Short Escapes In Britain, 2nd Edition (Fodor's) - Softcover

Bolger, Bruce

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0679030727 ISBN 13: 9780679030720

Publisher: Fodor's Travel, 1996

Synopsis

Fodor's Short escapes in Britain25 Country Getaways for People who Love to Walk. All over England, Scotland and Wales Discover the Undiscovered Follow in the footsteps of Shakespeare, Rob Roy, the Brontë Sisters and Dylan Thomas.  Discover breathtaking sea views, picturesque harbors, beautiful gardens, and bucolic pastures crisscrossed by stone walls. Escape for a Day or More Every walk can be completed in a few hours.  Or you can linger for a few days in one of the recommended B&Bs or inns. All the information you need Walking directions and maps, nearby inns, pubs & restaurants, picnic spots, and how to get there by public transportation "How we decide whether a guide claiming to discover special places tourists never see really does is to ask: Has it found our own personal favorite spots?  In this case the answer is 'Yes'.  Curse those perceptive authors." -- New York Daily News

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t escapes in Britain25 Country Getaways for People who Love to Walk. All over England, Scotland and Wales

Discover the Undiscovered
Follow in the footsteps of Shakespeare, Rob Roy, the Brontë Sisters and Dylan Thomas.  Discover breathtaking sea views, picturesque harbors, beautiful gardens, and bucolic pastures crisscrossed by stone walls.

Escape for a Day or More

Every walk can be completed in a few hours.  Or you can linger for a few days in one of the recommended B&Bs or inns.

All the information you need
Walking directions and maps, nearby inns, pubs & restaurants, picnic spots, and how to get there by public transportation

"How we decide whether a guide claiming to discover special places tourists never see really does is to ask: Has it found our own personal favorite spots?  In this case the answer is 'Yes'.  Cu

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Fodor's Short escapes in BritainINTRODUCTION

This guide is for everyone who would like to escape to the peace of the British countryside and soak up a more complete sense of the way life once was, and is today.  It will take you away from the tourist crowds to unique places with spectacular vistas and remarkable histories.  You can stroll alone through an ancient forest, walk along the towpath of a centries-old canal, or picnic without neighbors on the grassy banks of a peaceful river.  You can continue the mood at a recommended restaurant in a picturesque setting and then complete the experience at a charming country inn or a bed and breakfast.

Short Escapes brings you to special places little known even to the British.  According to your tastes, you can tramp around historic landmarks, plunge deep into farmland and forest, or just sit undisturbed for hours looking down at gentle waves lapping against a shore.  Through the quiet, you will be able to feel what it might have been like when Shakespeare roamed through the Forest of Arden, when the when Henry VIII courted Anne Boleyn, or when Britain braced for an impending German invasion during WWII.  Many of the book's suggested walking tours cover country roads and footpaths used for hundreds or even thousands of years.

The 25 experiences in this book are all within a day's journey of Britain's major tourist spots, and some are accessible by train.  Each experience is centered around a walking tour, which can be anything from a short stroll to a four-hour walk.  The text that accompanies each experience takes an in-depth look at something special about that place, its past or present.

Short Escapes is more than a travel guide: It's designed to awaken the traveler's senses to the moods and flavors of a place and its people, and to help evoke a real sense of the past and present. We hope that the 25 experiences will have the same uplifting effect on you as they had on us.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fodor's Travel
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679030727
• ISBN 13: 9780679030720
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 238