Isle of Wight (Slow Travel) - Mark Rowe

Part of Bradt's distinctive, award-winning series of 'Slow' travel guides to UK regions, the new, thoroughly updated second edition of Isle of Wight (Slow Travel) remains by far the longest and most detailed guidebook to this charming English island. Written by expert travel journalist Mark Rowe, who has visited the island over 30 times since childhood, it is the perfect companion to help you get the most out of your visit, replete with not just all the practical information you could need, but also all the intimate detail, anecdote and insider tips to make time spent there deeply rewarding. The Isle of Wight is an island that is astonishingly rich in wildlife, natural beauty, history and archaeology. This is all the more unexpected for it being so close to the densely populated southern edges of England. Covering just 25 miles by 13 miles, no other equivalent-sized area of Britain boasts such varied landscapes (downland, estuaries, hills, saltmarshes, meadows, riverine, beach) or such a concentration of food producers (50+ independents). Here there is a real island culture, a creative spirit celebrating the independent and idiosyncratic. There is urban fascination too, including high-class museums, Victoriana and Cowes - a town famous for its sailing jamboree, but also offering narrow medieval streets and one-of-a-kind local shops. Bradt's Isle of Wight suggests where to go to see red squirrels and the recently reintroduced white-tailed eagles, where to hire e-bikes, whe
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