Portugal

Eyewitness Travel Guides

by Martin Symington, Michelle De Larrabeiti (Editor), Tomas Tranaeus

Eyewitness Travel Guides are the original illustrated travel guidebooks-and they're still the best. Since 1993, the Eyewitness brand has established itself as one of the industry leaders, with sales of more than 6.5 million copies in the U.S. alone. Featuring more than 70 worldwide destinations, new titles are being added to the best-selling Eyewitness Travel Guides series each year. In 2003, to mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of Eyewitness Travel Guides, DK is re-launching the entire series, fully updated, and with a brand-new look.

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference, Portugal

480 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1997

Reviews

[Inge · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was easy to read and there is still a lot of information in this book what is the easiest way of travel.
What is possible and what can you see. How many islands can you do and the hours of the musea.

[Michael Kerjman · Rating 4 out of 5]

As usual for Yeywitness, it's a picturesque book providing a vast info of out-from-fairytale county living five hundred years in peace.
Personally, I somehow omitted a segment of the most western point of Europe which is a beautiful unforgettable panoramic place itself.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent resource. So many great tips. Really helped me plan my vacation

[Stephen · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting review of Portuguese history and geography as well as plenty of information for actual travellers. The book is filled with classic DK diagrams describing things like traditional building materials, layouts of buildings, maps and other guides. It is an easy read and I learned a lot from it. It made me want to visit the Azores in particular.

Interesting factoid: the highest point in Portugal is a volcanic peak in the Azores, hundreds of miles from the mainland. I found that interesting because for Spain too, the highest peak is hundreds of miles from the Spanish mainland on the Canary island of Tenerife (also a volcano).

[Book Nibbler · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great intro guide to Portugal. The book is pretty compact with small font and lots of colorful images. The main con for me is trying to locate the maps within the book when it refers to them.

The table of contents:
Intro - History of Portugal
Lisbon
Central Portugal
Northern Portugal
Southern Portugal
Portugal's Islands
Traveller's Needs - Where to Stay
Survival Guide

[Klaas Bisschop · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nieuwe editie, nieuwe vormgeving, óók in Nederlandse vertaling.
Een aantal leuke elementen uit de oude vormgeving zijn vervallen.
Ik mis de overzichtspagina voorin op het omslag. Het overzicht van alle regio's met kleurcode en pagina nummer was heel handig als snelle index. Nu moest ik steeds bladeren (naar pag. 15). Onhandig. De binnenkant van het omslag is nu onbedrukt - gemiste kans.
Al heeft het omslag nog wel flappen de extra inkeping/vouw is verdwenen. Met extra inkeping functioneerde het praktisch als bladwijzer. Weer een handigheidje minder.
Het glimmende papier is vervangen. Dat maakt de (altijd best spectaculaire) foto's en doorsneetekeningen minder sprankelend en minder scherp. Maar het boek ook minder zwaar, dat is dan een voordeel(tje).
Er zijn 'weetjes' toegevoegd, maar die voegen zelf niet veel toe, zijn zelfs regelmatig nogal flauw.
Verder zijn de karakteristieke 'Capitool-eigenschappen' wel bewaard gebleven.
Per saldo geen vooruitgang, maar ik denk dat de productie in zijn 'klassieke' vorm te kostbaar zijn geworden. Ik ga toch kijken naar een alternatief.

[Darren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full of awesome pictures and sort of 3-D maps. Maybe not as much information as Lonely Planet guides but it makes up for it with the great colorful views of the country.

[Patricia Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a helpful book during our travels because it gave big picture information.

[Jolianna · Rating 3 out of 5]

nicht schlecht, aber wenn man danach den lonely planet liest, kann vis a vis nicht mithalten.

[mairywo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Again a really good Vis-à-Vis travel guide. They live up to their high price. Lots of photos, maps and illustrations. The list of hotels and restaurants is also really good and up to date.

[Rob Whiteman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant value book. Helps plan your travelling better than most travel guides. We have them for each country that we visit.

[Caitlin · Rating 1 out of 5]

I did not like this guide at all. I won't use them again.