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Fall under the spell of the fabled Alhambra from the terrace of an Albayzín restaurant p376. Hear the contented snuffles of Iberian pigs digging up acorns in the Sierra de Aracena oak woods p171. Watch barmen chalk your bill on the bar top of a Seville tapas haunt p118. Synchronise your finger twist with your foot stamp on a passion-filled flamenco course p111. Over 900 hours of expert author research provides indepth regional knowledge and uncovers hard-to-find gems. Seven-page Andalucía Outdoors section covers everything from hiking through forested valleys to kitesurfing. Get insider perspectives - interviews with a host of Andalucians, including villagers, cowboys, flamenco stars and Muslim students. "Lonely Planet's readership now includes everyone from backpackers to well-heeled independent travellers."

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #142276 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 488 pages

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• ISBN13: 9781740599733
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
...for the adventurous traveler who wants to live like a native.' --Real Simple Magazine, June 2005

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Customer Reviews

Concise, organized and comprehensive
If you're traveling to Andalucia, Spain this is the book to take along. I reviewed Eyewitness Travel Guide (both Spain and Andalucia), Fodor, Frommer, Cordovon, and others. Lonely Planet has outstanding city maps and lots of them. It has built in "tabs" of the provinces, e..g. Cadiz, Sevilla, city guide maps with numbered legends on food, lodging and sights. The book is jam packed with useful information, things to buy, walking tours, practical information. The Lonely Planet guide has one two page color map, and some scattered color pictures, augmented with frequent and helpful black and white artwork. This book was recommended by a Spanish website.

Comparison to other guide books: The Eyewitness guides had much more color. Some had color photos, some not at all. Cordovon had bigger type, but much less information, and poorer artwork. Both Fodor and Frommer have full size maps with their main book on Spain. If you want an additional map, go with Michelin 446 available at Amazon.com or the more detailed EuroAtlas Spain Portugal by American Map--about 300 pages, including some cities. The Lonely Planet book, comes with a colored map and many supplements. A separate map is an option, not a necessity.

Not up to traditional Lonely Planet standards
Lonely Planet Andalucia is clearly inferior to Rough Guide Andalucia and below the standards I have come to expect from Lonely Planet. I found repeatedly that the author(s) appear morei interested in cutesy writing style than in incisive fieldwork and allowed their infatuation with their glib comments to gloss over their lack of good travel writing and description. The guides to eating are almost useless. For those who think otherwise, check the section Where to Eat in Seville. For those who make the mistake of buying the book, I suggest you don't even bother with the reviews of eating places.
I decided to leave my Lonely Planet Andalucia in Seville and brought my Rough Guide home with me.
The series editors need to clamp down on the writing style of the individual volumes and force them to write for the traveler,not for themselves.

Very useful - personal experience
I used this book to plan my trip to Andalucia in March 2006. It helped me to budget for the trip, and to plan my iteniary effectively. I went to resturants mentioned in the book in Marbella, Malaga, Granada and Seville and they offered the service I expected. The maps were very helpful and informative.

I highly recommend.