Reviews for The Buildings of England, Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and Forest of Dean

The average rating for The Buildings of England, Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and Forest of Dean based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-08-30 00:00:00 John Tercyak-morgan If your trip is all about London, with maybe a day trip to Stonehenge or elsewhere, you probably don't need this book. Stick to the typical guides that hit the high spots and are filled with photos. I have 5 different editions and every time I start to discard the older ones, I find myself holding off. Those pages hold a lot of memories. The Rough Guide is a thick, heavy book printed on thin paper with few photos and lots of written descriptions of everything from major city to cathedral city to tiny coastal fishing villages. It's rich and dense with the kind of information that can make your trip a delight if you travel by auto. On my most recent trip to England I didn't take the current Rough Guide with me. I downloaded it to my Kindle. But I regretted it. On previous trips it was our constant companion, highlighted and bristling with post-it notes, and ready to delight us with lively information not only about London, but also about Looe, Lundy Island, Lyme Regis and Lynton. Not only about internationlly-famed museums and cathedrals but about book shops, village churches and smuggler's inns. I still purchase other travel guides or comb the internet to see photos, but even if those options weren't available, I'd still make the Rough Guide my only resource. (And I daresay, even if your primary destination is London, it has far more information about London than most of the other guides, anyway!)

Review # 2 was written on 2010-09-30 00:00:00 Nikolay Alexeev Solid book about England. Made me want to live there, and have a copy of this in my glove compartment. Some of the restaurants and prices were outdated, but I feel like you read this book for the big stuff, and if one door is closed it will definitely point you to another. Oh! And stay at the Gray Street Hotel if you're ever in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. It's bo-diggity.