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Ben le Vay's Eccentric Cambridge

Benedict le Vay author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bradt Travel Guides

Published:31st Oct '11

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Ben le Vay's Eccentric Cambridge cover

. Hardback format makes this an ideal gift book . The quirkest pubs and wackiest museums . The colleges: what they don't want you to know . How to punt without looking a prat . The nuts and bolts - how to get there, where to stay, when to go . Weird and wonderful walking tours - with maps

Ben Le Vay's Eccentric Cambridge - Holiday tips and travel information including quirky Cambridge highlights, unusual historical sites, walks and amusing activities. This guide also features art and architecture, hidden secrets and outrageous stories about the university and its people, Grantchester, colleges and churches, boat races and punting.Cambridge is a popular city for international tourists, keen to take a behind-the-scenes look at this old English university city's people and places. Benedict le Vay reveals hidden secrets and amazing stories of the city's architecture, scandalous stories of the most outrageous dons and, most importantly, how to punt on the River Cam without looking like a complete prat.

' .....[Ben le Vay] is clearly a man worth spending time in the company of. And it's reassuring to know that, in an age of identikit 'anytowns', Cambridge remains defiantly different - and just a little bit bonkers.' Cambridgeshire Journal 'These delightful guide books are perfect for anyone with an interest in England's most famous university cities.' Good Book Guide 'Ben le Vay throws up a host of titillating tales in Eccentric Cambridge: A Practical Guide.' This England

ISBN: 9781841624273

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 365g

304 pages

2nd Revised edition