Ok, this blog is about Travel in general but London is where I live, and despite being here for over 30 years it's still a place I love to explore. So if you detect a London bias here at the moment, that is why. But my plan is to start a dedicated London travel blog so I can ply my expertise there, and keep this one more about Travel in general. Fair enough? Once I do that I will link to it here, so all of you London-philes (is that really a word??) can follow me there and indulge yourselves!!
MEANWHILE however, today I just want to mention my favourite aid to getting down and dirty in London and experiencing it in all its myriad glories. And that is none other than The Rough Guide to London. The Rough Guide series are in my humble opinion (who am I kidding - I never had a humble opinion in my life - LISTEN YE GROUNDLINGS, FOR I AM MIGHTY!!) ...
Where was I? YES. There are countless City guides out there, in every size and shape and style and taste, and I suspect Amazon's got 'em all. But The Rough Guide series are FOR ME the ultimate. Firstly they come across like they are written by a human being, by one of my friends in fact, who wants to let me know the real deal about this, that, and whatever. Not stiff and stilted but warm and friendly, yet PACKED with info, covering covers loads of off the beaten track stuff never to be found elsewhere, certainly not all within a single volume. And of course it THOROUGHLY covers all the mainstream attractions as well.
Oh and they are not all city guides. They can also cover larger regions - here is a good example - as well as whole countries.
So there you are - I am indeed being generously general here and saying that the Rough Guides to ANYWHERE are awesome and are what I purchase over all the others. But I am in a good position to recommend the London one Highly, as I can personally vouch for its veracity and testify to its truthfulness. So there!
Oh I almost forgot. For ease of carrying around, many of the Rough Guides also have smaller, more concise, mini-versions called Pocket Rough guides. You can check out a few of them here.
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