Rating:  Summary: Headed to London? Buy this book!!!! Review: While touring London, I carried 5 or 6 different books and maps with me, not knowing which one was "the best" but wanting to have all my bases covered. However, while I was actually in the city, this was virtually THE ONLY book I used.This book has maps of the whole city so you can get the general idea of its layout, plus a map of the various zones of London so you can find anything if you have its zone number. It also has a map of the tube lines and stations, which comes in extremely handy - the underground is the fastest, cheapest, and easiest way of getting from place to place in London. A majority of the book consists of fold-out maps of the various districts of London, from Notting Hill to City and Southwark, each having detailed street layouts and point of interest labels. With each of these maps are reviews of the district's best restaurants, cafes, bars/pubs/nightliffe, shopping, and sights, all of which we found handy (unlike many of the other books). The whole book is color coded, so it is easy to find each section. And it's so small and easy to carry! The book is maybe 5x7 inches and less than an inch thick. Again I say, if you're going to London, this book is the one you need. Leave those other ones at home; you won't need them - I didn't!
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