Includes London listings featuring great restaurants, bars, galleries, shops and sights. Presented in week-to-view format, this title offers hundreds of independent reviews, useful tube, and London street maps.

The definitive guide to Britain's Historic Houses, Gardens, Castles and Heritage Sites Open to Visitors. Up-to-date information on 2000+ properties and 1500 glorious colour images. Fascinating editorial features (e.g. shopping and eating opportunities at the properties). Plus many special indexes from 'Open all Year', 'Wedding Venues' to 'Plants for Sale' and user-friendly maps.

Explores the most important historical sites ranging from Stonehenge to the Great Wall of China, from Sterkfontein Caves - the 'cradle of humanity' in South Africa to Checkpoint Charlie, Germany. This book features places where Kings and Queens were crowned, wars were won and lost, and sites that saw advancements in structural engineering.

Contains an essay by Andrew Marr, an A-Z of works in the collection, including acquisitions, and entries on over 120 artists as well as explanations of key terms in art and museology.

The story of the Belvior Castle, its contents and its inhabitants is told for the first time by the Duchess of Rutland.

The definitive guide to Britain's Historic Houses, Gardens, Castles and Heritage Sites, open to visitors. Updated edition.

A guide for armchair travel. From the Egypt of the Pharaohs through the nascent democracies of the Greek islands and city states to the fall of Imperial Rome, the evolution of the Classical World is traced through 50 of its greatest sites, offering insight into their purpose, historical context and creators. Full-colour illustrations throughout.

Coinciding with the re-opening of the Ashmolean Museum in November 2009, this book celebrates the remarkable transformation of the oldest public museum in England. It includes a range of activities to complete, ranging from imaginative drawings tasks, to designing coins, piecing together Samurai armour to mending a jar using stickers.

Weimin He, an established Chinese artist working in England, was artist in residence at the Ashmolean in 2008 during the Museum's major redevelopment. Inspired by this historic project, he produced over 300 ink portraits of Ashmolean staff and BAM construction workers and managers.

Marks the re-opening of the Ashmolean Museum in November 2009. This book celebrates the transformation of the oldest public museum in England. It also sets out the history of the Museum from its beginnings as the collection of the Tradescant family to the present day, placing the new building in the context of more than 300 years of history.

The British Museum is home to some of the world's finest and broadest collections. This title offers a summary of information about 250 of the Museums highlights, including the most famous, as well as a selection of lesser-known but equally intriguing pieces.

There are 1541 museums in the United States. This book covers major museums and elite museums - museums on an unusual subject. It discusses at least one museum in each state and offers an examination of the museums by region: South, North, West , East and central states.

For the first time, three leading charities for the disabled have teamed up in partnership with the leading tourism bodies to create 'Open Britain', a brand new definitive guide book for people with disabilities and special access requirements. Packed with 800 pages of easy to use information including: 'Places to Stay', 'How To Get There' and 'What To See and Do' once there.

The only book to provide an introduction in one volume to the best art in Paris. 100 Best Paintings in Paris is an amalgam of commentary and tourist guide leading the reader to a greater understanding of the paintings chosen. An illustration of each painting is accompanied by an explanatory essay, a biographical chronology of the artist as well as a sample listing of works by other contemporary ..

From the Seminole Wars to the Little Big Horn, the history of America's native people and their contacts with those seeking to settle or claim a new land has often been marked by violence. This work provides information on getting to, and getting the most from the places where major and minor conflicts between Indians and Europeans occurred.

Treats your inner artist to the discovery of some of the best studios, galleries, shops and performance spaces in the vibrant city of London. This title contains color maps that aid navigation.