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Wales (Country Guide) |  | Authors: David Atkinson, Neal Wilson
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Pages: 356
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 174104538X
Dewey Decimal Number: 914.290486
EAN: 9781741045383
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Find out how a dream inspired Wales' greatest castle in Caernarfon, p.255.
Tuck into a Welsh Black beefsteak at the Bear Hotel near Abergavenny, p.130.
Go green at the Centre for Alternative Technology near Machynlleth, p.234.
Throw yourself into the Atlantic on a coasteering day out in Pembrokeshire, p.164.
Two authors, more than 1700 hours of research, 68 maps
Expanded coverage of Snowdonia for mountain lovers
Top recommendations for that special weekend away
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 The only only-Wales guide? An excellent one! August 17, 2003
Lucy Bregman (Philadelphia, PA United States)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Lonely Planet Guides are for "advanced" travellers, but this one is usable and very fine even for those of us who aren't in that category. It also seems to be the sole "Wales only" guidebook now available, so for those who plan to travel only in Wales and want detailed information about places, history, transportation etc. it is excellent. Although these days even the un-advanced can plan a trip by websites, most of us need a guide such as this to get started, and the material here proved more reliable than that on some websites. Realistic information about travel distances and times, cautious advice on how to climb Mt. Snowdon, and background about Welsh mythology all can be found here. The guide also tries to counter the "theme park" atmosphere by including the sad history of the collapse of mining and industry.
Another good one from Lonely Planet October 14, 2009
Klipspringer (Colorado, USA)
Lonely Planet has a tradition of delving into regions that most other guidebooks give only a passing glance, and "Wales" is a perfect example. Most guidebooks lump Wales and England together (ask the Welsh how they feel about that), which is unfortunate if your travels are concentrated only on Wales, as ours were. Complete, useful, and a bit irreverant, as most LP guides are, if you are planning a trip to discover only the magic of Wales, and not Great Britain as a whole, you need this book.
Useful book February 22, 2008
Amy Moler
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
We are using this book as an aid to planning our trip to the southern coast of Wales. The maps are reasonably helpful and the listings of "sights" in each area are fairly comprehensive. There are some suggestions of eating places, and good shopping areas. I do wish, however, that there was an additional bit of info on which restaurants are especially family/kid friendly, since we will have 2 children, age 5 and 9, in tow.
 More practical than inspirational: what and not why September 10, 2005
John L Murphy (Los Angeles)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
The plethora of eateries and places to stay, more than the sights, shops, and ambiance of much of Wales, permeates these pages. You get less of a sense of why to visit so many of the places rather than where to sleep and munch when you get there. This emphasis on the practical, of course, makes this an essential reference for any traveller. Yet, I would supplement it with cultural reading and research before planning a vacation, for too often too little of the reasons to go to one place rather than another are lacking in this Lonely Planet guide.
Extra credit, however, for stimulating, if too brief, introductory material at the start that places as marginalia recommended books and websites (inevitably some of the latter being puffed up as better than they actually are regarding their depth). Too often in many guides, such lists are appended rather than featured prominently. All in all, a helpful nuts-and-bolts guide to where to go and what to do, but as I mentioned, the why will be better found in other books and guides for the newcomer.
 Disappointing and inferior to Rough Guide June 12, 2004
Elias Baumgarten (Ann Arbor, MI USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I usually get both the Lonely Planet and Rough Guides for my trips, and generally both are good. In this case there is no comparison, and I would recommend just getting the Rough Guide. It's 585 pages compared to Lonely Planet's slim 332 and contains much more detailed information. The fourth edition of the Rough Guide (May 2003) is even less expensive! And where Lonely Planet usually wins, in color photographs and maps, the Rough Guide has at least caught up. I do like Lonely Planet's giving phone code and population for each city/town/village, but that alone doesn't make it worth carrying around!
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