Spain

Eyewitness Travel Guides

by Nick Inman, Josephine Quintero, Sarah Andrews (Contributor)

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Spain is your indispensable guide to this beautiful part of the world. The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floor plans, and reconstructions of the must-see sights, plus street-by-street maps of key cities and towns. The also is packed with photographs and illustrations leading you straight to the best attractions this country has to offer. The uniquely visual DK Eyewitness Travel guide will help you to discover everything region by region, from local festivals and markets to day trips around the countryside. Detailed listings will guide you to the best hotels, restaurants, bars, and shops for all budgets. Detailed transportation and other practical information will help you to get around by train, bus, or car.

With insider tips and essential local information, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Spain will help you explore every corner of Spain effortlessly.

Genres: Travel, Reference, Spain, Nonfiction, History, Cultural, Canon

720 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1989

About the author

Nick Inman is a full-time writer, photographer and translator who specialises in travel guides to France and Spain. He has written, edited or contributed to over 40 books including Politipedia (reflecting a life-long interest in politics, a subject in which he holds a BSc), The Optimist’s Handbook and Who on Earth Are You? His latest book is A Guide to Mystical France.

Reviews

[Amari · Rating 5 out of 5]

some of the most mind-blowing photography i've ever seen in any context. terrific, as DK guides always are. weirdly, has a few errors (20 pages randomly in spanish; one chapter introduction written twice in a row), which don't bother me nearly as much as the sea of lovely information and stunning photos thrill me.

[Hafsa_m_145509 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read the book that called eyewitness travel guide ;Spain and its written by collectif. This book shows the areas in Spain and the history of Spain so collectif posted some maps so the readers can know the places in the Spain and the modern hotels so that's going to be easy for the visitors to have a knowledge about this country and the history of this country so there are many themes that he included in his book to let the readers get interested while they are reading the book.Moreover he used to put some pictures of the places and the people .The most thing I liked to read about which I focused on is the Spanish art .There were three Spanish painters stand out as milestones in the history of western art.Diego de Velazquez was a 17th-century court portrait and his las meninas is a seminal work. and there were many kinds of arts like religious art in Spain ,las meninas and modern art. So those panels were posted on walls of hotels and the modern place.

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit outdated but it had lots of good information. This book is best for the amazing photos and full color layout, but it would be far to heavy to lug around while traveling. Check it out before you go.

[Tommy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Beautiful book, but worthless to take with you - must weigh at least 5 lbs so can't even make the journey, much less the day trip into Madrid....

[Louisa Mead · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s hard to rate a travel guide but this is a generally excellent overview of highlights of the country - more a starting point to investigate areas more than definitive in its own right.
The only criticism is that although it’s clearly divided into regions, within these it can be hard to work out which area/town is near which - especially confusing when it’s the islands part! But it’s certainly added to our holiday wish list!

[Cindy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Prepping for an upcoming trip...

[Mrs. Ruigrok · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent travel book to help you plan your trip to Spain. Love the details and the color photographs. A bit heavy to take with you but great to do your research before hand.

[Morris Yen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great travel guide for Spain!

[Madkropotkin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Same thing as the France book, I planned the trip and left the book and itinerary at home. We had to scramble once there to create a makeship travel plan. It worked, a lot better in Spain than in France, but that was because of the language.

[John Matthew IV · Rating 4 out of 5]

This a great book to read as you prepare for a trip to Spain and I am going to take it with me there. It covers all the regions in a clear format. Spain offers so much. The maps and diagrams are great.

[Allyson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book to read before you go on vacation. Great tips on what not to miss.

[Yuki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hoping this is not too outdated by the time I get to Spain!

[Kay · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love Eyewitness books for their photos but found this one to heavy to carry with us most of the time. We did do some of the recommended walking tours and referred to it back in the hotel.

[Stacey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots in this one .... good detail. Will get a more updated copy when it is closer to the time that we want to go. :)

[Ietrio · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a regular travel guide. I don't think it is any better than the others.

[Mrs. Ruigrok · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations and diagrams in this book make it an idea travel guide for your trip to Spain. The size is not too large which makes it easy to take on a trip.

[JanaT · Rating 4 out of 5]

Much more visual than standard guides and also provides with the myriad of details.

[Megan Lewellyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

it's hard to find a good spain travel book and this one was decent

[Margaret Mackenzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing