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title: "Book Review: Wallpaper* City Guides"
description: "Wallpaper* City Guide: London 2008 Phaidon has a great series of city guides. I used the Cairo one on my trip and it was fantastic for restaurant recommendations and for giving a different..."
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date: 2008-12-21
modified: 2008-12-21
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# Book Review: Wallpaper* City Guides

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Phaidon has a great series of city guides. I used the Cairo one on my trip and it was fantastic for restaurant recommendations and for giving a different perspective on the architecture, art and culture of the place.

I highly recommend these as supplemental guides. Not a great replacement for your full-blown guide book, but definitely necessary reading in advance of the trip, good for nightlife planning, and perfect as small, pocket-sized gems that you can easily cart around while on tour.

A full range of stars for these city guides.