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Summary: Not Up to Standards
Review: My wife and I have come to swear by Lonely Planet books for off-the-beaten-track advice on trips to Taiwan, Costa Rica, Thailand, and Peru. When we decided to visit Spain, we immediately bought the latest edition (3rd) of Lonely Planet Spain. Unfortunately, it quickly became apparent that what we needed instead were the City Guides for Madrid and Barcelona. The book covered all of Spain fairly, but was very skimpy on info about both of these cities. We found the detail we needed by exchanging this book for both the City Guides and an extra $5. If you are travelling Spain for an extended period, and will get all over the country, then this tome is for you (and will probably be worth it). If instead you are trying to hit the highlights of Spain, or want to base your vacation out of either Madrid or Barcelona, then skip it and find a better book.And incidentally, I think it's a pretty lame gambit from LP to start yanking all the detail from the national-level books and slipping it into the city guides. You always end up buying more books, since you can't get the info you want in any one place! Not fair to your customers, guys!
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Summary: Some slight errors involved....
Review: My wife and I just completed a tour of some of the major cities of Spain. Before we went, we purchased this Lonely Planet rather than the individual city guides. Since we were part of a tour and merely wanted some supplemental information, we purchased this one. The information they give on each of the sites and monuments is helpful. Although it didn't go into intense detail, you did get enough background historical information to make some sense. This book also gave us some good ideas of sites to see which the tour we took did not tell us about. Some of the information is a little inaccurate, don't take this information as 100 percent correct. For instance, admission to the Capilla Real is 350 ptas and not 300. The hours were a little off also. We did find the maps to be pretty accurate. The walking tour of Madrid was a little more difficult to follow, but it could be done. A fellow traveler had the Let's Go book for Spain and Portugal. Consistently, we found her looking at our Lonely Planet for better information. I would recommend this book for a trip to Spain. Remember that it is supplemental and should not be taking as 100 percent accurate.
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Summary: Some slight errors involved....
Review: My wife and I just completed a tour of some of the major cities of Spain. Before we went, we purchased this Lonely Planet rather than the individual city guides. Since we were part of a tour and merely wanted some supplemental information, we purchased this one. The information they give on each of the sites and monuments is helpful. Although it didn't go into intense detail, you did get enough background historical information to make some sense. This book also gave us some good ideas of sites to see which the tour we took did not tell us about. Some of the information is a little inaccurate, don't take this information as 100 percent correct. For instance, admission to the Capilla Real is 350 ptas and not 300. The hours were a little off also. We did find the maps to be pretty accurate. The walking tour of Madrid was a little more difficult to follow, but it could be done. A fellow traveler had the Let's Go book for Spain and Portugal. Consistently, we found her looking at our Lonely Planet for better information. I would recommend this book for a trip to Spain. Remember that it is supplemental and should not be taking as 100 percent accurate.
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Summary: A must
Review: Once again, Lonely Planet proved to be an indispensable guide to the budget traveller. I've recently been to Spain and all information on the book were precise and very useful. I think I am becoming addicted to Lonely Planet. Will I ever be able to travel without it again????
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Summary: Thorough Document
Review: Spain is an excellent travel document that will allow the reader to understand a great deal about the country. More than just a listing of the good hotels or restaurants, a thorough review of the information provided will allow a reader to understand why to go to Spain instead of just where. It's worth the money, even if you're only interested in Spain.
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Summary: Thorough Document
Review: Spain is an excellent travel document that will allow the reader to understand a great deal about the country. More than just a listing of the good hotels or restaurants, a thorough review of the information provided will allow a reader to understand why to go to Spain instead of just where. It's worth the money, even if you're only interested in Spain.
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Summary: The 'Ol Standby
Review: This book continues the impressively comprehensive and reliable tradition of their namesake. We used this book in conjunction with Rick Steves' and were overall very satisfied, even considering that we were mid-range travellers. LP covers every nook and cranny of the country with thorough and accurate information. The maps are excellent. The commentary is informative. The organization is easy to follow and understand. My main critique is that the book might be too objective: it's often unclear if the guide is actually recommending a restaurant, hotel, or sight, or just merely mentioning that it exists. A "star" system to the sights, or a "don't miss eating here" section would be helpful. (Try Rick Steves, for example.) Still, the book is a solid, can't-go-wrong pick for an overall guide.
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Summary: a worthwhile guide, good maps
Review: This book I found superior to competitors. Its maps were better and more detailed, allowing me to get aorund Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and the little towns of ALgicerias and La Linia without any trouble. It is a wonderful book and also has a wide variety of places to stay unlike some guidebooks which only have the most expensive or the cheapest(and most savage) places to stay. I was very happy when I found myself alone in Madrid to have this book.
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Summary: a worthwhile guide, good maps
Review: This book I found superior to competitors. Its maps were better and more detailed, allowing me to get aorund Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and the little towns of ALgicerias and La Linia without any trouble. It is a wonderful book and also has a wide variety of places to stay unlike some guidebooks which only have the most expensive or the cheapest(and most savage) places to stay. I was very happy when I found myself alone in Madrid to have this book.
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Summary: A very useful practical guide for an independent traveler
Review: This book is an indispensable manual for an independent traveler. I was using it just about every minute when first time in Spain, unfamiliar with the local ways, language, food, prices and means of getting around. Lonely Planet's Spain covers much of those things and more. And its information is mostly very up-to-date, too.
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