The guide that shows you what other travel books only tell you!
From its stately homes to quaint villages, no travel reference leads you through the United Kingdom like DK's Eyewitness Travel Guide: Great Britain. Containing more than 1,400 full-color photographs, this handbook features street-by-street maps as well as illustrated 3-D overviews to all main attractions. Visit the royal residences of Buckingham Palace, Blenheim Palace, Warwick Castle, Hampton Court, the Royal Pavilion, and Edinburgh Castle. Suggested driving tours like the North Norfolk Coastal Tour take you to the Blakeney Marshes, Hunstanton Cliffs, and the exquisite lavender fields of Caley Mill. Beyond England, the guide covers the scenic wonders of Wales and Scotland, including the Welsh National Park Brecon Beacons. Complete with historical overviews of England, Scotland, and Wales this informative handbook also includes guides for regional cuisine, entertainment, shopping, and established pubs.
You'd be hard-pressed to find a more comprehensive, engrossing, and just plain fun-to-read guidebook than the Eyewitness Travel Guide: Great Britain. Spilling over with all sorts of useful information for the traveler, you'll find three-dimensional drawings, floor plans, and detailed neighborhood maps, as well as timelines, charts, and even popular bus routes. Broken into several sections--"Introducing Great Britain," "Region by Region" (including London and environs, Scotland, and Wales), "Traveler's Needs," and "Survival Guide"--the guide paints a complete picture of the country. Readers will especially appreciate the hundreds of color photos of everything from London's double-decker buses to the ancient formations at Stonehenge. You'll also find street-by-street illustrated city walks (Covent Garden, Westminster), as well as scenic hikes in the Scottish highlands and the Lake District, with plenty of listings for inns and fish-and-chip taverns along the way. --Jill Fergus