- Frommer′s Spain Day by Day features regional and city itineraries that will help you maximize your time while touring the country′s top sights. Explore Barcelona′s mind–bending architecture, drive the fabulous scenery of the Picos de Europa mountains, taste your way around La Rioja′s vineyards, experience the peak of Moorish culture in Andalucía, or eat your fill of Basque cuisine.
- Our authors, longtime Spain experts, hit all the highlights, from Madrid′s Prado to Granada′s Alhambra to Sevilla′s bullring. They′ve checked out all of the country′s best hotels and restaurants in person, and offer authoritative, candid reviews that will help you find the choices that suit your tastes and budget.
- You′ll also get coverage of shopping and nightlife in the major cities, detailed full–color maps, 750 full–color photos, a full chapter on Spain′s rich history and culture, information on special–interest tours, and advice on planning an efficient Spain vacation.
- Frommer′s Spain Day by Day also includes a color fold–out map in a handy pouch.
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Map your adventure
Plan a trip that suits your interests. Follow ourrecommended itineraries or mix & match to createyour own. Explore a region in depth or hit the highlights. With Frommer′s Day by Day guides, the choice is yours.
103 self–guided tours with maps that show how to get from place to place
Hundreds of photos,plus engaging insights on history and culture
Detailed reviews of hotels,restaurants, shopping, and nightlife
Full–sized foldout mapof Spain in a handy plastic envelope
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Patricia Harris and David Lyon (chapters 1–13 and 16–20) have journeyed the world for American, British, Swiss, and Asian publishers to write about food, culture, art, and design. They have covered subjects as diverse as elk migrations in western Canada, the street markets of Shanghai, winter hiking on the Jungfrau, and the origins of Mesoamerican civilization in the Mexican tropics. In the name of research, they have eaten hot–peppertoasted grasshoppers, English beef, and roasted armadillo in banana sauce. When good wine or craft beer is unavailable, they drink Diet Coke. Wherever they go, they are continually drawn back to Spain for the fl amenco nightlife, the Moorish architecture of Andalucía, the world–weary and lust–ridden saints of Zurbarán, and the phantasmagoric visions of El Greco—and the sheer joy of conversing with the regulars in a thousand little bars while drinking the house wine and eating tapas of Manchego and chorizo.
Neil Edward Schlecht (chapters 1, 3, 14, 15, and 19) is a freelance writer based in northwestern Connecticut. His fi rst exposure to Spain was teaching English for a summer at a Col·legi Sant Ignasi in Barcelona. He returned to the Catalan capital just before the 1992 Olympics and spent most of the decade there, working on social and economic development projects for the European Union and later as a contributing writer for a Spanish art and antiques magazine. Neil is the author or co–author of a dozen travel guides, including Frommer′s Peru, Frommer′s Cuba, Frommer′s South America, Frommer′s New York, Frommer′s Texas, and Spain For Dummies. But little motivates him like the chance to discover new restaurants and wines in Spain.
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Although this looks like a pocket-book, in fairness it doesn't describe itself as such and is quite a substantial tome, weighing in at a hefty 815 grammes, so not something you'd want to carry around. Printed on glossy paper it is lavishly illustrated; the front has a fold-out map of Spain showing the different regions with a guide to their highlights, and the back has a removable map with a small map of Spain and maps of the Valencia, Madrid and Barcelona metros. At the back there are also 5 pages of useful phrases and menu terms together with phonetic pronunciation.
The title is "Spain day by day" and is split into the different regions, so you get, for example, "The Best of Barcelona in a day", "in 2 days", "in 3 days", so you can plan your itinerary around Spain to fit your time. There are 80 pages devoted to Barcelona and the coverage is comprehensive with lots of colour photos. Different regions get different coverage, although it is always comprehensive, e.g. Valencia and the Costa Blanca get coverage of 27 pages. In general each section has a small map and there is useful information on the culture and traditions as well as admission times and prices for attractions, as well as recommended hotels and restaurants, prices are usually in euros.
There are chapters on Spanish history and culture, which is really good, you get a timeline from 20,000 BC to 2010, architecture, artistry and the Spanish Table, a chapter on Special Interest trips, such as food and wine, language classes, outdoor activities etc, and a chapter entitled "The Savvy Traveler" which has month by month festivals and special events, rainfall, advice on mobile phones, US embassy etc.
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The title is "Spain day by day" and is split into the different regions, so you get, for example, "The Best of Barcelona in a day", "in 2 days", "in 3 days", so you can plan your itinerary around Spain to fit your time. There are 80 pages devoted to Barcelona and the coverage is comprehensive with lots of colour photos. Different regions get different coverage, although it is always comprehensive, e.g. Valencia and the Costa Blanca get coverage of 27 pages. In general each section has a small map and there is useful information on the culture and traditions as well as admission times and prices for attractions, as well as recommended hotels and restaurants, prices are usually in euros.
There are chapters on Spanish history and culture, which is really good, you get a timeline from 20,000 BC to 2010, architecture, artistry and the Spanish Table, a chapter on Special Interest trips, such as food and wine, language classes, outdoor activities etc, and a chapter entitled "The Savvy Traveler" which has month by month festivals and special events, rainfall, advice on mobile phones, US embassy etc.
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Packed with nice glossy pictures of the must see bits of Spain, this is a fairly useful book for planning a trip- offering you 1, 2, 3 day itineraries or 1 to 2 weeks to see a region. Except it's very very heavy due to all the kaolin in the pictures. It's quirky enough to appeal to my tastes- And it does pick out gems such as Barcelon's Moderniste architecture- ah Gaudi. It waxes lyrical over delights such as hot chocolate in Barcelona and warns you that restaurants don't open in the evening there until 9pm.
However I wouldn't want to use it as my sole guide to a place- I'd want one of the more text less picture guidebooks to actually tell me something interesting. This will get you around comfortably.
However I wouldn't want to use it as my sole guide to a place- I'd want one of the more text less picture guidebooks to actually tell me something interesting. This will get you around comfortably.
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The problem with many guide books that they are too thin and lacking in any substance or maybe too detailed for the average traveller. This probably travels the fine line between those 2 extremes and is clearly written by a knowledgeable and enthusiastic author. The way the book is set out took a bit of getting used to. Chapter 1 has the Best of Spain ....moments......beaches...hotels....churches....etc.....very subjective?. Chapter 2 suggests strategies for seeing Spain....which will provide plenty of ideas if planning a trip.....Chapter 3 suggests itinereraries of varying lengths. I like the suggested itineraries for families. The remaining Chapters look at Cities, and various area. The book is a bit bulky but contains lots of photographs to inspire...useful maps and plenty of information about the locations. It is also a fairly intersting read without being too detailed or academic. It is well above average and it makes me want to see a lot more of Spain than I have already done. I can see this being well used in the coming years. Good guide book. Recommended.
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Great book on Spain
First got this book at library but found it so good and interesting- decided to buy it as a holiday reference to anywhere in Spain.
Published 22 months ago by MC
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A real treat.......
This is one of the best guide books for Spain ever. It is very comprehensive and covers every aspect of the country that may be of interest to a visitor - art, architecture,... Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2011 by Wynne Kelly
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good for planning a holiday
have previously used lonely plant and rough guide books. they are much more suited to "travelling" when young. this is much more geared up to holidays and things to do whilst away. Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2011 by Syd
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Good advice, succinctly put, but maybe too ambitious in scope
This book tries to cover the whole of Spain. That's a mighty big challenge. It covers all the well known areas adequately, and a few lesser known spots too, using the well... Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2011 by A. J. Gauld
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Accessible, in depth and inspirational - a solid guide to Spain...
This Frommer's guide is a fairly hefty tome - perhaps that's why it's listed as `full-size'. It's a guide book, with the emphasis on `book', rather than something you can keep... Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2011 by Christopher Meadows
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Solid, informative and beautifully illustrated
Weighing in at over 700 pages, Frommer's Spain Day by Day is a fair bit more substantial than your usual Lonely Planet type guides. Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2011 by Cartimand
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My favourite Spain guidebook
I have a plethora of books about Spain; but would recommend this above the others. I just love the way it's set out. Read more
Published on 23 Jan 2011 by Four Violets
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A Wealth Of Information On Spain
I travel to Spain a lot, and have seen many parts, and sampled myself the diverse regions, different types of Spanish culture, cities, and climate. Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2011 by Mr. B. Ambrose
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Good guide book and also good coffee-table fodder.
Being called 'Day by Day', I thought this book would be arranged around the calendar like the also-good Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2011 (Lonely Planet General Reference)but... Read more
Published on 20 Jan 2011 by Pallus the Phallus
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Impressive, but not one for the back pocket!
I was impressed when I received this book. It's thick, glossy and beautifully produced, with lots of lovely photos, though it's almost as heavy as a brick so it's no good for... Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2011 by Miss
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