weaselweader's review against another edition
3.0
"Get straight to the heart of Edinburgh"
In general, the Lonely Planet "pocket" guide series to cities around the world is excellent and provides top rate suggestions for trip ideas, trip planning and both selection and de-selection of what tourist sites, art galleries, museums, churches, restaurants, bars, shopping malls and so on would be to your particular taste. Although the proof is in the pudding and my planned 2020 summer trip has yet to take place, I'm sure POCKET EDINBURGH will not be the first exception to my generally favourable impression.
Two fairly significant downfalls that I did discover, however. First, the tear out map of the entire city covers a much too small area of the central city and, as a result, some major attractions don't appear on the map and are not referenced as being outside of the boundary shown (Craigmillar Castle, Leith and the Maid of the Forth boat tour come quickly to mind). Secondly, the very common tourist idea of bulk discount tickets for tourist attractions like museums and art galleries or subways and surface transportation is glossed over to the extent of being completely ignored.
Recommended but weaker than its sister publications such as POCKET GLASGOW, POCKET MADRID or POCKET BERLIN.
Paul Weiss
In general, the Lonely Planet "pocket" guide series to cities around the world is excellent and provides top rate suggestions for trip ideas, trip planning and both selection and de-selection of what tourist sites, art galleries, museums, churches, restaurants, bars, shopping malls and so on would be to your particular taste. Although the proof is in the pudding and my planned 2020 summer trip has yet to take place, I'm sure POCKET EDINBURGH will not be the first exception to my generally favourable impression.
Two fairly significant downfalls that I did discover, however. First, the tear out map of the entire city covers a much too small area of the central city and, as a result, some major attractions don't appear on the map and are not referenced as being outside of the boundary shown (Craigmillar Castle, Leith and the Maid of the Forth boat tour come quickly to mind). Secondly, the very common tourist idea of bulk discount tickets for tourist attractions like museums and art galleries or subways and surface transportation is glossed over to the extent of being completely ignored.
Recommended but weaker than its sister publications such as POCKET GLASGOW, POCKET MADRID or POCKET BERLIN.
Paul Weiss
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