Frommer's Great Britain 2002 Book

	List of Maps	viii
	What's New in Great Britain	1
1	The Best of Britain	4
1	Best British Experiences	4
2	The Best of Literary Britain	6
3	The Best of Legendary Britain	7
4	The Best of Norman & Medieval Britain	7
5	The Best Museums	8
6	The Best Cathedrals	9
7	The Best Castles, Palaces & Historic Homes	11
8	The Best Gardens	13
9	The Best Luxury Hotels	13
10	The Best Moderately Priced Hotels	15
11	The Best Restaurants	17
12	The Best Pubs	18
13	The Best Websites for Great Britain	20
2	A Traveler's Guide to Great Britain's Art & Architecture	21
1	Art 101	21
2	Architecture 101	24
3	Planning Your Trip to Great Britain	33
1	The Regions in Brief	33
2	Visitor Information	37
	Online Traveler's Toolbox	38
3	Entry Requirements & Customs	38
4	Money	39
5	When to Go	41
	British Calendar of Events	42
6	Travel Insurance	47
7	Health & Safety	48
8	Specialized Travel Resources	49
9	Planning Your Trip Online	53
	Frommers.com: The Complete Travel Resource	54
10	Getting There	55
11	Package Deals & Escorted Tours	59
12	Special Interest Trips	62
13	Getting Around Britain	66
14	Tips on Accommodations	72
15	Sightseeing Passes	76
	How to Get Your VAT Refund	77
16	Recommended Books	78
	Fast Facts: Great Britain	80
4	Settling into London	84
1	Orientation	84
	London's Neighborhoods in Brief	87
2	Getting Around	95
	Fast Facts: London	98
3	Where to Stay	99
4	Where to Dine	118
5	Afternoon Tea	136
5	Exploring London	138
	Suggested Itineraries	138
1	The Top Attractions	139
2	More Attractions	153
3	London's Parks & Gardens	165
4	Sights on the Outskirts	166
	The Last of the Great Clipper Ships	169
5	Organized Tours	170
6	Shopping	171
7	London After Dark	179
8	Side Trips From London	195
6	Southeast England	204
1	Canterbury	205
2	The White Cliffs of Dover	213
3	The Ancient Seaport of Rye	216
4	1066 & All That: Hastings & Battle	220
5	Kent's Country Houses, Castles & Gardens	223
6	Chichester	228
7	Arundel	232
8	Brighton: London by the Sea	234
7	The South	246
1	Winchester	247
2	Portsmouth & Southsea	253
3	Southampton	257
4	The New Forest	261
5	Bournemouth	265
6	Dorchester: Hardy's Home	271
7	Dorset's Coastal Towns: Chideock, Charmouth & Lyme Regis	274
8	Salisbury	277
9	Prehistoric Britain: Stonehenge & Avebury	283
8	The West Country	285
1	Bath: Britain's Most Historic Spa Town	286
2	Wells & the Caves of Mendip	299
	Glastonbury Abbey	302
3	Longleat House & Stourhead Gardens	303
4	Dunster & Exmoor National Park	305
5	Exeter	308
6	Dartmoor National Park	314
7	Torquay: The English Riviera	319
8	Dartmouth	323
9	Plymouth	326
	King Arthur's Legendary Lair	328
	A Side Trip to Clovelly	331
10	The Fishing Villages of Looe & Polperro	332
11	Penzance	335
12	Mousehole & Land's End	337
	Cornwall's Geodesic Domed Eden	338
13	The Artists' Colony of St. Ives	339
9	Shakespeare Country & the Heart of England	342
1	Stratford-upon-Avon	342
2	Warwick: England's Finest Medieval Castle	354
	Biking & Hiking Through the Cotswolds	359
3	Cheltenham	360
4	Bibury	365
5	Burford	366
6	Bourton-on-the-water	369
	The Great Cotswold Ramble	371
7	Upper & Lower Slaughter	372
8	Stow-on-the-Wold	373
9	Moreton-in-Marsh	376
10	Broadway	378
11	Chipping Campden	381
10	Cambridge & Oxford	385
1	Cambridge: Town & Gown	385
	Punting on the Cam	390
2	Oxford: The City of Dreaming Spires	398
	Pubs with a Pedigree	411
3	Woodstock & Blenheim Palace	412
11	The Northwest & the Lake District	414
1	Manchester: Gateway to the North	414
	Winding Your Way Through Beatles Land	418
2	The Walled City of Chester	425
3	Kendal	432
4	Windermere & Bowness	435
	Walks & Rambles	437
	Lake District National Park	438
5	Ambleside & Rydal	442
6	Grasmere	445
12	Yorkshire & Northumbria	448
1	York	449
2	Haworth: Home of the Brontes	457
3	Yorkshire's Country Houses, Castles & More	459
4	Yorkshire Dales National Park	460
5	North York Moors National Park	463
6	Hexham, Hadrian's Wall & the Pennine Way	464
13	Edinburgh & the Lothian Region	469
1	Essentials	469
	The Neighborhoods in Brief	471
	Finding an Address	472
2	Getting Around	473
	Fast Facts: Edinburgh	475
3	Where to Stay	476
4	Where to Dine	484
5	Seeing the Sights	492
	Suggested Itinerary	492
	Frommer's Favorite Edinburgh Experiences	497
	Britannia: The People's Yacht	499
	Dean Village	501
6	Shopping	502
7	Edinburgh After Dark	506
8	Side Trips from Edinburgh: The Best of the Lothian Region	509
14	The Borders & Galloway Regions	513
1	Kelso: Abbey Ruins & Adam Architecture	514
2	Melrose	519
3	Selkirk: At the Heart of Scott Country	522
4	Peebles	523
5	Moffat	527
6	Dumfries: An Ode to Burns	529
7	Castle Douglas	534
8	Kirkcudbright: An Artists' Colony	537
15	Glasgow & the Strathclyde Region	540
1	Essentials	541
	Finding an Address	543
	The Neighborhoods in Brief	543
2	Getting Around	544
	Fast Facts: Glasgow	546
3	Where to Stay	547
4	Where to Dine	555
5	Seeing the Sights	560
	Frommer's Favorite Glasgow Experiences	563
	Special & Free Events	565
6	Shopping	565
7	Glasgow After Dark	568
8	Side Trips from Glasgow: The Best of the Strathclyde Region	571
16	Argyll & the Southern Hebrides	576
1	The Isle of Arran: Scotland in Miniature	576
2	The Kintyre Peninsula	581
3	The Isle of Islay: Queen of the Hebrides	584
4	The Isle of Jura: Deer Island	587
5	Loch Awe: Scotland's Longest Loch	589
6	Oban: Gateway to the Inner Hebrides	590
17	Fife & the Central Highlands	597
1	Dunfermline & Its Great Abbey	597
2	East Neuk's Scenic Fishing Villages	601
3	St. Andrews: The Birthplace of Golf	605
4	Stirling	612
5	Dunblane & Its Grand Cathedral	618
6	Callander & a Trio of Lochs	619
7	On the Bonnie, Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond	622
18	Aberdeen & the Tayside & Grampian Regions	625
1	Aberdeen: The Castle Country	625
2	Tayside & Grampian	635
19	Inverness & the West Highlands	656
1	Around Loch Linnhe & Loch Leven	656
2	Fort William: Gateway to Ben Nevis	660
	Climbing Britain's Tallest Mountain	662
3	Aviemore	665
4	Along Loch Ness	668
	Spotting Nessie	669
5	Inverness: Capital of the Highlands	671
6	Nairn & Cawdor Castle	678
20	Cardiff & South Wales	680
1	Cardiff	681
	Neighborhoods In Brief	684
	Fast Facts: Cardiff	687
	Did you know...?	688
2	Abergavenny	700
3	Brecon & Brecon Beacons National Park	703
4	Swansea & Gower Peninsula	707
5	Pembrokeshire Coast National Park	716
21	North Wales	723
1	Harlech	723
2	Llanberis	726
3	Betws-y-Coed	728
4	The Lleyn Peninsula	731
5	Caernarfon	734
6	The Isle of Anglesey	738
7	Holyhead & Holy Island	741
8	Conwy	742
9	Llandudno	744
Appendix	Great Britain in Depth	751
1	British History 101	751
	Dateline	751
2	Pies, Pudding & Pints: The Lowdown on British Cuisine	761
	Index	767