You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in London. With the self-guided tours in this book, you’ll explore historic Big Ben, bustling Trafalgar Square, and the Tower of London — home of the crown jewels. Learn how to save time and money on the Tube, and how to avoid the mobs at the Changing of the Guard. Investigate London’s world-class museums, where you can trace Western civilization from the Magna Carta and Shakespeare to Van Gogh and Picasso. Venture into Soho’s theater district for a glitzy musical or a delicious Indian dinner. End a great day at a neighborhood pub, sharing a pint and a chat with a friendly local. Rick’s candid, humorous advice will guide you to good-value hotels and restaurants in delightful London neighborhoods. You’ll learn how to get around by bus and on the Tube, and which sights are worth your time and money. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves guidebook is a tour guide in your pocket.
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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful
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An independent pre-Christmas trip to London (Dec 8-13, 2010) was extremely enhanced through "Rick Steves' London 2011" both through pre-trip planning and on-trip reading. The guidelines for visiting the National Art Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, and the British Museum were extremely helpful. These museums are so large, that the Steves' focus assists in seeing the best artwork and historical images within a two hour visit to each museum. Rick's suggestion of an Oyster Card for Underground Tube travel was efficient and effective. The Underground and City Maps at the opening of the book were excellent as well as the hand-drawn maps for walking tours of areas of London. "Rick Steves London 2011" actually enhanced the satisfaction of my six-day trip to London.
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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"Get the most out of every day and every dollar" is quoted on the back of Rick Steves' London 2011 book and this is an accurate summary for this guide. Included are self-guided tours to the more popular tourist sights in London but one also learns where "the locals go for lunch and how to avoid mobs" at the most popular sights including the London Eye and the Changing of the Guard. An important factor for any tourist: how to get around by bus and on the Tube (subway). Good value hotels, restaurants and pubs are described which is important to know especially with the current low-value dollar exchange! I especially appreciated the Appendices sections: Tourist Information; Communicating (how to use mobile phones, call to other countries, useful help numbers,the British accent, Public Transit routes, the Internet, Mail); Resources (other helpful books to borrow/purchase, podcasts, recommended movies); Holidays and Festivals; Conversions and Climate (Interesting tips include: "When counting with fingers, start with your thumb. If you hold up your first finger to request one item, you'll probably get two."); Essential Packing List; Hotel Reservation Form; and the British-Yankee Vocabulary section (I would buy this book just for this section alone! HINT: Never say you are wearing a "fanny pac"! Look THAT one up to save a lot of embarassment!) The book also contains an albeit small but nicely summarized English History and Contemporary Politics section.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I just recently returned from my trip to London. This book proved to be helpful for us - since our stay in London was very quick. We really only had a couple of free days in London, and so we capitalized on the walking tours, and the information that was provided on how to get tickets to the musicals all proved to be very accurate and very helpful.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great Guide, Good Tips and Tricks
I only had a couple of days in London, and I found this guide helped me really make the mot of that time. Read more
Published 1 month ago by sarahandjames
Awesome book!
This book was invaluable during our trip to Europe. I used it before the trip for planning. While we were there, it was a great reference to finding things, opening times, etc. Read more
Published 3 months ago by pc2425
Paperback version would have been better
I'm a Kindle user, and always prefer buying digital editions instead of paper ones.
But guides like this must be purchased in classic, paper form. Read more
But guides like this must be purchased in classic, paper form. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Giancarlo Rosso
One of the best travel books I have used!
Great book. It was essentially my bible for when I was in London. The museum guides were priceless. Read more
Published 8 months ago by MonaK
The Usual Rick Steves Quality!
This isn't the first Rick Steves book we've used for travel, and it certainly won't be the last!! It was so chock full of info that we spent a few months reading it so we could... Read more
Published 8 months ago by winemac
Right on travel guide
This book was up to date and accurate and saved me a lot of trial and error on my recent trip to London. I took his advice on many occasions with good results. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mike Ventura
Very helpful.
I have been to London previously but wanted an updated book to help with my next visit. This is full of detailed, helpful information. Great purchase.
Published 9 months ago by Desiree Bice
Great book for a first time visit to London
I was planning a first time trip with my family and purchased this book. This book has a lot of good topics and even better details about the topics. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Rodttu
Invaluable Book
This book was great, especially advice about getting to Tower of London right before opening time to get to
view the crown jewels. Read more
view the crown jewels. Read more
Published 9 months ago by donna
An Excellent Guide, Especially on Kindle!
This was my only resource in planning and getting around on a recent trip in London and it was fantastic! Read more
Published 10 months ago by Elton Pinto
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