountain, via a steam train ride. Steves is especially charming when he has conversations with local Welsh people telling their stories. Of course there are the obligatory shots of sheep in the Welsh countryside and a trip to a wool mill. He gives useful information about driving a car on the "wrong side of the road" and how to go about renting one. Then it's off to the Cotswold villages. Here Steves visits four different villages all reminiscent of a Tolkien Hobbit village. While standing beneath a thatched roof, even Steves can't keep himself from using the word "quaint" to describe its delicateness and charm. In this segment he gives useful information on how to stay in a youth hostel (not just for the youth, as he discovers).

Finally, it's off to Bath, a small city filled with Georgian buildings and classical columns. Steves takes a tour of the 2,000-year-old Roman baths and an excursion to the Museum of Costume. Just outside Bath is Avebury, home to the largest Neolithic ceremonial circle, which still mystifies archeologists. This travel log ends with Steves's returning his car and having to go home, and always realizing at the end of a trip how there is never enough time for exploration. Check out other travelogues in this series, as they are truly "how-to" and packed with information. --Samantha Allen Storey

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff, unless you've seen Rick's more recent visit, June 8, 2002

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This review is from: Great Britain: North Wales, Cotswald Villages & Bath [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I bought this thinking it was the show I'd recently seen on KCTS, but it was at least 5 years old. Of course, as much as the West Country changes, this is certainly not out of date. Rick hasn't changed much, either. He so obviously enjoys what he does(who wouldn't?) & he's been back and forth over this familiar territory. Zummerzet, Glocestershire, Cornwall, the West is Best!

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great perspective, February 10, 1999

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This review is from: Great Britain: North Wales, Cotswald Villages & Bath [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This was a great travel video and good preparation to go back next year to retrack family roots.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great perspective, February 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Great Britain: North Wales, Cotswald Villages & Bath [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This was a great travel video and good preparation to go back next year to retrack family roots.