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Rick Steves' Portugal

Rick Steves' Portugal
By Rick Steves

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Rick Steves’ Portugal guides travelers through this increasingly popular European destination, from late night fado sing-alongs to lazy afternoon strolls through Porto’s pictaresque riverfront district. Less crowded that its neighbor Spain, Portugal offers friendly locals and affordable prices. Rick Steves covers the sites worth exploring — such as the Gulbenkian Museum, featuring an art collection spanning 2,000 years — while dolling out expert advice on basic travel necessities such as a packing checklist, Portuguese language survival phrases, and etiquette. With Rick as your guide, you can enjoy Portugal’s exotic architecture, windswept castles, and fresh seafood — economically and hassle-free.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #42510 in Books
  • Published on: 2009-04-01
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 320 pages

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About the Author
Rick Steves is on a mission: to help make European travel accessible and meaningful for Americans. Rick has spent 100 days every year since 1973 exploring Europe. He's researched and written 24 travel guidebooks and hosts the public television series Rick Steves' Europe, now in its seventh season. He also organizes and leads tours of Europe and offers an information-packed website (www.ricksteves.com). Rick lives in Edmonds, WA, just north of Seattle, with his family.

Customer Reviews

Good at what it does4
Yes, as the prior review mentions, the road info may not be accurate... but there's a lot more to this book. I live in Lisbon and recommend it to all our visitors as it has excellent info on making your way through Sintra, Belém, Tavira, etc. If you're a first-time visitor looking for insider-type tips on the "highlights" of Portugal, this book is worth considering. (It is limited to a few key Portuguese cities/sites, so don't expect an overview of everything in this beautiful country.)

Different from other guide books5
We took the Rough Guide, The Eyewitness Guide, and the Rick Steves guide on our recent trip to Portugal. Rick Steves gives you a different perspective from the other books, one worth having.

Some of the differences:
1. He only includes the places and sights that he thinks are worth your time, so if you have a short trip, or you don't want to do a lot of research on the best sights, this is a great book.
2. Although he does recommend restaurants, he also gives more general info on finding good food, such as a street or area where there are a number of good restaurants. We found that restaurants that were mentioned by name in the guidebooks were often overrun with tourists, but those we found with Steves' tips were not.

On the other hand, we made a day trip to a wonderful town that was not mentioned in Steves' book. So it's always good to take more than one guidebook.

The best Guides Available Anywhere5
I have a library of travel guides for various European cities and Rick Steves are by far the finest. The guided tours are extremely accurate and his ratings of the sites are an immense help. I recently used his guide to Barcelona and I didn't miss a quality site.

The directions are very accurate and have enabled me to find sites a lot of guide book would omit. The hotel information is very accurate and I always check the guide before I stay anywhere!