Lonely Planet Spain (Travel Guide) by Lonely Planet

Lonely Planet Spain (Travel Guide) Reviews

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  David

  Muy completa
  
  De gran ayuda para conocer la cultura española desde siglos atrás. Es una guía muy completa que incluye todo los aspectos necesarios para interpretar la historia con conocimientos básicos y planear rutas de viaje con mayor certeza.
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  Jim Bowen

  Whenever I travel abroad, I always buy a Lonely Planet, or Rough Guide to the place I'm visiting. This book almost ruined their reputation overnight. It is without down the WORST Lonely Planet guide I have ever read.
  
  As an example, where are the places a Brit goes, when they go to Spain? Madrid and Barcelona maybe, but Ibiza, and Majorca have to be up there, don't they? If you're going to Ibiza, or Majorca, however, don't rely on this book. All the islands are covered in 2 page. You read that right. One of the most popular tourist places in Spain gets maybe half a page.
  
  The sad thing is that I suspect that this is true of a lot of places. It all feels rather precised and rushed. If you go off the beaten track, even slightly, don't use this book. It'll be no use to you. The place you are probably won't be discussed.
  
  To make matters worse, there's no index. So if you're looking for where you are, and you haven't already found it in the Kindle book, you're going to be out of luck, because you won't be able to find if it's listened anywhere, because there's no index to help you.
  
  Now I know., you're thinking this book covers the whole country, it's going to be general. Bur let me tell you, there's general, and then there's so general and bland that things become meaningless. This book falls very much into the second category.
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  Mark

  Lonely Planet Books are indispensable, I just wish they were better at referencing the map in the text, and the page ref from the map key.
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  Taylor Wells

  I love travelling, and Lonely Planet is always my go-to travel guides when I go abroad. Their guide to Hungary was essential to my fiancee's and my trip to Budapest last December, and their Spain guide was the real MVP of our road trip around Spain that we came back from a couple weeks ago!
  
  Sure, we did tons and tons of research on the internet leading up to this trip, but there's really no substitute for a good guidebook.
  
  Because this was a road trip, we had the freedom to go off the beaten track a bit and visit a few places between our big destinations. Lemme tell you, THAT is where this book REALLY helped us out in a huge way. Without Lonely Planet, we wouldn't have known Morella even existed, much less driven on the narrow mountain roads that overlook beautiful landscapes on our way to have lunch in a small mountain city still surrounded by a medieval wall. Lonely Planet also told us about Cabo de Gata-Nihar, a national park in Andalusia with beautiful beaches and tall cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
  
  Of course, the food recommendations were all excellent, the advice, incredibly helpful, and the shopping recommendations, interesting and unique.
  
  This was a special trip, regardless (my girl and I got engaged in Granada!) but having this travel guide made everything so much smoother!
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  Jeff Beardsley

  My family and I are long-time travelers around the globe, and have developed definite opinions of travel guides over the years. Along with planning travel over the internet, we've basically settled on two different guides to take with us as we go. The Eyewitness Travel Guides are my preference for advanced planning and reading on a particular destination. The Lonely Planet Guides are perfect for our travels while we are on the road. Lonely Planet fills in many of the details that Eyewitness leaves off the pages of their travel guides. Eyewitness gives us the visual for where we are heading, Lonely Planet gives us the filler. Between the two, we've settled on a routine that has suited us well for our travel purposes. Highly recommended!
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  Kerry

  Solid travel book delivered yet again by Lonely Planet. I found it very helpful in planning my trip to Northern Spain. I supplemented the book with some other sources, but it provided a good foundation.
  
  However, I find the Kindle version really frustrating. Even though I was bookmarking pages and trying to refer back to them, I still like the hard copy better.
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  Alison Calvagno

  Very helpful guide!
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  R.J. Gilmour

  Like all of the Lonely Planet guidebooks the one for Spain offers a wealth of information geared to travellers.
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  Stephen

  An informative travel book witha wealth of information for would be vistors to Spain. I enjoyed the historical information about the sites. I was not captivated by the description of Madrid though. Described as a city where everyone stays up very late - the city does not sleep. Not for me!
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  Stephanie

  Suuuuuuper thorough. I purchased this guide while living in Asturias and basically ripped it to shreds in rain and shine (Madrid downpour was not kind to the pages). There's something for every travel taste in here, and it covers every corner of Spain. I would love to see it go into more detail about the lesser known places (such as my beloved Asturias, or the corners of Galicia), but this is a great general travel book. If you want more in depth about regions or activities, I would suggest hiking/landscape books, or region specific books.
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  Tim Murphy

  These Lonely Planet guides are excellent. I actually read a newer edition, not from beginning to end, but in spurts. I cannot over recommend these guides to read through before heading to the airport.
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  Zoë

  This was my bible while I lived in Spain for 8 months. It is helpful and informative.
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  Sarah

  this book was essentially useless while we were in spain.
  
  
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  Stephanie

  a little dry, but useful.
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  Alex

  Lonely Planet Spain (Spain, 3rd ed) by Damien Simonis (2001)
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  Alex

  Used when I was in Spain, remembering it being a good travel guide.
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  Laura

  Gives loads of ideas about what to do, where to go, etc. I will continue to use this book as I travel around Spain.
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  Miranda

  I love and trust Lonely Planet's guides. I've used them for years, now.
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  Ivan Kapersky

  I just came from my trip to Spain, the guide was excellent.