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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
Head and shoulders above the competition, 19 Aug 2006
The latest edition (2006) of the Rough Guide to Andalucia is, quite simply, superb. It is attractively packaged, with some stunning colour photographs, and the layout is clear and logical, essential for a book containing over 700 pages.
Besides having copious information on the usual Andalucian highlights, there is a wealth of detail for those who enjoy getting off the beaten track, both in cities and the less frequented towns, villages and rural areas. I'm a frequent visitor to Andalucia and I was astonished to find information on out-of-the-way places that I know and that receive very few foreign visitors. This really is a book for those who enjoy exploring as well as visiting the big highlights.
There are guided walks around city neighbourhoods with notes on architectural highlights and historical background. I also enjoyed the countryside walks, invaluable for those who don't want to buy (or carry the additional weight of) specialised walking guides.
The "Contexts" section at the back of the book is extremely useful and informative, containing chapters on history, flamenco, wildlife and recommended supplementary reading.
Street maps of cities like Seville are notoriously difficult to produce in guidebooks because of the complexity of the labyrinthine neighbourhoods. However, the Rough Guide makes a pretty good job of it. In any case, the guide points readers to the tourist offices where larger, more detailed street maps are available for free.
Given the multiplicity of bus companies operating in Andalucia (and the rest of Spain), the guide wisely provides summaries of bus routes, frequency and journey duration. To try to do more would be confusing and would, in any case, be quickly out-of-date. Accommodation is simply price-banded; this is a good idea as accommodation in many places in Andalucia fluctuates widely according to season.
All in all, an essential for those intending to visit this region of Spain.
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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
a useful travelling companion!, 20 Dec 2000
By A Customer
I used this guide during a recent trip to Andalucia and chose it for the same reason as Sam (see other review). I found it an extremely useful guide for planning an itinerary, and I did not happen upon any major inaccuracies. I guess if you're the kind of person who gets worked up about having to 'waste' an afternoon in Granada (sounds like heaven), or taking a wrong turning on a walk, then you're probably going to be quite hard to please. I took numerous wrong turns and wasted time in some fabulous places, I recommend you buy this book and do the same.
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30 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
4th Edition already out of date by September 2003, 28 Sep 2003
This is the 6th Rough Guide, to various countries, that I've used on a vacation. The (positive) sarcasm evident in the other books helped me to decide which specific visit to make, especially when time was at a premium. This helpful tool is not overly evident in the 4th edition. Too many factual proble | |
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