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Title: Portugal (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Martin Symington ISBN: 0-7894-9423-X Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The best guide available
Comment: I just returned from spending a week in Portugal, and recommend this book whole-heartedly. I noticed many other tourists carrying this book (written in different languages!). The graphics are a must if you want to decide which of the many, many sites you want to see within a limited amount of time. Recommendations on walking tours are very helpful, and the descriptions of the history behind each site add significantly to what you get out of each visit. If I were to ask for any improvements on this book, I would ask for two things: 1) include a short language CD of the basic phrases listed in the back of the book to aid understanding of the language (reading Portuguese on paper does NOT work, since it sounds so unbelievably different than it looks), and 2) include more detail regarding maps for the longer-distance routes (ie., for when someone wants to rent a car). The intra-city maps are right-on, but the long-distance routes need alot more detail. Portugal itself is a beautiful country (see my pics if you like: www.imageevent.com/tvmule/portugal), and I hope to return one day to see the rest of the country (one week is much too short!). PS - if you rent a car, be prepared to deal with ALOT of impatient drivers, as the locals like to drive fast and are always in a hurry :)
Rating: 5
Summary: About Portugal, Not Eating and Sleeping There
Comment: Portugal by Eyewitness Travel Guides is a great travel guide, and it was a wonderful and invaluable tool during my last trip to Portugal. It is not a typical travel book in that it does not provide extensive reviews of hotels and restaurants, although it does highlight a few of each. Rather, it provides extensive information on the people, history and sights of Portugal. In addition, the information is splendidly presented with vivid photographs and succinct coverage of all the major cities and sights, and even some remote locations. After paging through this book one almost feels intimately knowledgeable with Portugal's history and culture.
If you are interested in finding a great place to stay or eat I would recommend looking elsewhere. However, if you are interested in learning about Portugal's culture, sights and history I would strongly recommend Portugal by Eyewitness Travel Guides.
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Title: Spain (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by DK Publishing ISBN: 0789493888 Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Rick Steves' Spain and Portugal 2003 by Rick Steves ISBN: 1566914604 Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Lisbon (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Susie Boulton, Dorling-Kindersley ISBN: 078949566X Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Portugal (Portugal, 4th Ed) by Julia Wilkinson, John King ISBN: 1740593391 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: France (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by DK Publishing ISBN: 078949387X Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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