Travel to Europe

Spain (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

Format: Turtleback
Author: DK Publishing
ReleaseDate: 20 March, 2006
Publisher: DK Travel
Rating:

Spain. Eyewitness Travel.
Great book, lots of information of where to go, things to do and
beautiful pictures.

GREAT EYEWITNESS GUIDES
These have to be some of the best guides ever. I have used these guides for my travels in Ireland, London, Scotland, Rome, Florence, Venice, Switzerland, Germany and Amsterdam.
One thing that I would like to see in these guides are the locations of hotels that are near train stations. Most budget travelers use the trains and need a hotel near stations.
I have plans to use this on my trip next year.

John Shearn.

To plan your trip
But they don't need to be! I used the guide to Spain to plan my 5-city itinerary, including a stop in Ronda which I'd never heard of but ended up being one of the highlights of our travels. Eyewitness Guides are beautiful, gorgeously illustrated books on glossy paper that are perfect for planning a trip but not so good for carrying along with you. This guide gives you a general view of the sights to see, with many photos and maps. But especially in a country like Spain, the wise traveler makes his or her first stop the tourist office--there's one in every city and many towns. That's where you get your map, the info on walking tours, a schedule of museum openings and closings, etc.

I agree with the reviewer who says the hotel info is not good, and the author of this guide could probably eliminate it with no loss except excess weight. These days the internet is by far your best source. And as for restaurants, just wander!

I loved this guide, but no one source is going to have it all for the independent traveler--and in any guide, info on hotels and restaurants is usually out-of-date before it's printed. But use this guide to dream--it's great.

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