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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 914
EAN: 9781741045543
ISBN: 1741045541
Label: Lonely Planet
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 918
Publication Date: 2007-03-01
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Studio: Lonely Planet
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Summary: Good book, good author
Comment: Looking for a guide by this author, would have liked to have gotten the newest edition, but I had to have it right away to give to my daughter who was leaving for Spain. She liked it!
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Summary: Outstanding photographs
Comment: I 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.
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Summary: Good investment.
Comment: While the maps for Madrid are more or less useless, Barcelona maps were easy to use, and information on both cities was generous. Unfortunately does not cater as much to budget travellers as it used to. Information on Valencia was a little sparse. It's a good security blanket though on sights to see and stuff like that. Kinda misses out on all the really good grub holes in Valencia though. How is Padi's not mentioned?
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Summary: Going to Spain
Comment: Seems to be pretty thorough. Using it to plan Spain and Andorra trip in June.
Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: Good descriptions and directions, bad maps and photos
Comment: I use Lonely Planet and Guide Vert/Green Guide on most of my trips. They complement one another well. Lonely Planet had some good recommendations for hotels in Barcelona; and for all the sites we went to the historical background, opening times, and descriptions were very well done. Spain is a tricky country in terms of opening hours, as many museums close for 2 or so hours in the middle of the day. As we did not have a car, information concerning metro stops, train station locations, etc. were quite useful.

As usual, LP lacks in the maps (they are detailed enough , but the black/white format makes it almost impossible to read); and lack of photos makes it difficult to decide what to see. Whatever happened to the pictures/thousand word thing?

LP is oriented towards the backpacker/middle-means traveler. But even if you are traveling in luxury, this is a more than sufficient guide except for the maps.
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Spot a nesting falcon at the top of Barcelona's soaring La Sagrada Familia. Squelch in the warm mud baths by the beaches of the wild and beautiful Illa s'Espalmador. Watch the sun set over the Sierra de Guadarrama then bar-hop the medieval streets of Madrid's La Latina district.

--Ten-page pilgrim's guide to walking the Camino de Santiago. --Seven authors, 59 years of living in Spain, 146 detailed maps. --Incorporates over 300 travellers' tips and suggestions. --The only guide to Spain that also includes coverage of Andorra. --Content updated daily: visit lonelyplanet.com
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