Product Description

Includes information on medieval castles, countryside and nature.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12845 in Books
• Published on: 2007-05-15
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 356 pages

Travel and Leisure
"Down to earth, accurate information for every budget, enthusiastically written."

About the Author
A Lonely Planet publication.

Customer Reviews

Disappointing and inferior to Rough Guide
I usually get both the Lonely Planet and Rough Guides for my trips, and generally both ae 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!

The only only-Wales guide? An excellent one!
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.