Footprint Northern Spain, 2nd Edition (Footprint Northern Spain Handbook) [Paperback]

Andy Symington (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 25, 2005 | Series: Footprint Northern Spain Handbook

Travel guide to northern Spain which gets off the beaten track and brings the reader many undiscovered gems in one of Europe's less visited regions.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"I had never used a Footprint guide before, but had been urged to give them a go from fellow travellers, and I have got to say, that I found this book to be very good indeed." A reader from Liverpool on Amazon; "Who should pack them - readers who want to escape the crowd." The Observer"

About the Author

Andy lives in Northern Spain. The sheer diversity of the region tempted him to put down roots after leaving his native Australia and exploring South America, Asia, North Africa and Europe. He studied archaeology and psychology to which he added a very useful wine and spirit certificate. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Footprint Handbooks; 2 edition (July 25, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904777481
• ISBN-13: 978-1904777489
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 4.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,948,420 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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3.0 out of 5 stars Too old but still was very useful even was good, October 4, 2009

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I. Blanck "LoveNature" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Footprint Northern Spain, 2nd Edition (Footprint Northern Spain Handbook) (Paperback)

It was our first trip to Northern Spain my husband and I went.
I tried to find the travel book that helped us to travel with ease
and pleasure.
This book helpled us during the travel a lot, we used it every day until we
found out that it was old print, it is hard to find restaurants or museums
were in restoration this year and we spent 2 hours to look for it until
we decided to get to the bar and had a fabulous wine and food instead.
The new edition is must be printed but the book was lovely and useful for us.
Well written, easy too use. My husband even use the map in San Sebastian
to find very complicated way to Museo Chillida-Leku as a start. Some
details are omited and not even mentioned which would help on the way
for example to help us to find the museum.
Gernika for me was to scared city, in the guide nothing was agains to
stop there: we could not find anythng to see there, even tourist office
did not help. But the rest was useful and nice. I do recomend this book
but late edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars They did it again!, March 24, 2004

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Pablo Martin Podhorzer "Movie Critic, Sociolo... (Buenos Aires, Argentina) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Northern Spain Handbook (Footprint Northern Spain Handbook) (Paperback)

Well, I'm again here recommending a Footprint book. I took two weeks off and travelled from San Sebastian to Vigo, and from there to Portugal (where I used a Michelin for a three day stay). If you have more than a week, Footprint is the way to go (and read the guide BEFORE travel, like always). Is a great thing that they decided to write this sector guides (about only a part of a country) because it allows you to take in some areas without feeling that you paid for something that you will not use. Also, it represents better the way I do tourism. The cheap hotel (pensions) reccommendations where incredibly accurate (and I saved a lot of euros without losing quality). One line even mentioned a dog pertaining to a hostel owner, and since the dog passed away last year the owner wanted to see the guide to remember him and was happy to see that his dog will always be in a printed page! (that was in Oviedo). Continue with the good job people.