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Pros & Cons
Pros
The streets are well-marked and the map is quite sturdy. The back of the book includes a detailed map of london with underground stops, and an underground map.
It has some common phrases in each language-definite life saver! Some wait till after (running a tab) the rest of the book is practicality.
Loved the size of this book. Book pays for itself. What a great publication this is. It is going to be the only book i will require to explore london.
Some restaurants and pubs charge upon ordering. Oyster cards (passes for the underground that can be pre-loaded with money) can be purchased from the london transit website and can be sent to your home before the trip. Rick steves' pocket london hits ... Read More
They are informative, always have great travel tips. Good size guide with lots of info for the shorter trip. Check the website for details.
Cons
The guide is not organized in any sensible or efficient way. There are better tube maps on the pages of the areas of london that give better info. He does not say to stand on the right of the escalators at tube stations.
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Highlights
Quality
Good size font and easy to use as a resource
Very light weight easy to carry in your purse or back pack
Couple of additional notes ice seems in short supply
Book is small and light weight maybe the size of an 8x5 photo
Price
You’d be crazy not to buy this for your trip because it will pay off
This alone was worth the price of the book
Shipping
5 days in london this book really helped me plan what i wanted to see and how to easily get around
And thanks to the availability of signs in london our trip was wonderful
We paid for a few tours so we didn’t have to mess with paying for transportation and making our own itinerary because we had li... Read More
Helps with transport and just general things you should know
Packaging/appearance
I bought this book so id have something in print format since i bought the full rick steves england on my kindle i didnt want t... Read More
Competitiveness
It will rank best things to see and i agree with the rankings
Overview
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great, easy, good, size and small. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 383 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 5 2024.
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Rick steves books are musts for travelers
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Going to canada next and sad that rick steves doesn’t have a guide to montreal
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The pocket guide while a nice colorful little book was not really needed
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I didnt even take it with me to london and just took the full guidebook instead
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The one part of the pocket guide i did take and use constantly during my trip was the tear out map in the back of the guide
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We just returned and i must say all the advice and tips in this guide were right on the money from how to get cash to packing for the trip to seeing various sites
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I thought it might have better or more detailed information as well
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However i ended up not using it because the rs england book has a very thorough london section and i had read all that i needed to know and took notes and had those printed out im a planner fyi
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