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Frommer's Portable London 2009 by Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Frommer's Portable London 2009 about?

This book is breezy, chatty, and eager to please. The writers want to be your friend on your visit to London. One restaurant review suggests you avoid the salmon; the description of the Tower of London tour warns you away from the locking-up ceremony, calling it "cheesy." The cheerful tone the writers take is wonderful, but that doesn't excuse the fact that they think the average visitor to London is made of money. Admittedly, like most crowded cities, London is notorious for its high prices. But if you limit your visit to the highlights in this pocket-sized volume you will be seeing a very expensive city. The authors' idea of an "inexpensive" hotel can run over 95 pounds per night, which to this working-class Anglophile is pretty pricy. And their discussion of shopping focuses heavily on Harrod's and the Carnaby Street revival, not the nieghborhood shops and pubs where you can get a nice shirt and a pint without being singled out as a tourist. And if you're more interested in culture than in bringing home trophies, the authors aren't speaking your language. Though they touch on highlights like the RSC and the Tate Modern, frankly most of us only needed those pointed out o

Who reads Frommer's Portable London 2009?

Author

Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince

Publisher

Frommer's; John Wiley [distributor]; *Frommers

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780470285596

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Travel, History, Lifestyle