London Markets (Cadogan Guide London Markets) [Paperback]

Phil Harriss (Author)

Book Description

Series: Cadogan Guide London Markets | Publication Date: May 1999

This new guide takes the reader around Londo n''s many markets, giving opening days and times, detailed de scriptions of what the markets have to offer, what to avoid buying and how far to go with bartering. '

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Packed with tips and entertainingly written' - Marie Claire Magazine, 'Understated, humorous writing' - New York Daily News

'It's difficult to praise the Cadogan books to highly¿ good writing, amusing comment and invaluable advice' - The Independent

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From the Back Cover

For Londoners and visitors alike, Cadogan's guide celebrates the vitality, vibrancy and irrepressible fun of London's market life. Over 60 markets are detailed - from world-famous Camden, Portobello Road and Petticoat Lane to local neighborhoods where Londoners have shopped for generations. Discover a hidden wealth of antiques and crafts, the funkiest venues for fashion (from cutting-edge streetwear to vintage cool), and multicultural markets where the spirit of Africa, Asia and the Caribbean bursts forth. Packed with tips for bargain-hunters, this new edition also investigates the recent phenomenon of farmers' markets. Pocket it and take to the streets.This guide includes 150 restaurants, pubs, bookshop cafes, fish shops, coffee bars, pie and mash shops and noodle bars; 62 orientation maps; highlights of the best local sightseeing attractions; special section on farmers' markets; markets listed by day of the week and type. (5 x 8 1/2, 208 pages, maps)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Everyman Publishers; 2 edition (May 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1860119034
• ISBN-13: 978-1860119033
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,081,244 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent guide to many many streets, November 9, 2000

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not-rich girl (Tokyo, Japan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: London Markets (Cadogan Guide London Markets) (Paperback)

Full of information about street markets in London, not only the world famous Portobello Road or Camden Town. When I travelled to England in 2000, I was fed up with fasionable / tourist markets, and then I found this book, which took me to some other streets to spend a ideal Saturday morning in. The author knows the excitement when you stroll down the streets filled with colourful fruit and veg, clothes, bottles of shampoo, cushions and what-you-call bric-a-blac. (Shoppers and traders are there as well as pickpockets!) He says he was led to write about street trade to see the multi-cultural / multi-racial energy at Ridley Road market in East London, and this explains a lot. This book actually guide you down to the core of those traditional street trade. Maps, transport information and where-to-park suggestions --really helpful for drivers-- and some drawings, but no glossy photographs. Thin and small enough to carry about all the time.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent off-the-track guide, October 5, 2004

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Frederick J. Talasco (Albany, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: London Markets, 3rd (Country & Regional Guides - Cadogan) (Paperback)

I have used this book extensively on several trips to London. Excellent descriptions allow you to determine what markets will be of interest... and which to avoid. Many of the smaller markets are hard to find without a guide of some sort, and this book is small enough to carry in your back pocket. If you intend to delve deeper than the crowded tourist attractions, this guide will open a window into what London is really like.