Description: This glorious guide to England and Wales explores two of the most beautiful and culturally exciting areas of the world. England's rich history of Romans, Vikings, Normans, Plantagenets, Tudors, Stuarts among others left a breathtaking and vast legacy or churches, castles, forts and towns. Stunning architectural drawings reveal the many styles from Norman, Gothic, English Baroque to Georgian and Victorian Wales, a mostly mountainous country, is rich in castles and abbeys.

Detailed itineraries take tire reader around the great castles, gardens and natural sights of Wales from the capital city of Cardiff with its famous National Museum and Gallery and castle at the city's very center to Gwynedd, site of the spectacular 13th century Caernarfon Castle and the dream village of Portmeirion; or to Powys where the Powis Castle, one of the grandest residences, dating from the 13th century, can be found; to the majestic, snow capped peaks of Snowdonia National Park, the second largest park in England and Wales; there are also many abbeys to be seen including Tintern in Monmouthshire celebrated by poet, William Wordsworth.

The many places to see in England range from the stunning Georgian city of Bath in Somerset to Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire or to the Oriental fantasy of the Royal Pavilion at Brighton in Sussex; Hadrian's Wall dating from AD 122 in Northumberland to the spectacular Palladian Holkham Hall in Norfolk designed by William Kent to the natural beauty of the Lake District in Cumbria home to Beatrix Potter, Wordsworth, Coleridge; to Wiltshire to the grand 16th century house, garden, safari park of Longleat, the medieval Gothic Salisbury Cathedral, the most celebrated prehistoricmonument of Stonehenge and the 18th century garden of Stourhead. Stratford-upon-Avon, and all the sights of London are among the thousands of things covered by dozens of itineraries.

Portable, practical, and lavishly illustrated, the guide also includes information on getting around England and Wales, finding the best restaurants, nightlife, and cultural spots. And as always, there is a section on the region as seen by artists and writers.

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