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Eyewitness Spain |
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This book tells about all Spain and it does a good job. For Mallorca, The Canary islands and Andalusia, see the Eyewitness books for this area. |
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Explorer Spain |
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The Explorer Spain doesn't cover that many destinations as the Eyewitness book does. But it gives all destinations a rating and is much more honest when it comes to tell about the not so glorious parts of a destination. |
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National Geographic Spain |
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This book do have some interesting stories about different subjects and from different parts of Spain. But it's nearly impossible for one book to cover as huge a country as Spain, so please look for a regional book. | ||||||
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Eyewitness Costa Blanca Top 10 |
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There are not many good guides which cover this area, so the Top 10 can be a good buy. | ||||||
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This is just a fantastic book. Here are many marvellous photos of the most interesting Spanish Paradors. Old castles, convents etc are described in a way that makes us want to leave for Spain immediately. |
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Spanien Kunst - Landschaft - Architektur |
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This is a very interesting book in German covering the Spanish architectural heritage. Many beautiful photos. |
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The Most Beautiful Villages of Spain |
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The best about this book is that it tells us about many small interesting villages in Spain which we otherwise perhaps wouldn't know about. There are many good photos. But we don't get stunned by the all the photo's quality! The technical quality is good, but I am sure it would have been possible to find more beautiful motives in many of the villages. I visited one of the villages, Pedraza de la Sierra in the province of Segovia in 2005 and the photos in the book doesn't offer this village justice. |
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Eyewitness Madrid |
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If you are gong to travel to other parts of Spain as well, buy the Eyewitness Spain instead. There are not much difference regarding the coverage of Madrid. |
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Eyewitness Top 10 Madrid |
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A pocket guide, which of course can't be compared to the "big" Eyewitness book for Madrid, but regarding hotels and restaurant this is easier to use. The best options is to buy both books. |
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Time Out Madrid |
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The chapters which cover restaurants, bars, cafes and shopping are the best part of this Guide Book series. |
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National Geographic Madrid |
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This book has much interesting information. But for most tourists would it be wiser to buy the Eyewitness guide and the Time Out guide. Combined do they cover the historical and architectural aspects (Eyewitness) and the pubs, bars, restaurants, nightlife (Time Out). | ||||||
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Dumont Kunst Reiseführer Zentralspanien und Madrid |
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This guide, in German only, isn't an ordinary Travel guide. It tells us in detail about the art and architecture of towns in Central Spain like Madrid, Toledo, Salamanca, Ávila and Segovia. If you can read German and are an art lover this book is wonderful. |
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Eyewitness Barcelona and Catalonia |
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If you are gong to travel to other parts of Spain as well, buy the Eyrewitness Spain instead. There are not much difference regarding the cover of Barcelona. |
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Eyewitness Top 10 Barcelona |
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A pocket guide, which of course can't be compared to the "big" Eyewitness book for Barcelona, but regarding hotels and restaurant this is easier to use. The best options is to buy both books. |
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National Geographic Barcelona |
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This book has much interesting information. But for most tourists would it be wiser to buy the Eyewitness guide and the Time Out guide. Combined do they cover the historical and architectural aspects (Eyewitness) and the pubs, bars, restaurants, nightlife (Time Out). | ||||||
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Catalonia Art - Architecture - Landscape |
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Kõnemann has published a lot of very interesting books which are low priced in Europe. This book has hundreds of good photos and much interesting text. About Barcelona alone, there are about 150 pages. |
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Time Out Barcelona |
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The chapters which cover restaurants, bars, cafes and shopping are the best part of this Guide Book series. |
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Signpost Guides Catalonia and the Spanish Pyrenees | ||||||
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This guide actually cover much more than Catalonia. Parts of the Basque Country, Navarra, Araón and La Rioja are covered together with Catalonia. Here are not very much photos, but the destinations are rated in several ways, hotels and restaurants are described and suggested drives are mentioned. It's difficult to find many very good guides in English about this area. The Eyewitness and Explorer Guides for Spain aren't that detailed as this guide is about this area. |
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Eyewitness Northern Spain |
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This book covers Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, The Basque Country, Navarra, La Rioja and the Pyrenees (parts of Aragón and Catalonia). The coverage is a bit more extensive (but not very much) than in the Eyewitness book for all Spain. | ||||||
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Iwanowski's NordSpanien & der Jakobsweg |
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This very serious and informative travel book covers the northern parts of Spain (Galicia in the west to the French boarder in the east, the Atlantic in the north to León/Burgos in the south). This book (if you do read German) combined with Eyewitness: Northern Spain would be a good choice. | ||||||
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Dumont Kunst Reiseführer Der Spanische Jakobsweg |
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A very extensive guide in art and architecture. But in German only. | ||||||
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Eyewitness Seville and Andalusia |
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This is a very nice book. Even if you already have the Eyewiness Spain, please buy this book. Many small villages are mentioned and we got an enormous amount of photos. Good restaurant section. Most of the book tells about Seville. Don't visit Seville without this book! |
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Eyewitness Andalusia Top 10 |
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A Practical book when travelling around in Andalusia. |
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Iwanowski's Andalusien |
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This book in German tells you much more about Andalusia than many other guides. Combine it with Eyewitness: Seville and Andalusia and one or two of the books described below. Andalusia is such a fantastic region that we need several books to really cover all interesting aspects of the area. | ||||||
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Art & Architecture Andalusia |
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This very interesting book may be difficult to buy because it's some years since it was published. The book is full of marvellous photos and much very interesting information about many of Andalusia's towns. Here are many pages with information about history and architecture. For all lovers of Andalusia this is a must! |
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Pallas Andalusia |
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This is a Classic and wonderful book about Andalusia. You don't bring this book to find the best restaurant in Granada. This is a book to read before you travel or perhaps to read under the Andalusian sun if you have plenty of time down there. Michael Jacobs tells about the history, the people, the towns and so on. |
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Alhambra |
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Michael Jacobs, the author of "Andalusia" described above, has also written an interesting book about the famous Alhambra in Granada. You don't buy this book if you are just going to visit the Alhambra because you are boring your self at Costa del Sol. But if you are interested in Moorish architecture, this book is worth the price. |
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Time Out Seville & Andalusia |
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The chapters which cover restaurants, bars, cafes and shopping are the best part of this Guide Book series. |
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Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza |
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Eyewitness Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza |
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Combine this book with Iwanoswski's Mallorca (if you read German) and perhaps Time out if you need information about restaurants and the night life. Bur before visiting Mallorca you should also read the German book: Mallorca - Kultur und Lebensfreude (described below) and the Explorer Mallorca to pick just the right destinations. |
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Eyewitness Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza |
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Practical book when visiting the Balearic Islands if you don't want to use much money on buying travel literature. |
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Explorer Mallorca, |
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The Explorer books always tells us "the truth story". If you want to find the really best towns on Mallorca, this is the best guide to buy. Not so many photos as the Eyewitness Guide, but the Explorers rating of destination and honest descriptions are well worth the price. |
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Iwanowski's Mallorca Inselführer |
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Extensive Guide about Mallorca in German. | ||||||
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Iwanowski's Mallorca Wanderführer |
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Mallorca is much more than the beaches. To make an interesting holiday try this "Wanderführer". (In German only). | ||||||
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Mallorca Kultur und Lebensfreude |
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This book in Germans will in 500 pages with many beautiful colour photos tell us about all different parts of this interesting island. The photos make the book interesting, even to those of us who don't' read German. |
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Time Out Mallorca |
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The chapters which cover restaurants, bars, cafes and shopping are the best part of this Guide Book series. |
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Eyewitness Canary Islands |
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This is a beautiful book which tells us a lot about all the Canary Islands. A lot of photos shows us the different nature on the different islands and all the small (and big) towns. Don't leave for The Canaries without this book. |
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Eyewitness Gran Canaria Top 10 |
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Practical book when visiting the Canary Islands if you don't want to use much money on buying travel literature. |
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Iwanowski's Teneriffa |
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This book offers comprehensive information for German readers. |
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Vacances The Basque Country |
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This isn't the best Travel Guide on the market, but it's not many guides to choose among regarding the Basque Country. Here are many very nice photos and also much good information. But not all information/photos are that interesting and the book doesn't rate the destination and make it a bit difficult to choose where to go. |
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Isabella of Castile |
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If you want to read the "whole and full story" about Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, please try this book. A visit in Tordesillas, Seville, Granada etc. gets a new dimension when we have got all the historic background information. |
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The New Spaniards |
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This book tells us about most aspects of modern Spain. We would recommend this book and the "Isabella of Castile" and you'll be familiar with both the modern Spain and it's history.
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The Basque History of the World |
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The Basque people in Northern Spain has a very interesting history. How on earth have they managed to preserve their language? How could a minority get the leading role in the industrialisation of Spain? These and many other questions are written about in this interesting book. |
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Robert Wilson |
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Robert Wilson has written three novels about the police inspector of Seville: Javier Falcon. The Blind man of Seville, The Silent and the Damned (US: The Vanished Hands), The Hidden Assassins. |
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