AAA Spiral Spain Book

This is a fantastic pamphlet map on nearly every significant part of London. The very outskirts are the only places missing, but this is the easiest map to read if you intend on easily finding the places you want to visit and orient yourself directionally. It's not an atlas, but a location guide (i.e. where is Kensington Gardens in relation to Bayswater or Paddington) and what's there to see in any of those places? Perhaps Little Venice or the London Toy and Model Museum?

I bought this to help situate myself while reading books set in London, and for that purpose it gets five stars. If I'd had this little gem with me when I visited Highgate Cemetery, I'd have seen the gigantic swath of map-green called Hampstead Heath and traipsed over there. Although, there's a lovely little blurb in the map book that says, "It is very easy to get lost on the heath. When you get to a clear high space look for a church or a telecommunications pylon to orientate yourself." I wonder how many people have to be located by rangers in Kenwood or the South Meadow?

This guide is a keeper. Despite the fact it was published for the Olympics in 2012, it will never be outdated.