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Summary: Good info!
Review: This is a very good book for travellers. I bought it when going to Spain last October and really gave me lots of info on where to stay and eat. Most of the information it gives you is correct and if you really know how to take the benefit out of it, then is great. It needs more info on some parts of Spain, but I guess they didn't do it like that so it doesn't get too big. In general is a very good book and no-one who travels to Spain should go without it.
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Summary: If you buy one travel book on spain this must be it.
Review: When you arrive in Barcelona at 11pm and don't have a hotel this is the ONLY travel book that will solve your fears of sleeping on the street. This wonderful edition includes beautiful, detailed colored maps of Madrid, Barcelona and many black and white maps of other cities. The maps for the Madrid and Barcelona subways can be easily torn out for easy conspicuous use around town. Separate chapters detail every aspect of Spanish life, culture and customs, including histories of the essential Franco and post Franco periods. Separate chapters detail every inch of Spanish territory, from Linea De La Concepcion to Santiago to Bilboa and of course Ibiza. A wonderful book for anyone traveling, those looking for hostels and those looking for 3 star hotels will both be satisfied, whether you're a hippie or a business man or just looking for the parties in Seville and Cordoba you will be very pleased. Seth J. Frantzman 2003
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Summary: If you buy one travel book on spain this must be it.
Review: When you arrive in Barcelona at 11pm and don't have a hotel this is the ONLY travel book that will solve your fears of sleeping on the street. This wonderful edition includes beautiful, detailed colored maps of Madrid, Barcelona and many black and white maps of other cities. The maps for the Madrid and Barcelona subways can be easily torn out for easy conspicuous use around town. Separate chapters detail every aspect of Spanish life, culture and customs, including histories of the essential Franco and post Franco periods. Separate chapters detail every inch of Spanish territory, from Linea De La Concepcion to Santiago to Bilboa and of course Ibiza. A wonderful book for anyone traveling, those looking for hostels and those looking for 3 star hotels will both be satisfied, whether you're a hippie or a business man or just looking for the parties in Seville and Cordoba you will be very pleased. Seth J. Frantzman 2003
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Summary: Par for the course...
Review: Yeah, this book is a lot better than nothing, or even some of their lackluster competitors in the guidebook industry. LP's maps and format are better than the others. However... some of the other reviewers were right on in the complaints dept. This book gives too little of the essential info you buy a guide for; i.e. transport options and hotel details. Given that the writer supposedly lives in Spain, some of the sketchiness concerning hotels and restaurants is inexcusable. The prices are also way off; apparently, nobody bothered to revisit the museums and hotels to check up on things. The latin American guides do a lot better job concerning places a lot harder to cover than Spain or most of the other only tolerable European guides, for that matter. I don't think I stayed in more than a couple of the recommended hotels for the whole two months I spent in Europe using numerous LP guides. Luckily for LP, their competition is even worse.
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