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Very few visitors have an in to the real excitement and style of London - But now, the Virgin Guide brings you into the life of the city as savvy insiders know it. Canny and comprehensive, created by writers for such magazines as New Musical Express, Time Out, Harper's, The Sunday Observer Magazine, and Rolling Stone - it provides all the information you'll need to get into and around the city, fulfill your basic needs there, and much, much more. Comprehensive chapters on hotels and restaurants emphasize style, taste and clientele as well as value and the more standard features; tours of the neighborhoods lead you off the beaten path, sometimes to the offbeat; an extensive shopping guide tells you where and how to improve your material take; personal recommendations on all the varieties of entertainment in and around the city emphasize those things the ordinary traveler's itinerary doesn't always satisfy. The Virgin Guide is the sure-fire route to being street-smart in the heart of the city... and beyond.