Insight Guides: Spain

by Insight Guides, Helen Parlington

This book provides everything you'll ever need in a guidebook. It is an inspiring background read, an invaluable on-the-spot companion and a superb souvenir of your visit. Evocative Insight guides are renowned for their great pictures, which vividly convey a sense of everyday life. Illuminating Expert writers bring to life the history, monuments, wildlife, cities and, above all, its people. Detailed, cross-referenced All sites are clearly highlighted and numbered in relation to the text. Full All the travel details, hotels, restaurants and phone numbers you'll need.

Genres: Travel, History, Nonfiction, Reference

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 1999

Reviews

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a marvelous introduction and 'dive' into this lovely complex country.
It is readable but not necessarily the type of book you read cover to cover.
The index is complete and helpful. The pictures are current and often better than the hasty tourist's quick snapshot.
The language and style are up-to-date and at times injected with some savvy wit. I like that there's a history of the country, cities, and info on culture.
I would recommend finding the latest version of this helpful little book whether you are planning a trip or making some sense of the whirlwind sites you visited on your bucket-list trip.

[Sophie Crane · Rating 4 out of 5]

a Nice, easy to read book with lots of great ideas for exploring Spain rather than just sit on a beach. This country has so much history go and enjoy it.

[Kasturi · Rating 4 out of 5]

great reference

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the pictures and the historical information but the format is cumbersome for locating individual entries. This is why this needs to be readdressed in a subsequent editions.