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Andalucia (Lonely Planet Regional Guides) by: John Noble, Susan Forsyth |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 914 EAN: 9781864501919 ISBN: 186450191X Label: Lonely Planet Publications Manufacturer: Lonely Planet Publications Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 424 Publication Date: February 28, 2001 Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications Studio: Lonely Planet Publications Sales Rank: 575010 Related Items:
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 Rating: - A Qualified RecommendationDespite an unusually high number of flaws, this is nevertheless a book that will help you get the most out of your time in Andalucia. Perhaps I just expect too much of Lonely Planet (LP), but it's their own fault. They've stood by me so many times in so many different places in the past that I was beginning to take everything they told me as The Only Advice In Town. So when I arrived in Seville I quickly got into the LP groove and hit La Bella Estrella, a "jazz bar". Well, perhaps I'd arrived the day they buried the proprietor, but there was no jazz going on there, so off I went to Naima Café Jazz, happily only about five doors away down Calle Trajan. A bit better, but still not the place I expected ... Read More: Rating:  - Essential ReadingThis book is essential reading for travellers to this part of Spain. The book's recommendations can be trusted and, whilst the information is thorough it isn't difficult to get to the more important parts quickly. We used it to visit Seville, Granada, Malaga and Antequera in September 2003 and found it brilliant. It's written in an unfussy way, in plain English and by people who know what is worthwhile and what isn't. Two important things to remember. Buy the book well before you travel. (We bought it in the airport after we had booked some of our accommodation and so wasted hours looking at the 'net for stuff much more clearly detailed in the book). The maps in the book are pretty sketchy and ... Read More: Rating:  - Plenty of facts , hard to navigate .The contents page needs to be much more detailed . The maps are fairly good , but spread through the text like pressed flowers ..... aimlessly . For example : Seville ( general ) fills pages 134 and 135 . Yet the Seville Central map is 10 pages away ( 144 and 145 ) . Why , why , why , why , why ??? The index is far too short . Seville's Feria de Abril is discussed in a large paragraph on page 153 . Yet , "Feria de Abril" is NOT in the index !!! Many other silly layout mistakes make this book AWKWARD to use . Some of the text could do with 'tightening up' too . Here and there , a rather pointless 'wordy' style breaks out . Colour photo pages are very well done . Rating:  - A review by an AndalusianI've browsed through this guide a few times in local bookstores in Seville and have found it very mediocre, not to say downright inaccurate. Many of the hotels and hostels it recommends no longer exist, there's little advice about safety and what little they say about safety is completely false. Seville, as all the other Andalusian cities, is a safe place to visit. There is petty theft like in all major cities in Europe, but that's all. There are no significant differences in that respect between, say, Seville and Paris, or London. So, please, don't pay too much attention to safety tips given by Lonely Planet guides. As a Sevillian, I can guarantee you the city is safe and that all you have to do is keep an eye on your belongings as you would ... Read More: Rating: - EuroWhilst this is a reasonable cross section of Andalucia it can never be complete as it leaves out many small towns,villages and places of interest. For example in Gibraltar no mention is made of fantastic Dolphin trips out in the bay and there is no mention of excellent traditional restaurants in La Linea which has the best freshest fish market ever. The worst crime is that since the introduction of the Euro all prices have been converted to the new currency and many have increased. |
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