Heerlijk! In de voorbereiding op een mooie trip deze zomer de Lonely Planet van Londen lezen is een genot. Niet alleen heb ik weer van alles geleerd over de geschiedenis van Londen; zeker ook de actualiteit komt ruim aan bod.

It was my first London's guidebook, even though I was there before. It's Lonely Planet, so it can't be bad. It's written lightly, in a concise and informative way. I liked it and learned some new things from it. It's a good book for someone who knows something about London already and for someone, who is new to that wonderful city.

Solid introduction to London with a great history/culture section. Doesn't have quite the distinctive "voice" as other travel guides do (like the Moon guides), if that's something you notice.

Added to my London list: William Morris' Red House and the Design Museum.

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I really love the Lonely Planet travel guides. I buy them every time I'm traveling to a new city.

Very useful guide to the city of London. Great recommendations by neighborhood plus detailed guides and visuals for numerous landmarks and historical palaces. The maps are helpful and the history sections are insightful. I've used this guide on two separate trips and wouldn't leave home without it!

I am enjoying read this book in the kindle edition. I like being able to click on links and taken to particular things of interest. I don't find it easy to go back to where I was before I clicked on a link. I think I've gotten a good overview of London and would find it helpful to plan day trips there and know more about places and buildings.

Bought this and taking with us to London. LP seems to be the most user-friendly of the travel guides I've tried. Their guide to Montreal helped make a great trip a few years ago, so I feel confident in taking this one to England.

Update and final word:
4.5 Stars

A very useful guide! The rip-out map was especially helpful in referencing places and directions for destinations on the outskirts of the city. The freebie pocket-sized maps we found at Heathrow airport and some of the train/tube stations really only highlighted the tourist-dense city centres and destinations. LP's fold out map was pretty detailed.

LP also aided us in finding some delicious food and helped us prepare for entry fees and other details like hours of operation. (We always verified- never know when changes might happen.) Restaurant entries also include symbols for price levels.

The one thing I would love for Lonely Planet to include in their very helpful "Practicalities" column is how much time they'd recommend you save for spending at a destination. I know the length of time spent at a museum, church or other historic location varies greatly. While some sites have free admission and suggested donations (the Tates, British Library and Museum, etc), others charge fees of £15 or higher. If you arrive somewhere at 2 hrs prior to close, is that enough time to do the place justice AND justify the admission price? Maybe LP could suggest both a "Basic/Quick Look Around" time and an "In-depth/Enthusiast" length of time.

In the end, I highly recommend the Lonely Planet for London.

I personally like lonely planet series.

A quick read. Very informative and lots of great information!! This gave me lots of great tips and ideas of things I want to do when I’m in London!

Great, quick overview and small enough to bring on the trip!

Thanks to Sue again!