Blue Guide: England

by Ian Ousby

Book Overview

The guide provides more than 80 suggestions for exploring the country's cities, towns, villages and countryside, contains a wealth of historical detail, architectural descriptions, practical advice, and includes information about museums and galleries (as well as numerous town plans and ground plans of major monuments).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393313409
• ISBN13: 9780393313406
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Blue Guides
• Length: 785 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 4.8" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

brilliant

My husband and I are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to travel once or twice a year. I always plan for our trips by buying and studying 2 guidebooks, one with lots of pictures, and the other, invariably, the Blue Guide to the site in question. Blue Guide England was the first of these, purchased more than 10 years ago. We used that edition as guide book, historical and geographical reference, and atlas. It became so dogeared and highlighted that we were happy when the next edition was published, purchasing it immediately even though we had no immediate plans to return to England. We are independent travellers, almost always booking flights, cars, and reservations on our own on the web. We also enjoy delving into places off the beaten track and the top-ten lists. The detail in any Blue Guide is much more encompassing than that in any other guide we have used. The driving directions are usually right on the money. Its literary, architectural, and historical information is particularly helpful. We have discovered many little known gems because of these guides. Highly recommended, without reservation.