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The Rough Guide to Britain (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 1384 pages
  • Publisher: Rough Guides Ltd; 5th Revised edition edition (27 May 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843533014
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843533016
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 457,257 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Since the Conservative party lost power in 1997, Britain has had an unmistakably upbeat air, celebrated in the press as "Cool Britannia". Yet even without these cultural innovations--its vibrant music scene and burgeoning film industry, its fashionable new restaurants and bars--Britain would still be an attractive destination. Its countryside offers a vast variety of delights, from traditional village pubs to lakes, hills and prehistoric stone circles. Although England is a likely first destination (London is Europe's largest capital city) a trip to Great Britain would not be complete without an exploration of Scotland and Wales, the two other countries that make up its mainland (Ireland has its own volume: Ireland: the Rough Guide). "The moment you cross the border into predominantly rural Wales, you are aware that you have entered a Celtic land," while Scotland offers both tantalising countryside and the "cosmopolitan and cultured" city of Edinburgh.

The Rough Guides, aimed at independent travellers of all ages on all budgets, set out to "do something different": provide practical information and an insight into contemporary culture, mixing hard fact with irreverent humour. Britain: The Rough Guide includes maps, travel and accommodation guides, several pages of glossy photographs and a "Contexts" section containing a fascinating history of Britain.--Daren King --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The Times, 25 March 2000, London, UK

Classic guide...sound information for the inbound tourist, or the Londoner who wants to plan a holiday in Argyll. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars OK, more detail needed, 17 Sep 2006
By J. Huxford (UK) - See all my reviews
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i am a big fan of rough guides and i have used them wherever i have visited and found them to be indispensible and by far the best travel book series around. however i afraid i was slighty disappointed with this one as i found it did not contain a great deal of detail and admitted large areas of interest to tourist such as the soutern cotswolds and the forest of dean. however if you buy the guides to the individual countries than they will contain the extra detail needed. other than this the book was very accurate and as usual very readable.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Hmmmm, 6 Aug 2007
Pretty good, a couple of observations though. Restaurant recommendations in London (and I can imagine elsewhere too) REALLY random - with some places it seems like they just stumbled upon them leaving the tube and decided to include them. These, alongside, eyewateringly expensive 'big names' a tourist would struggle to get a reservation for even planning weeks away. I mean, Gordon Ramsay?! A huge swath of possibilities go unnamed, although they are very competitively priced for tourists - Pret, Leon, et al. But they're very likely anti-chain.

On that note, the lefty diatribes whenever they come upon a country house or 'palace' are a bit predictable after a while - and a bit unfair in some cases. Not a fan of Lady Di myself, but the Althorp section was a bit too biased for my taste.
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