Product Description

However well you know London, there's always more to be uncovered. New events and attractions, or familiar buildings or vistas seen from a different angle. A stroll across Waterloo Bridge or dinner after dark in St. James's Park; a canal walk in Camden or a glass of champagne from the top of a city skyscraper. Discover a secret garden in Chelsea, take a lifeboat ride on the Thames; eat a bagel in Golders Green, fly a kite on Hampstead Heath; spend a morning in Billingsgate market, an afternoon in Battersea Park zoo. Packed with ideas from unusual takes on well-known attractions to quirky walks and must-visit restaurants and shops; from once-in-a-lifetime experiences to everyday pleasures - many of them absolutely free. We'll show you how to fall for London all over again.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9338 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-03
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 324 pages

Review
"You'll never be stuck for interesting things to do and places to visit in the capital" --The Independent on Sunday

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"Even if you think you know London really well there's bound to be something in [1000 Things] you never knew"

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"Typically frank and quirky in style"

Customer Reviews

How to fall in love with London again and again
This truly is a guide for both tourists and Londonders alike - it shows London from a new, exciting and unconventional perspective. You will find many places and activities you never knew existed as well as familiar spots which you can visit and enjoy as if for the first time. No matter what kind of person you are - arty, adventurous, sporty, hedonistic etc - you will find new ways to indulge yourself. And for those of you who are thinking of places to take your date or your friend from abroad - here you will find lots of new ideas that will make your day out fabulously memorable. This guide definitely turns London into a real treat.

For Londoners
Unashamedly aimed at Londoners this book would be next to useless for a first time tourist to London wanting to do the 'sights' in a weekend.

Other than that my greatest criticism is that it really needs maps showing the location of entries and linking them back to the text, or at very least an index by, say postcode.

It is full of good ideas but many of them require a bit of time to do, you also need a reasonable knowledge of London to know where everything is.

It is in the style of a newspaper article. The random nature of the entries (which they consider part of its charm, I consider laziness) is also frustrating for anyone wanting to find a particular type of activity, although there is an index by category. The main index I found inadequate, as I couldn't find things I knew were in the book in the index.

Brilliant book
For those lacking inspiration or looking for a new adventure in the world's greatest city, buy this book!

It's packed full of interesting and fun stuff to do in the capital, for all budgets and interests.