Alastair Sawday's Special Places to Stay in Spain and Portugal [Paperback]

Guy Hunter-Watts (Author)

Book Description

Series: Special Places to Stay | Publication Date: August 1999

A journey through the treasures of Spain and Portugal, with this new edition there are even more fascinating and unusual places to stay. In Portugal there are remarkable private homes, many of them old palaces and manor houses, and the most interesting of the country's hotels. In Spain the range is vast, from mountain B&Bs to family-run hotels, from stunning farmhouses to old monasteries. Wherever you are in Spain or Portugal you close to an oasis of good taste, a welcome, and a fine building.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: St Martins Pr; 3rd edition (August 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1901970035
• ISBN-13: 978-1901970036
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,331,373 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible, intimate, historic inns!!, February 28, 2001

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Robyn Benensohn (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Special Places to Stay Spain & Portugal (Paperback)

We stayed in 6 of his recommendations in Spain. Every one of them was unique - from an old gold mining mansion in Don Quixote country, to a mansion overlooking a castle - some off-the-beaten-track locations that we never would have seen with a regular guidebook. These are places most tourists don't know about. We planned our 2 week driving trip around the inns he suggested, and found them to be the highlight of our trip!! We're using these books every time we travel in Europe!!! The maps are great too!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What was (s)he looking at?, August 6, 2002

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Richard Nauen (Silver Spring, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Alastair Sawday's Special Places to Stay in Spain and Portugal (Paperback)

I don't know what the previous reviewer (05/12/01) was looking at, but it most certainly wasn't this book, which is filled with pictures! Two in color for every place listed, the larger being an exterior view and the smaller an interior view or a view from a window looking out. Another great feature of this book is the Spanish and Portuguese form letters for making reservations--most helpful. I'm already planning to use both the British and French Bed & Breakfast editions; now I'll have to find time for a trip to the Iberian Peninsula also.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, June 23, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Special Places to Stay Spain & Portugal (Paperback)

If your planning on going to Spain or portugal, you probaly want to go to the best places there. This book will really help you decide where to go and what to see there. Have fun!