Eyewitness Travel Guide to Lisbon (Eyewitness Travel Guides) [Paperback]

Michelle de Larrabeiti (Author)

Book Description

Series: EYEWITNESS TRAVEL GUIDE | Publication Date: September 1, 1997

The guide that shows you what other travel books only tell you!

More than 400 full-color photographs showcase the cathedrals, monuments, museums, architecture, art, and cafes in every quarter of the city. Street-by-street maps and 3-D aerial illustrations direct you to the main attractions and sights. Explore the hilltop citadel Castelo de Sao Jorge in Alfama, admire the Neo-Classical buildings of Baixa including Gustave Eiffel's Elevador de Santa Justa, and experience the treasures of the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga. Beyond the city takes you to the Lisbon Coast and spotlights its beaches, fishing villages, countryside villas, and royal palaces. Additional chapters highlight Lisbon's history, annual festivals, regional cuisine, and the story of its most popular libation - port. Let DK's Eyewitness Travel Guide: Lisbon exalt the radiant wonders of Portugal's capital city.

Editorial Reviews

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...You feel, looking at them, as if you could close the book and step into the street. -- Contra Costa Times

...considered to be the world's best travel resource to over 30 destinations around the world, make it easier to plan a splendid vacation. -- North American Press Syndication

Both novice and experienced travelers will be captivated. -- US News & World Report

Each book is a visual as well as informational feast about a particular place. -- The New York Times

Easily the best city guides available today. -- PLAYBOY

Encyclopedic in scope, it's meant to be used before, during, and after your stay. -- Travel & Leisure

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The most graphically exciting and visually pleasing series on the market. -- Chicago Tribune

Want to know where to get a great espresso on your way to the Uffizi? Or how much to tip a hotel maid in New York City? Try these travel guides, each an intricate trove of 3-D aerial views, landmark floor plans, color photos and essential eating, shopping and entertainment info. With titles covering Paris, Prague, and London, these pocket-sized guides are like a Michelangelo fresco: deliriously rich in detail. -- People Magazine

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: DK Travel (September 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789422530
• ISBN-13: 978-0789422538
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,678,226 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #47 in Books > Travel > Europe > Portugal > Lisbon

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another top-notch Eyewitness Travel Guide, October 24, 2001

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M. Mcfarland - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Lisbon (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Paperback)

Eyewitness Travel Guides are really great value and this is a very nice guide book. Take an Eyewitness Guide and a Cadogan Guide (if available) and you will have all the information you might possibly need. Forget the competition. This is the kind of intelligent tour guide you have been waiting for.

The introduction is a beautifully illustrated time line of Portuguese history since the 1200s. The city and surrounding area is then broken up into sections and each is introduced by use of picture-driven accounts and easy to read descriptions of what you will encounter. There are nice maps and each area is described in such illuminating detail that you cannot help but get up early and get down to it. Each place of interest is preceded by a list of opening times, map locations and details of how to get there by using public transport.

It's all highly readable and also gives useful tips on where to eat, what to do, where to stay and how to get about. The nice thing about the hotels and eating guides is the way this book breaks down its recommendations by price - allowing travellers of varying budgets to enjoy their time in this fascinating of cities.

This is a very good book indeed.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First-timer in Lisbon?, February 25, 2001

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IACOBVS (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eyewitness Travel Guide to Lisbon (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Paperback)

Just back from a week in Lisbon, we used this guide & found that we could have spent a month or more & still not have come anywhere near exhausting the possibilities shown in the book. The previous reviewer made the point that this guide (1997 edition) is a bit out-of-date; true, but what it does include is excellent & very well presented. The book is a convenient size, has a sturdy cover, & is easy to carry with you as you explore the city. I usually go for Lonely Planet travel books, but chose this one instead because of its excellent illustrations. For your first visit to Lisbon, I don't think that you can go wrong with this book. By all means, go & see this marvelous city, an intriguing mix of old & new, but be sure to wear your most comfortable walking shoes; Lisbon is built on 7 hills, & everything is either up- or downhill. The walkways are paved with stones & are not smooth, but that is part of the charm of the city. We plan to go back again.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good travel guide!!, July 3, 2006

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Ivan Casana (Valencia, Spain) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lisbon (Eyewitness Travel Guides) (Paperback)

I found this travel guide really useful.It gives you a lot of information about places to see, things to go, how to use the public transport, accommodation, etc... Apart from that, this book also gives you a brief historical explanation of the city, its origins and development which I quite liked.