35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant as always!, 12 Jun 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: Andalucia (Lonely Planet Regional Guides) (Paperback)
I've just spent the last 2 weeks travelling around Andalucia with just my Lonely Planet and my rucksack. The Lonely Planet information was spot on nearly every time. Price information was very accurate. I only encountered 1 or 2 hotels whose prices were slightly higher than listed in the guidebook (probably because its now the high season). The information on the bullfighting and the Flamenco dancing was very helpful and explained a lot of what I was seeing! All bus departure times and prices were correct, as were the bus stop locations! A few tourist sites had raised their prices slightly....but that is always expected and never proved a problem. It was definitely worth buying this guide and I would highly recommend it.
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21 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Plenty of facts , hard to navigate ., 28 Sep 2003
This review is from: Andalucia (Lonely Planet Regional Guides) (Paperback)
The contents page needs to be much more detailed .
The maps are fairly good , but spread through the text like pressed flowers ..... aimlessly .
For example : Seville ( general ) fills pages 134 and 135 .
Yet the Seville Central map is 10 pages away ( 144 and 145 ) .
Why , why , why , why , why ???
The index is far too short .
Seville's Feria de Abril is discussed in a large paragraph on page 153 . Yet , "Feria de Abril" is NOT in the index !!!
Many other silly layout mistakes make this book AWKWARD to use .
Some of the text could do with 'tightening up' too . Here and there , a rather pointless 'wordy' style breaks out .
Colour photo pages are very well done .
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17 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Euro, 24 Jan 2003
This review is from: Andalucia (Lonely Planet Regional Guides) (Paperback)
Whilst this is a reasonable cross section of Andalucia it can never be complete as it leaves out many small towns,villages and places of interest. For example in Gibraltar no mention is made of fantastic Dolphin trips out in the bay and there is no mention of excellent traditional restaurants in La Linea which has the best freshest fish market ever. The worst crime is that since the introduction of the Euro all prices have been converted to the new currency and many have increased.
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