London: Michael Brein's Travel Guides To Sightseeing By Public Transportation (Map)

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Another most unusual and also very clever guidebook to come into the marketplace, is "Sightseeing by Public Transportation." In all my years in travel, I've seen some offbeat things, but when I got a copy I was hooked, fascinated and wondered why no one's done this before. -- On the Road with John Clayton, July 16, 1999

Know Before You Go with $5 Transit Guides. Detailed maps of public transit systems are often hard to come by until you reach a destination. The guides cost $5 each and include a list of a city's 50 most popular places, as well as walking maps. The big maps are the schematics used by the cities themselves. The series began with the Oahu bus system. The publisher, Michael Brein, has added London, Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, Madrid, Munich, Prague and Sydney. Amsterdam, Washington, D.C. and Vienna will be added this spring. -- San Jose Mercury News, January 16, 2000

Off the Map. If you want to get to know a city like a local, it helps to travel like one, and free public transit maps don't tell you how to get to the fun stuff. For $5, try one of Michael Brein's double-duty city transit maps. -- New York Post, August 24, 1999

Sightseeing by Public Transportation Map Series. Assiduous and budget-minded trip- planners might want to include these maps as reference materials for their next trip -- San Francisco Examiner, August 9, 1998

Subway Series. The Metro, U-Bahn, Underground and other modes of public transit star in a new series of guides created by Michael Brein, a Ph.D. in social psychology with an interest in affordable travel. -- Consumer Reports Travel Letter, November 1999

Travel Advisory: Taking public transit? These maps will help. For those who want to know where a subway will take them, there is a new series of public transit maps packed with information. -- New York Times, January 16, 2000

Product Description

Michael Brein's Travel Guide Series to Sightseeing by Public Transportation shows travelers how to go to the top 50 visitor attractions by public transportation in a variety of the world's most popular tourist destination cities.

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Product Details

• Map: 2 pages
• Publisher: Michael Brein, Inc.; Map edition (June 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1886590028
• ISBN-13: 978-1886590021
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 4.4 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,332,347 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Over rated out of date map, November 15, 2000

By	Mark Wall (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This is out of date - new lines have opened and other altered as a consequence. Accurate small maps are available free and large scale up to date maps (With discount offers to places of interest)are available from vending machines... in any undground (subway) station. ... - save your money.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for tourism, January 21, 1999

By A Customer

These maps provide a real easy way to see the best of London sights. You are directed from the subway to each sight. You cant get lost. Easy to read and convenient.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Map for those who forget their glasses, January 19, 2001

By	Gabrielle Auteil "gypsywife" (Yardley, pa United States) - See all my reviews

I read all the popular tour books before I left for London and Paris, but only took Brein's Underground Maps and the Penguin Map Guide books with me. I could read and clearly understand Brein's Map without having to pull out my glasses all the time and the directions on exiting the undergrounds were helpful.