Lonely Planet London Condensed

by Steve Fallon

Written by an insightful local, this new edition has coverage on the best activities for children, the best gay and lesbian venues in town, the latest Underground maps, and great day trips. 12 maps. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1864503017
• ISBN13: 9781864503012
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.2" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

You're going to LOVE BRITAIN!

I've spent a year in England and have made >30 visits all together. <br /> <br />Here are my reviews of the best guides....to meet you r exact needs.....I hope these are helpful and that you have a great visit! I always gauge the quality of my visit by how much I remember a year later......this review is designed to help you get the guide that will be sure YOU remember your trip many years into the future. Travel Safe and enjoy yourself to the max! <br /> <br />Lonely Planet <br />Lonely Planet has City and Out To Eat Guides. They are all about the experience so they focus on doing, being, getting there, and this means they have the best detailed information, including both inexpensive and really spectacular restaurants and hotels, out-of-the-way places, weird things to see and do, the list is endless. <br /> <br />MapGuide <br />MapGuide is very easy to use and has the best location information for pubs, hotels, tourist attractions, museums, churches etc. that they manage to keep fairly up to date. It's great for teaching you how to use the underground and the double decker buses. The text sections are quick overviews, not reviews, but the strong suite here is brevity, not depth. I strongly recommend this for your first few times learning your way around the classic tourist sites and experiences. MapGuide is excellent as long as you are staying pretty much in the city centre. When you get to be an old London hand, remember that the classic Londoners guide will always be an A to Z (zed) map and guide. If you want to go a bit beyond the central core of the city (perhaps to Windsor, Hampton, or further away) you really need the proper AtoZ to be able to find exact routes and streets. <br /> <br />Time Out <br />The Time Out guides are very good. Easy reading, short reviews of restaurants, hotels, and other sites, with good public transport maps that go beyond the city centre. Many people who buy more than one guidebook end up liking this one best! <br /> <br />Blue Guides <br />Without doubt, the best of the walks guides.... the Blue Guide has been around since 1918 and has extremely well designed walks with lots of unique little side stops to hit on just about any interest you have. If you want to pick up the feel of the city, this is the best book to do that for you. This is one that you end up packing on your 10th trip, by which time it is well worn. <br /> <br />Michelin <br />Famous for their quality reviews, the Red Michelin Guides are for hotels & Restaurants, the Green Michelin Guides are for main tourist destinations. However, the English language Green guide is the one most people use and it has now been supplemented with hotel and restaurant information. These are the serious review guides as the famous Michelin ratings are issued via these books. <br /> <br />Let's Go <br />Let's Go is a great guide series that specializes in the niche interest details that turn a trip into a great and memorable experience. Started by

Practical and Helpful Guide to London

I have always been a fan of the Lonely Planet books, having recently used the Lonely Planet Iceland and Greenland book to great effect. I like this London guide because it is a nice size (easy to carry) and is full of genuinely useful information. I particularly like the very detailed maps in the back of the book (there are 16 color maps in addition to the tube map and a few other handy things back there). The maps make planning itineraries much easier than if they are spread throughout the book. One minor quibble about the maps, though: the maps are of excellent detail, but cover relatively small geographic areas. That's ideal for detail, except for the fact that there is very little orienting information about how the various maps fit together. It's not a huge deal, but is the only real room for improvement that I saw in the book.As far as information goes, the hotel and restaurant stuff is pretty standard fare, but the information on sights and attractions is wonderful. I am especially fond of the "Highlights and Lowlights" sections which point out the things generally of highest import to a tourist. Of course, there is substantial information on other things, but this 'do not miss' feature is great. I was also especially pleased with the detailed public transport information including the tube, trains, taxis, buses, and all five airports (and how to get to and from them.)In short, I am really impressed with this latest edition of the Lonely Planet London book, and will definitely be packing it when I go to England next.

EXCELLENT guide for seeing all sights in LONDON!

I just returned from a week stay in London and two books made the trip complete - this LONDON citymap guide and Lonely Planets guide to London. We were there to sitesee and all we needed was Lonely Planet to decide where to go (includes the TUBE stops as well) and for resturants and other out of the way location, we found every street we needed with this fold out guide. Lonely Planet gave just enough background on all the major sites and has a lot of information packed in a little book. I received about 4 other books from friends and none compared to these two guides. Save your money - you'll be all set with these two!

a great guide to a great city.

This is an excellent guide to London. the best way to travel is without a guidebook but often a good book can simplify thingsand make life easier- and this book does just that The book is organised by locations ( west end, north london, etc). For each sectiono the city there are extensive descriptions of places to visit, restaurants and other attractions. There are also useful chapters on getting sround using local transpotation and on places to stay(broken down by budget). Unlike other "tourist" guide books , this is not filled up with glossy photographs and hype.As with the other Lonely planet books,the target audience are independant travellers who will find lots of essential information - such as locations of supermarkets, laundromats and other conveniences. The maps at the back of the book are easy to read and accuratew butI would also recommend buying a pocket subway map ( easily available in london) because all travellers will need to refer to it very ofen and it is tedious to have to refer to the back of the book constantly.only problem i had while using this book was that all attractions are listed with the name of the nearest underground station but there is no information on how to walk to the place from the stations.

A Great Help!

This book was just what we needed in planning our trip to London. We loved all of the maps and the special walking guides section. The site descriptions helped us plan out where we wanted to go and we were able to figure out all of our transportation on the flight over. This guide was a great help!