Wales

by John King and Lonely Planet

Book Overview

This guide to Wales includes a section on Welsh myths and legends. Readers can learn to make the most of the lung-cleansing countryside with mountain climbing in Snowdonia or bog snorkelling in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 186450126X
• ISBN13: 9781864501261
• Release Date: January 1901
• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

The only only-Wales guide? An excellent one!

Lonely Planet Guides are for "advanced" travellers, but this one is usable and very fine even for those of us who aren't in that category. It also seems to be the sole "Wales only" guidebook now available, so for those who plan to travel only in Wales and want detailed information about places, history, transportation etc. it is excellent. Although these days even the un-advanced can plan a trip by websites, most of us need a guide such as this to get started, and the material here proved more reliable than that on some websites. Realistic information about travel distances and times, cautious advice on how to climb Mt. Snowdon, and background about Welsh mythology all can be found here. The guide also tries to counter the "theme park" atmosphere by including the sad history of the collapse of mining and industry.