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Title: Lonely Planet Portugal (LONELY PLANET PORTUGAL) by Julia Wilkinson, John King ISBN: 1-74059-339-1 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: March, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.75 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best or Second Best Available
Comment: There are two strong books on Portugal - my opinion - and the two books are the Eyewitness Travel (DK) guide which I personally prefer or Lonely Planet Portugal. These two books are both just under 500 pages and both are tremendous efforts. they are well balanced guides with lots of photos, maps, history, etc. Both are clearly 5 star guides.
I would rate both (and DK Eyewitness Travel and Lonely Planet) head and shoulders ahead of Frommers, or Rough Guide or similar books that are less well balanced. Overall, the DK guide has better photos and visuals and makes for a better souvenir so it gets the nod as the better book, but it is a close call.
Portugal is an old country with lots of fun things to see and do. I prefer to Algarve region but also enjoy visiting Lisbon - which can be expensive. Also I like to go well armed with maps and books because unlike the USA or Canada some areas have no English signs so the more information the better.
This book is well balanced and like the DK guide it pulls a lot of things together such as history and culture, food, towns and lots of interesting information on Lisbon. The book brings it all to life with just magnificent photos and maps.
Either case this is an excellent buy. 5 stars.
Jack in Toronto
Rating: 4
Summary: great tool, but you'll need a bit more...
Comment: i've used LP Portugal on many short trips to portugal (i live in madrid, so going to portugal occurs once in a while)... after purchasing several guidebooks, i have ended up taking LP every time and leave the other guidebooks on the shelf at home... despite this, some caveats are necessary!
the pros: the maps and city plans are substantially better than in the competitors' guidebooks.. lonely planet is one of the few economic travel guidebooks (economic travel, i mean, the book is not economical at all!) that gives you information on at least a few hotels that are not youth hostels, dives or other forms of bottom-barrel accommodation; in other words, they at least give you a few mid-range and expensive options if you wish to go that way... all the essentials are there, with great suggestions on places to sleep, eat and visit
the cons: as with ALL of the backpacker/youth travel guidebooks (LP, footprint, rough guide, let's go), the information on sights/monuments/museums, etc., is SEVERELY lacking... there is just the most basic of information on the history of the sights that you have gone so far to see... which makes it necessary to buy another book, pay an expensive guide or some such thing... (for instance, you will rarely read detailed descriptions of the artwork to be found in a church and are often left wandering about saying 'this is so beautiful, i wonder what it is???...i wish the guidebook would tell me more!') i know this would make the guidebooks huge, but even 50% more information on what you are gawking at would be wonderful so as to have a little bit more of a grip on the backgrouns after flying so far to see it!
which is why, despite its quality, i always feel the need to take another guidebook along, just in case...using my usual technique of tearing out just the pages i would need from each book
Rating: 3
Summary: Not the greatest but still a good help.
Comment: Egypt and Portugal are the only two countries besides America I will ever want to travel in. While not the best guide I have ever read this one is still quite useful. If you ever go there see the Palacio Nacional da Pena in Sintra and the Palaco do Visconde de Estoi near Faro
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Title: Lonely Planet Spain (LONELY PLANET SPAIN) by Damien Simonis, Fiona Adams, Susan Forsyth, John Noble, Miles Roddis, Elizabeth Swan, Lonely Planet ISBN: 1740593375 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Portuguese Phrasebook: With Two-Way Dictionary (Phrasebooks) by Clara Vitorini ISBN: 0864425899 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: April, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Portugal (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by Martin Symington ISBN: 078949423X Publisher: DK Publishing Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Lonely Planet Lisbon (LONELY PLANET LISBON) by Julia Wilkinson, David Sandhu ISBN: 1864501278 Publisher: Lonely Planet Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Fodor's Portugal, 6th : The Guide for All Budgets, Where to Stay, Eat, and Explore On and Off the BeatenPath by Fodor's ISBN: 1400011167 Publisher: Fodor's Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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