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Spain (Lonely Planet Country Guide) by: Sarah Andrews, Susan Forsyth, Nancy Frey City Travel Guides Price: £14.99 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 914.60483 EAN: 9781740597005 ISBN: 1740597001 Label: Lonely Planet Publications Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 900 Publication Date: March 01, 2005 Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Studio: Lonely Planet Publications Sales Rank: 174166 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Synopsis: The Lonely Planet Country Guides are the complete country guides for independent travellers. They feature inspirational colour highlights sections, easy-to-use grid-referenced maps and insightful history, culture, food and environment chapters by specialised contributors. Book Information : Whether you're keen to sip sangria on a palm-lined Balearic beach or snow-ski down the Sierra Nevada, this practical guide will show you why Spain is a número uno destination.
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 Rating: - Outstanding PhotographsI know it's my personal bug-bear, but as with most guidebooks on Spain the Murcia region isn't given the same treatment as other regions - just 10 pages (that wrongly suggest that all we've got there is beaches and golf courses) to cover the whole region while Valencia gets 50! That said, I like the Lonely Planet guides, they are beautifully produced and the colour photos are always outstanding. Rating:  - An excellent addition to the Lonely Planet listThe Lonely Planet guidebooks are deservedly the default choice for many travellers. This lastest edition (2007) of the Lonely Planet guide to Spain goes a long way to answering those critics who say that European countries have sometimes been Lonely Planet's Achille's heel. This is an excellent guidebook to Spain, both for those who just want to visit the well-known highlights as well as for those who enjoy getting off the beaten track. The language is informal, perhaps a reflection of the publisher's target audience and the overall feel is unstuffy. The book is organised into regional chapters, with Madrid and Barcelona being given their own. The first hundred pages or so are dedicated to themes such as history, culture architecture, ... Read More: Rating: - Good practical guideA good comprehensive country guide, though a little bulky to be ideal for taking away. I would recommend combining it with smaller regional guidebooks if space is an issue or you need more detail. However, for planning a general trip to Spain or deciding where to go, this is ideal. There is a wealth of practical information on everything you might need to know, and I found it well geared up to independent travellers. Of course, prices and other information won't always be accurate as these things change faster than books can be researched and published, but a quick check of the internet will establish any significant changes. The guide covers all of mainland Spain, plus the Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza etc.) ... Read More: Rating: - Great 2005 editionThe bad reviews given here are old hat. The new edition is easy to use with very clear maps and it does cover places way off the beaten track as well as those familiar to us all. If you need more detail for a particular area then lonely planet do publish more in depth area books such as 'Catalonia and the Costa Brava' for example. Rating:  - SuperficialDO NOT buy it if you don't want to sleep on a bench in the park. I visited Spain in August, 2003 -the spanish holyday-month where every little hostel seems to be fully booked I experienced that the book mainly is concerned around big tourist attractions and cities. When travelling around to small villages there is basically no information, obvioulsy as a result of what has interested the authors. But more seriously, there is a great lack of info about places to stay incl. telephone numbers which is a big problem as the tourist offices most of the time seems to be closed at this time of the year. |
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