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5.0 out of 5 starsI always look forward to these books **see pics**
ByChris Miller (@IdoNotes)on July 5, 2016
I always look forward to these books **see pics**. The Lonely Planet books are always high quality with sometimes even too much information. Even as a frequent traveler to London (at least once a year) I still found tips and things to do and see to make each trip feel just as new. Ok once you leave Heathrow. That never seems to change.
The four sections in the book, with color coded page edges, are:
1 - Plan Your Trip (Red)
2 - Explore (Blue)
3 - Understand (Green)
4- Survival Guide (Grey)
Planning is straight forward with quite a bit of information that could be considered Explore as well. Explore is broken into sub sections (the tabs are in groups down the page edges) for different areas of London. You have to understand how dense London is with things to do. Each part feels like a different experience. Neighborhood walks are even outlined and mapped to save you the effort of trying to map it all out.
The Survival Guide section is the quick go to for major information. Airports, tours and a general listing of things like hospitals, money, etc are broken down quickly. I think they could cross link the Planning with the Survival to make it even more useful.
Lastly there is a fold out map as updated as the release of the book. I took a picture of that for you as well so you can see how large it is. If I could add a tip for you, download the Tube app to your device and update regularly (daily) to get all the Tube closures and changes while there. It is a huge help and timesaver. The map is great with the markers and side information.
Note that you can get this book in digital format to make it easy to search and carry around with the Kindle app. I happened to get the hard copy for the review. Overall Lonely Planet rocked it again with the new London version.
