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UK Holidays - Frommer's Britain's Best-Loved Driving Tours (Best Loved Driving Tours)
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Manufacturer: Frommers
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9780470226964
ISBN: 047022696X
Label: Frommers
Manufacturer: Frommers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 2008-02-19
Publisher: Frommers
Studio: Frommers
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Editorial Reviews:
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Everything You Need to See the Best of Britain by Car! Let Frommer's Take You To: -
The ancient colleges and dreamy spires of East Anglia -
The forest that Robin Hood made famous—and the legendary castle of King Arthur -
Land's End, Stonehenge, and other wonders of the West Country -
The villages of the Cotswolds -
Scotland's Highlands and mysterious Loch Ness -
Snowdonia's peaks, Yorkshire's windswept moors, and the Lake District -
And much, much more! Inside You'll Find: -
30 distinctive, easy-to-use itineraries—all fully illustrated with beautiful full-color photos -
Recommendations on the best hotels and restaurants along each route -
Exact directions, distances, and driving times for each route -
All the sights along the way—with highlights for history buffs, nature lovers, and families traveling with kids -
Scenic side trips, special moments, and recommended walks -
Detailed, accurate full-color route-planning maps—plus a helpful atlas section
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Summary: Excellent guide to seeing Britain with a sports car or a classic Bentley.
Comment: Excellent guide to seeing Britain from behind the wheel.
This review is for the 6th edition, 2004 printing.
Excellent guide to seeing Britain with a sports car or a classic Bentley. You will enjoy some great driving tours and routes through this historical region of the United Kingdom.
Frommers has recently come out with more "Best-Loved Driving Tours" series ... guides that are not very inexpensive, but are very well researched and quite comprehensive. One will have plenty of driving tours and routes to chose from, whether you like arts and museums, scenic roads and breathtaking views, urban towns and shopping, or just want to experience a regione's culture and life.
Unlike the other Frommer guides that are fatter and heavier, this little book gives you not too many specifics on lodging or eating. It is geared strictly for the person behind the wheel and her or his passengers.
I have had a great experience using this guide and will recommend it to anyone who can afford it. Also, you might want to check to see if your library carries it and check it out for the duration of your visit abroad.
When I backpacked 4 months through Europe I had a copy of the Lonely Planet for Europe (a thick and heavy book) because it covered more cities and esoteric towns, a ripped chapters of all the international youth hostals Europe of the countries I visited, and as primary guide for nominal cities and capitals I used Frommers (ripped the book and kept only chapters of countries planning to visit - so I can keep the weight down).
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Easy Reading
Comment: This was the last book I received from a variety of tour books I ordered. I think if had been the first it would have influenced me sufficiently to change the rest.
It is a tour book providing suggested itineries for short driving tours around Britain. The book is exceptionally well laid out with clear maps, colourful photos and short vingettes of the sights and towns the tours pass through. It may seem shallow, but the layout and ease of reading are the reasons why I rate the book so well.
The information contained in each vingette is brief, perhaps too brief but I bought the book to get an idea where to go not to learn everything about particular places. Of course there are places not mentioned in the book which I will be going to anyway and I think the suggested driving times are more directed towards British drivers not North Americans or Australians who suffer from a tyranny of distance. The book gives no hint or suggestions for accomodations or restaurants, which is a bit of a pity, especially since each itinary takes two or three days.
This book should not be your only guide if you are visiting Britain, it is not deep enough and lacks accomodation and eating information, but as far as touring the countryside it does exactly what I bought it for, suggesting short driving itineries.
The layout is VERY 'DK Publishing' and I would have preferred to have had all my tour books in this format rather than the usual Frommer's. Although having said that I am used to Frommer's and like Frommer's depth and occasional bit of quirkiness.
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