I purchased this book along with the Insight Guides to Southern Spain Costa Del Sol - Andalucia. I much prefer the Insight Guides book because it has a lot more photos and maps than Footprint does. I do like the fact that Footprint gives suggested times/days needed to see sights and cities. That helped me plan my trip better. Insight did not offer this type of information. Footprint does not have many maps of areas in the book. It's very text heavy. But that may prove to be better because it offers more information on all the sights, hotels and activities. All in all, I would suggest Insight Guides for Andalucia over Footprint. BTW, I usually buy Lonely Planet travel guides but had read that their book on Andalucia has little information about Costa Del Sol. This is my first experience with both Insight Guides and Footprint.