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Rick Steves Great Britain

Rick Steves Great Britain

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  • Author：Rick Steves
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Summary

From the craggy beauty of the Scottish Highlands to cosmopolitan London， Great Britain is yours to discover with Rick Steves！ Inside Rick Steves Great Britain you'll find:

Comprehensive coverage for spending two weeks or more exploring England， Wales， and Scotland

Rick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money， with rankings of his must-see favorites

Top sights and hidden gems， from Stonehenge and Shakespeare's Globe Theatre to whisky distilleries and corner pubs

How to connect with culture: Try haggis or a Scotch pie， catch a show in SoHo， or chat with locals in a cozy Welsh tavern

Beat the crowds， skip the lines， and avoid tourist traps with Rick's candid， humorous insight

The best places to eat， sleep， and relax with a pint

Self-guided walking tours of charming villages， historic sites， and museums

Detailed maps throughout， plus a handy fold-out map for exploring on-the-go

Useful resources including a packing list， a historical overview， and recommended reading

Over 1，000 bible-thin pages include everything worth seeing without weighing you down

Complete， up-to-date information on London， Windsor， Cambridge， Bath， Glastonbury， Wells， Avebury， Stonehenge， Salisbury， South Wales， the Cotswolds， Stratford-upon-Avon， Ironbridge Gorge， Liverpool， the Lake District， York， Durham and Northeast England， Conwy， Caernarfon， Snowdonia National Park， Blaenau Ffestiniog， Edinburgh， Glasgow， Stirling， St。 Andrews， Oban and the Inner Hebrides， Glencoe and Fort William， Inverness， Loch Ness， and more
Make the most of every day and every dollar with Rick Steves Great Britain。

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Reviews

J。R。 Dodson ，

Looking forward to using it sometime！[round 2] : Rick’s weakness typically is hikes and nature-related stuff， but even that was excellent here。 Well done all around。 Helped plan a wonderful trip。

Lady Arwen ，

Some notes:- The practicalities section is short but quite good and has several useful tips for travel in the UK。 - Some of the prices are outdated！ Some attractions/ buses cost more than what was listed。 Also， this was not mentioned （at least I do not remember it being said） but there are student discounts at many places。- I like the self-guided tours and the fun little stories/ facts included。 I don't agree with all of the ratings that he gives attractions but finding them is a bit of a scaven Some notes:- The practicalities section is short but quite good and has several useful tips for travel in the UK。 - Some of the prices are outdated！ Some attractions/ buses cost more than what was listed。 Also， this was not mentioned （at least I do not remember it being said） but there are student discounts at many places。- I like the self-guided tours and the fun little stories/ facts included。 I don't agree with all of the ratings that he gives attractions but finding them is a bit of a scavenger sometimes and usually fun。- Having this book gets you a discount to a couple of attractions/ tours。- Some info is repeated quite a few times （like his dislike of the London Dungeon）。 - Using the index will help direct you to what you are looking for。 - Some places （Manchester， Birmingham， etc。） are completely omitted so check that the areas you will be in are represented （they most likely will be since the major tourist areas are covered）。 - I felt there was some inconsistency in sections （the 'what to shop for' section was included for edinburg/ scotland but nowhere else that I only remember one underwhelming 'nightlife' section）。 。。。more

Joan ，

Rick Steves provides some of the best travel information available。 I appreciate his approach to bring a tourist without “being a tourist”！

Stephanie Jackson ，

Rick Steves books are always a great place to start when planning a trip。 Just a solid amount of background information。 With this information， you are able to specialize more in your research。 This one seems to cover all the information we were specifically looking for in regards to Scotland and Northern England。

Angie ，

Lots of information to help plan， but I guess the real test of this book's merit will be when we actually take a trip！ Lots of information to help plan， but I guess the real test of this book's merit will be when we actually take a trip！ 。。。more

Laurel Barton ，

Rick doesn’t cover everything， but is a valuable source for logistics that other books skip: where to use trains and buses or where a car is necessary， for example。 Also an excellent planning source for travel times， what is nearby， local guides， etc。

Shelly Brander ，

Used a few ideas

Joy ，

My husband and I have relied on Rick Steves travel advice for years。 I got this book from the library but since we are taking a trip to the U。K。 and found this book so helpful， we bought it。 We will be traveling tomorrow so we will be taking the book along。

Jenny ，

After traveling to several countries in the last year， often when rushed for planning， I’m a Rick Steves fan with his lists and routes and especially his historical info so I can rattle off info to the rest of my family。 This book was helpful but he left off the Peak District and Derbyshire， the cliffs of Dover and Oxford。 He did have great info for Scotland， even in more rural areas and we especially loved the info about the hikes surrounding Glencoe， Scotland。

Liviu ，

An excellent guide to Great Britain - featured all the places I planned to visit in my one week trip based in Edinburgh （Edinburgh itself， Liverpool， Hadrian's Wall， Glasgow， Loch Ness） as well as giving ideas for the one day trip I wasn't sure about （ended visiting The Kelpies and the Falkirk Wheel and taking a canal ride there， so after not taking a canal ride in Venice and Amsterdam， we did one in Scotland， as well as the upscale resort and university town St。 Andrews on the North Sea）; as us An excellent guide to Great Britain - featured all the places I planned to visit in my one week trip based in Edinburgh （Edinburgh itself， Liverpool， Hadrian's Wall， Glasgow， Loch Ness） as well as giving ideas for the one day trip I wasn't sure about （ended visiting The Kelpies and the Falkirk Wheel and taking a canal ride there， so after not taking a canal ride in Venice and Amsterdam， we did one in Scotland， as well as the upscale resort and university town St。 Andrews on the North Sea）; as usual the guide is Rick Steves opinionated - though here I agreed with pretty much all his suggestions - and it offered lots of good choices for food places too; the tips for driving and parking in Britain were good too， though to be honest I've read them after I drove for a few days there， though they made me understand why one tended to go a little over the left edge of the road a few times before adjusting from driving on the right to driving on the leftHighly recommended and very useful - although our main focus was Scotland since we planned to go to Liverpool and Hadrian's Wall I chose this rather than the Scotland one and it worked well as it hit the high points there quite well 。。。more

Peter ，

Checked out 11 books to do research for a trip to England and Scotland。 This is the only one we felt like we needed to bring with us。

Beth Cato ，

I preordered this brand new edition to get it on the release day， and it does indeed feel current with sidebars on Brexit and even a few mentions of the Prince Harry and Meghan nuptials （which just happened hours ago， as I type this review）。 I've been a fan of Rick Steves's PBS shows since my early teens， so over twenty years now， and this is my first book of his that I have read。 It's easy to hear the advice in his voice--indeed， I recognized some of the passages as paraphrased （or vice versa） I preordered this brand new edition to get it on the release day， and it does indeed feel current with sidebars on Brexit and even a few mentions of the Prince Harry and Meghan nuptials （which just happened hours ago， as I type this review）。 I've been a fan of Rick Steves's PBS shows since my early teens， so over twenty years now， and this is my first book of his that I have read。 It's easy to hear the advice in his voice--indeed， I recognized some of the passages as paraphrased （or vice versa） from his shows。This book is over a thousand pages and the details are vast。 I haven't gotten to put any of this advice into practice--I am toying with the idea of a dream trip next year--but I love how this book addresses everything from how to get around London or between cities， to when big monuments are crowded or empty， to where to eat and sleep for the night。 Great Britain is broken down into regions with overviews and then more detailed sections， making it easy to skim for info then delve deeper。 The very back of the book is loaded with fantastic advice on everything from currency （when to exchange it， how much to carry）， what to pack， how to understand the different wording on hotel and B&B listings， etc。 If my dream trip does become reality， this book will be my travel companion！ And if the trip doesn't happen， it was still great fun to read and engage in many wistful what-ifs。 。。。more

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