A Guide to the Cotswolds

The Cotswolds is an area of outstanding natural beauty, with some of the most charming and historically significant towns and villages in England. This handsomely produced guide explores the area in a series of tours drawn from the main visitor centers, seeking out the prettiest villages, the history and the legends, and identifying all the sites open to the public. There is essential visitor's information on houses, parks and gardens, museums and galleries, craft centers, and farms. Easily slipped into a pocket, this handy guide is abundantly illustrated with crisp color photos and maps.

The Cotswolds is an area of outstanding natural beauty, with some of the most charming and historically significant towns and villages in England. This handsomely produced guide explores the area in a series of tours drawn from the main visitor centers, seeking out the prettiest villages, the history and the legends, and identifying all the sites open to the public. There is essential visitors information on houses, parks and gardens, museums and galleries, craft centers, and farms. Easily slipped into a pocket, this handy guide is abundantly illustrated with crisp color photos and maps.

RICHARD SALE is an award-winning journalist and Pulitzer Prize finalist who has written for The Washington Post and San Francisco Examiner. Most recently, he served as a special correspondent for UPI for 5 years. He is the author of Traitors and The Blackstone Rangers. He is currently Intelligence Correspondent for Middle East Times. He lives in Stamford, Connecticut.