Time Out London (Time Out Guides)

London is a city of paradoxes. It's uncompromisingly urban, but also a series of villages; it's awesome and regal, yet rough and gritty. It mixes luxury hotels, soaring architecture, five-star restaurants, and glamorous shops with terraced streets, grimy cobblestones, pie and mash, and raucous street markets. Written and researched by locally based writers, The fully updated Time Out London guide, now in its 13th edition, leads travelers through the British capital in its many guises. Special sections include London Today (covers ongoing accessibility, street safety, and public transportation projects designed to make London a great place to live, work, and visit), Pride of London (features some of the people, places, and events that make Londoners glow with pride, or at least smile indulgently), Capital of Cool (shows travelers how and where to stay up all night with the groovers and shakers at the swankiest bars and pubs), and Quiet Corners (reveals the oases of calm in this rowdy city -- places to take tea or just stop to think and recharge the batteries), each highlighting areas and activities not to be missed.