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Darwin Porter (Author), Danforth Prince (Author)
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December 6, 2002 Frommer's Complete Guides
You'll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer's. It's like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go -- they've done the legwork for you, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series offers candid reviews of so many hotels and restaurants in all price ranges. Every Frommer's Travel Guide is up-to-date, with exact prices for everything, dozens of color maps, and exciting coverage of sports, shopping, and nightlife. You'd be lost without us!

Completely updated every year (unlike most of the competition), Frommer's Spain features gorgeous color photos of the castles, cathedrals, beaches, and gorgeous landscapes that await you. We'll take you to Madrid, Barcelona, Seville, and the countryside, as well as the most sizzling beach resorts along the Costa del Sol and the islands of Majorca, Minorca, and Ibiza.

With Frommer's in hand, you won't miss any of the highlights and hidden pleasures of this vast and diverse country. It's all here: artistic treasures, thrilling modernist architecture, tapas bars, historic paradors, flamenco, late-night dance clubs, scenic drives, and much, much more.

Inside you'll find accommodations to suit every taste and budget, plus the best regional dining, a complete shopper's guide, a handy glossary of Spanish phrases, and a host of detailed, accurate maps. You'll even get a color fold-out map, and an online directory that makes trip-planning a snap!

Other helpful guides for your trip include Frommer's Barcelona, Madrid & Seville.

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Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer. And avoid tourist traps. At Frommer's, we use 150 outspoken travel experts around the world to help you make the right choices. Frommer's. Your guide to a world of travel experience.

Choose the Only Guide That Gives You:
* Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not.
* Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip no matter what your budget.
* Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.
* The best hotels and restaurants in every price range, with candid reviews.

About the Author

Veteran travel writers Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince have written numerous bestselling Frommer's guides, notably to France, Italy, England, Germany, and Spain. Porter, who was bureau chief for the Miami Herald when he was 21, wrote the first-ever Frommer's guide to Spain while still a student. Prince, who began writing with Porter in 1982, worked for the Paris bureau of the New York Times.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 696 pages
  • Publisher: Frommers; 1 edition (December 6, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0764566903
  • ISBN-13: 978-0764566905
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.2 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,130,680 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars The New 2006 Frommers Review, December 18, 2005
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K. Lukesh (Alameda, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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Note: This is for anyone contemplating purchasing the new 2006 travel guide of Spain by Frommers. Don't waste your money. Although I have purchased over 30 Frommers books in the past and enjoyed each one, the Spain book was awful. In Madrid, the book lists 20 or so "Top Attractions" (which is customary for Frommers). However, try to read about these attractions (e.g. what they are, hours of operation, etc.) and you can only find about half of them in the book. How do you know if it is worth treking across town for something that has no description?

In addition, some attractions in Barcelona are not correct on the map (literally they are across town from where Frommers puts them). I ended up stopping in bookstores and reading Eye Witness in order to see what I was missing.

Save your money. I am also sending a complaint directly to Frommers as well. For the rest of the reviews (prior to mine) on this page, note that they are for other Frommers Spain versions (not the 2006 book).
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars shoddy book, full of outdated information, February 18, 2007
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The date on the latest edition says 2007, but this book is completely out of date.

I took a quick look at the Madrid chapter and immediately found the following:

(a) The subway map is old (p. 98); line 8 from the airport started running to Nuevos Ministerios a long time ago but this is not shown.

(b) On pg. 94 it is claimed that there are airport buses to Plaza de Colon. They used to go there, but since Feb. 2005 (two Frommer editions ago!) they terminate at Avenida de America.

(c) On pg. 41 there is the wacky claim "There is a very favorable exchange rate in Spain when you pay in US dollars". The exchange rate for euros isn't any different in Spain than anywhere else, and it isn't "favorable" at all. When do you think this sentence was written?

(d) There's an article about internet access away from home. That's useful and modern, right? Well, it recommends hotspots operated by T-Mobile "at more than 1000 Starbucks coffee shops nationwide". The 'nation' they're talking about is the USA!

As I said, I got this during a quick browse; this is not a complete list of the weirdness in this shoddy little book.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Buy the 2005 version and save some money, March 23, 2006
I just got back from Spain a few days ago, having used the 2006 Frommer's Spain to plan our trip. None of the entries have been updated to reflect 2006 pricing for entry fees to museums, etc. The book has a small section in the front called "What's new in Spain" or something along those lines, but the rest of the book does not appear to have been updated for 2006. We ended up spending more than we had expected at almost every single place we visited on Frommer's advice due to the fact that the pricing was outdated. In hindsight, I would have saved some money and bought a used 2005 version. And FYI, most attractions have student discounts which knock up to half of the admission price off, so don't leave your student ID at home if you have one!
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Santa Maria, Costa del Sol, Puerta del Sol, Santiago de Compostela, United States, Les Rambles, Costa Brava, Calle San, Jerez de la Frontera, New York, Santo Domingo, San Miguel, Santa Cruz, San Antonio, Closed Dec, New World, San Juan, Middle Ages, San Francisco, Spanish Civil War, Ciudad de Ibiza, Santillana del Mar, Palma de Majorca, Art Deco, Tossa de Mar
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