Lonely Planet Great Britain [Paperback]

David Else (Author), Oliver Berry (Author), George Dunford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 2005

Features colour highlights sections, easy-to-use grid-referenced maps and insightful history, culture, food and environment chapters by specialised contributors. These guides are the country guides for independent travellers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 1012 pages
• Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications; 6th edition (May 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1740599217
• ISBN-13: 978-1740599214
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,642,455 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the Great Britain travel books that I have read!, February 16, 2006

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S. Johnson (Oregon coast) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lonely Planet Great Britain (Paperback)

In planning a trip to Great Britain, I have purchased three travel books: Lonely Planet, Eyewitness and Frommer's. I would rank them in that order as far as helpfulness in planning our trip. Here are my reasons: I have found Lonely Planet's sections on "where to sleep" and "where to eat" are much more extensive, informative and include a wider variety in price ranges than the other two books. Also, they have more information on some of the smaller towns, that are off the beaten track. I enjoyed the wonderful photographs, maps and illustrations in the Eyewitness Guide to Great Britain and if you can afford two books, it is a great way to prepare for what you will see. However, since I only have room for one travel book in my small suitcase, I plan to take the Lonely Planet book with me on our upcoming trip.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, but many poor maps, October 28, 2005

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Peter from Socorro, NM "Peter" (Socorro, NM USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lonely Planet Great Britain (Paperback)

This is an excellent guidebook. The only problem with it is the quality of the city maps, which are almost impossible to read. I saw an earlier edition in which they were in color and much better. They must have tried to save money in this edition by doing them in grayscale.