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Sunflower guides have been available in Europe for years and they have a dedicated following. In handy pocket-size format, Sunflower guides offer a unique combination of walks and driving tours for the vacationer. Each guide includes:
- dozens of unforgettable walks for all ages and abilities
- the most rewarding driving tours of the region
- large color fold-out maps, and detailed walking maps
- color photos that show what you will see
- timetables for buses, trains, ferries
- info on local foods, customs, wildlife, historic sites
- a free service to keep you abreast of all changes since publication, www.sunflowerbooks.co.uk
- dozens of unforgettable walks for all ages and abilities
- the most rewarding driving tours of the region
- large color fold-out maps, and detailed walking maps
- color photos that show what you will see
- timetables for buses, trains, ferries
- info on local foods, customs, wildlife, historic sites
- a free service to keep you abreast of all changes since publication, www.sunflowerbooks.co.uk
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20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Lovely book, but not reliable in detail,
By bossa_nova (Kent) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Northern Portugal: Car Tours and Walks (Landscapes) (Paperback)
This is a beautifully produced little book with excellent pictures and interesting text. It covers northwestern Portugal - the vinho verde country and the western half of the mountainous Peneda-Gerês national park, one of Europe's last wilderness areas, plus a bit about Porto and the Douro. I used this book when I visited the area in May 2007. As a guide for motor tours it can be recommended. Three tours are described - of course they cover only a selection of places in this extensive and beautiful area, but the selection is judicious and the tours are worthwhile. Coverage of accommodation is very limited, though. And the small format means that the fold-out road map lacks something in detail - it's useful nevertheless, being more accurate than the Michelin road map of the region in several places.
As a guide for walking, I found it less helpful. There was little evidence of footpath maintenance or waymarking by the Peneda-Gerês national park authority. Many of the paths are overgrown, and some landmarks have disappeared. The Portuguese have not yet taken to mountain walking in a big way, and there are few tourists in this region, outside Porto - so the paths are very little walked. The good news is that you will probably not see another walker. The bad news is that you may not be able to find the paths described either. The walks in the book originated in the 1980s, and although they have been revised, including some updating for the 2007 edition, a lot of things have changed and the updating is not thorough, to judge from my experience. The walk descriptions seem precise and detailed at first reading, but when you try to use them you will wish that they were more so. When the authors say "the path soon becomes clear" it would be extremely helpful to know if this means in 10m, in 100m or in 500m... A major fault is that no map references are given - it is standard practice in modern walk descriptions to give references, and now that walkers are likely to carry GPS sensors they are essential. Distances between points are not given either - instead, walking times are provided, and these are based on the authors' own walking speed - readers are expected to correct these to their own walking pace. This outmoded method still has its adherents, but it can hardly be recommended today. The publishers provide an on-line update service. This is not as helpful as it sounds, because the updates are largely provided by users who take the trouble to write in. Such users are very few. Sometimes the authors do provide new information, but it is clear that they are not re-walking the routes on a systematic basis, since some landmarks shown on their maps have completely disappeared. If you wish to do some mountain walking in this wonderful area, you should expect route-finding to be difficult.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sunflower Landscapes-Northern Portugal,
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This review is from: Northern Portugal: Car Tours and Walks (Landscapes) (Paperback)
An excellent compact guide full of the authors detailed knowledge of the region. I liked the layout with the combination of photos, description and maps for each walk. I found the grading of the walks and the estimated walking times to be realistic. During a recent holiday, I completed 5 of the walking itineraries and was able to discover remote and interesting areas. This guide is particularly useful because there is a lack of reliable tourist information and maps for this fascinating region.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
note for GPS users,
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This review is from: Northern Portugal: Car Tours and Walks (Landscapes) (Paperback)
The comment about GPS in the review of March 2007 is inaccurate. GPS data can be input into all modern GPS devices from the UTM grids on the walking maps in the book. While many people may be more familiar with latitude/longitude, UTM is widely used by map makers and, as stated in the Garmin manual "is the most precise measurement system on your gps. None of the other grid systems can achieve this level of precision". Perhaps the reviewer did not read the GPS information on page 51 of the book.
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