Since the launch in 2012, Marco Polo's great value Pocket Guides have become renowned for their innovative, high-quality design and unique insider tips. Ideal for all travellers looking to find the hidden gems and little-known secrets. Each guide is packed with special tips, personal insights and unusual experiences for a perfect holiday. All in a handy, pocket-sized format.
Marco Polo London Pocket Guide includes:
Fully updated throughout: revised new edition with many new Insider Tips researched by Marco Polo's local authors.
Insider Tips: the hidden gems and little known secrets that offer a real insight into this iconic city. Travellers can learn the Balboa swing dance or how to kayak from Big Ben to Tower Bridge.
Best of: the best things to do for free, the best 'only in' London experiences, the best things to do if it rains and the best places to relax. Sightseeing: all of the top sights are organised by areas of the city to aid holiday planning.
Useful information: lots of advice on where to shop, travelling with kids and a summary of all the festivals and events.
Discovery Tours: 5 specially tailored tours take visitors to the heart of London. Culture, cathedrals and culinary delights can be discovered with these inspirational itineraries.
Free Touring App: new for 2018, travellers can download any of the Discovery Tours to their smartphone, complete with the detailed route description and map exactly as featured in the guide, free of charge. The maps can be used offline too, so no roaming charges. The perfect navigational tool with distance indicators and landmarks highlighting the correct direction to travel in as well as GPS coordinates along the way.
London in full-colour: Marco Polo Pocket Guide London includes full-colour photos throughout the guide bringing the city to life and offering a real taste of what to see and enjoy.
Street atlas and pull-out map: a detailed street atlas and a separate, fully indexed map neatly located in a plastic pocket at the back of the guide.
The only guide on the market offering both!
About the Author
Marco Polo was the original, trailblazing tourist. He was born into a wealthy Venetian merchant family in 1254 and at the age of 17 he embarked on an epic journey to Asia, as one of the first westerners to ever visit China. When he returned 24 years later he recorded his extensive travels in a book - publishing possibly the first travel guide ever - and introducing Europeans to Central Asia and China. Marco Polo's travels have since inspired countless adventurers to set off and see the world. Allegedly, Christopher Columbus set off across the Atlantic with a copy of Marco Polo's original book!
It is this pioneering spirit that drives us at Marco Polo Travel Publishing to provide you with the best guides, maps and atlases possible - to inspire you to set off on your own adventures and help you travel the world. We offer a wide range of high quality travel publications to over 200 destinations, all written by local and trusted authors.
