Best england travel guides according to redditors
We found 25 Reddit comments discussing the best england travel guides. We ranked the 20 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
We found 25 Reddit comments discussing the best england travel guides. We ranked the 20 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
Tell you what, I'll help.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lonely-Planet-London-Travel-Guide/dp/1742208738/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395930151&sr=8-1&keywords=lonely+planet+london
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Rough-Guide-London-Humphreys/dp/1409337839/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395930190&sr=8-1&keywords=rough+guide+london
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Michelin-Guide-London-2014-Restaurants/dp/2067186930/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395930207&sr=8-1&keywords=michelin+guide+london
http://www.amazon.co.uk/DK-Eyewitness-Travel-Guide-London/dp/1409379930/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395930236&sr=8-1&keywords=DK+london
Do yourself a favour. Invest $20 in one of these: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lonely-Planet-London-Travel-Guide/dp/1786573520/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=7TPSGSBWG2PTF3ZC96Y1
>If I am totally honest, a week in London in one go is probably too long. The first time I went to London, I was bored after a few days.
You could easily spend weeks in London and barely touch the surface, especially if you're interested in art, quirky museums, history, music, architecture, and all the things OP stated. London - although not as fantastic as a decade ago - is extraordinary.
Travel isn't cheap, but very few journeys are "£13 return" and I'm not sure how you managed to buy a return ticket on contactless or Oyster given that the off-peak zone 1-2 daily cap is £7 and weekly anytime pass is (an admittedly obscene) £35. It's unlikely most tourists will need to travel before 9.30am or beyond zone 2, except to Hampton Court Palace and the airport.
OP - buy Time Out London City Guide. It's better than most other guidebooks for your purposes (at least it was a few years ago). Also try blogs like IanVisits (nerdy) Londonist (hipper).
This has helped me out with my children. It breaks down each area by Free, Big Days Out and major highlights. Very useful for picking an area and understanding not just the well known things, but also lesser know destinations or activities that go on such as markets/viewings/activity days.
Footprint travel guide
Outsourced with the clear goal to bring the numbers down. Whatever it takes.
https://libcom.org/files/DeathShip.pdf
https://www.amazon.de/This-London-Life-Death-World/dp/1447272447
Statelessness will be an issue again.
oo! Sounds fun!
edit, there's a kindle version!
Also post in the stickied thread at the top of the subreddit, where you'll have a really helpful first post with lots of links to our wiki. You'll find a guidebook helpful too - something like Lonely Planet London and the Pocket edition for quick reference while you're out and about. You'll probably find most of your questions (how to get around, how to see the big sights, what to do/not do about tipping etc) are answered in there.
London is full of amazing palaces, museums, restaurants, theatre, etc etc, I highly recommend you spend ten bucks for a guide book.
I'd suggest buying a book such as this one and flicking through for inspiration:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-London-Unusual-Jonglez-Guides/dp/236195110X/
Lanesbourgh Hotel, Fortnum and Mason, and Harrods all have afternoon teas. I've used this book before but i suspect there are more updated websites now.
Tea in the City: London https://www.amazon.com/dp/0966347889/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_BdfdAbQJ1A4D8
I work in a popular indie bookshop that is also a bit of a tourist destination in London. if you came into my shop an asked this question, i would suggest these two new books on londons rivers: 1 and 2. Same title, but both different and very good books. Also secret london. I've been a londoner for 15 years, and my parents both are from here, but most of the places in this book i had never come across. My better half, who is training to be a city of london tour guide, and I, have been using the book to get to know our city better for the last few months. Another awesome way to look at the city is through lost london an awesome (an reasonably priced) coffee table book of historic photographs of the city, illuminating for any londoner. If you are looking for any other sort of book on the city (novel, history of a particular period, esoteric guide, etc...), let me know. It's what I do.
P.S. While i have linked to amazon above, if you can afford to, buy from your local independent bookshop! you'll miss us if we go!
If you like that, then: Secret London An Unusual Guide Is well worth checking out too! http://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-London-Unusual-Jonglez-Guides/dp/2915807280
ah. it was paris/London specifically not Europe.
http://www.amazon.com/Frommers-Paris-95-Day/dp/0764598937
http://www.amazon.com/Frommers-London-Day-Donald-Olson/dp/0471747025
but both are old books
er wait here it is. but from 2004
http://www.amazon.com/Frommers-Europe-85-Day/dp/0764568906/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1369661824&sr=8-2&keywords=frommers+Europe
They probably just don't put the dollar figure in the title anymore!
I that case you might be interested in the following books:
There is a book for that! Book Lovers' London
What part of "of or relating to the country" do you not understand? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rural-London-Discover-Citys-Country/dp/1782437533
Thanks so much for this contest.
I would really, really like this book before I move there in September.
Edit: formatting
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0980374693?ie=UTF8&force-full-site=1
Love this book. Was bought for my birthday and it contains loads of things a Londoner should know
This should be perfect for the job: M5 Sights Guide. I have a couple of friends who spend hours travelling motorways every day (they are comedians) and they love this kind of thing as it helps break the journeys into recognisable chunks.