Frommer's London from $95 a Day - Softcover

Olson, Donald S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471747025 ISBN 13: 9780471747024

Publisher: Frommer's, 2005

Synopsis

Frommer’s is the name you can trust for great travel bargains. Our acclaimed $-a-Day series is not for backpackers who want to rough it, but for travelers with taste, who’ve outgrown their student lifestyle and demand comfortable accommodations and good, authentic meals at a reasonable price. Each guide is loaded with detailed listings for mom-and-pop motels, B&Bs, comfortable guesthouses, good-value bistros, and ethnic restaurants. You’ll find a bargain-hunter’s shopping guide, affordable fun after dark, and complete sightseeing coverage, including the best things to do for free (or almost).

Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go--they’ve done the legwork for you, and they’re not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. Every Frommer’s $-a-Day Guide is up-to-date, with dozens of color maps and exact prices for every single expense, so you can accurately plan each day’s budget. Frommer’s knows that affordable travel doesn’t have to mean making sacrifices. It’s about having fun and getting a great deal!

London has become shockingly expensive, so you’ll rely on London from $85 a Day to help make your pounds and pence go further. This incredibly detailed guide offers candid reviews of hundreds of cozy, comfortable accommodations and affordable restaurants. It’s packed with money-saving tips on sightseeing, theater tickets, shopping, and more. Our complete sightseeing guide will show you cathedrals, spetacular gardens, literary landmarks, lovely walks through the countryside, and where to meet the locals in the most charming country pubs and tea houses.

About this title

About the Author

Donald Olson is a novelist, playwright, and travel writer. His seventh novel, Confessions of a Pregnant Princess, was written under the pseudonym Swan Adamson and published by Kensington in 2005. An earlier Swan Adamson novel, My Three Husbands, has been translated into French and several other European languages. Donald Olson’s novel The Confessions of Aubrey Beardsley was published in the U.K. by Bantam, and his play, Beardsley, was produced in London. His travel stories have appeared in the New York Times, Travel & Leisure, Sunset, National Geographic guides, and many other national publications. He is the author of London For Dummies, Germany For Dummies, and England For Dummies, which won the 2002 Lowell Thomas Travel Writing Award for “Best Guidebook.”

From the Back Cover

"Written in the spirit of discovery, as Frommer's guides always have been, and it bears the time-tested pedigree."
?Chicago Sun-Times

Astons Apartments, South Kensington

From $83 per person, per night for two, including private bathroom and fully equipped kitchenette.

Frommer's Dollar-A-Day guides show you how to travel in style?without breaking the bank. You'll find inexpensive accommodations that don't skimp on comfort. Affordable restaurants where locals go for a good meal. And all the best sightseeing and shopping values. Frommer's Dollar-A-Day guidebooks. First-class travel on a budget.

Everything You Need for an Unforgettable?and Affordable?Trip!

• Great places to stay that you can really afford, from charming B&Bs located steps from major attractions to cozy rooms in trendy Notting Hill.
• Cheap eats galore, from traditional Indian feasts to fixed-price dinners at Soho's hottest gastropubs.
• What to see and do for free (or almost), from Big Ben and Buckingham Palace to the new Tate Modern.
• A shopper's guide to affordable fashions, antiques markets, and more.
• Low-cost nightlife: half-price West End theater, free classical concerts, and more.

Great trips begin at Frommers.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Frommer's
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471747025
• ISBN 13: 9780471747024
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304