Complete Idiot's Travel Guide to London

by Donald Olsen and Donald S. Olson

Book Overview

For any inexperienced travellers to London, this should be a useful guide. It contains quick and easy advice on seeing the sights and idiot-proof tips for getting around town. Also included is side... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028628993
• ISBN13: 9780028628998
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

"Good for Starters"

While The "Complete Idiot's...." is extremely helpful in the pre-planning stage of your trip, it doesn't always work that well on the job. As a first-time European traveler the introductory chapters are particularly good. It really is designed for someone who has not a clue what they are doing. While I found its suggestions for day trips helpful in making my pre-trip planning, I did find it unhelpful in planning hotel/B & B accomodations. Because it was slightly dated it, inadvertantly, helped me get hopelessly lost when looking for Tube directions to the new "Tate Modern" Gallery. All in all a useful tool for any beginner. Just make sure to get the very latest edition and use other souces to plan your hotel/B & B arrangements.

The most used book on our trip

Of the several books we purchased for our first trip to London, this was the one we kept coming back to. It has great basic information for the first-time traveler--practical how-to information not included in the other guidebooks we had. This book is good to read before your trip. Its time estimates were very helpful in planning our itinerary.