Insight Guide Portugal [Paperback]

Insight Guides (Author), Discovery Channel (Author)

Book Description

Series: Insight Guide Portugal | Publication Date: 1999

One of over 400 titles in the Insight series,

Insight Guide Portugal. This 394-page book includes a section detailing Portugal's history, 10 features covering aspects of the country's life and culture, ranging from coffee and cakes to painted ceramic tiles, a region by region visitor's guide to the sights, and a comprehensive Travel Tips section packed with essential contact addresses and numbers. Plus many exciting photographs and 18 maps.

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About the Author

Pam Barret is the editor of "'Insight Guide Peru"''"'Insight Guide Israel"'' "'Insight Guide Ecuador"'' and "'Insight Guide Portugal"'

Since 2000. Hammond, American Map, Langenscheidt Dictionaries, Insight Travel Guides, Delorme – the famous names in the Langenscheidt family. These represent the most authoritative, up-to-date, and extensive travel and reference products available. In January 2003, the renowned Berlitz Publishing became part of the Langenscheidt Group. The Langenscheidt Publishing Group, the premier group of map and travel companies, offers over 4,000 North American and international street maps, road maps, atlases, language-learning, bilingual dictionaries, and travel-related products covering countries, cities, and languages in every continent.

Product Details

• Paperback: 394 pages
• Publisher: Langenscheidt Publishers; 4th edition (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0887290264
• ISBN-13: 978-0887290268
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,442,500 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not the book if you want to go off the beaten path...., March 13, 2011

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This review is from: Insight Guide Portugal (Paperback)

Purchased this guide because it seemed like a well rounded guide for Portugal. We took some of the recommendations from the book, for example, Casa de Levada in northern Portugal, which was absolutely great, but only a small mention in the book. When we went to the Algarve we were sadly dissapointed with the information about the cities...The descriptions were very accurate (i.e. concrete jungle, refering to one of the cities). However there was no information on the smaller, less touristy cities with beautiful rocky beaches. We wound up driving around for hours to random cities/towns, until we found what we were looking for. Eventually we decided to stay in Carvoeiro, which was a quaint little town full of ex-pats, great food, and about 15 wonderfully small and private (well, that's at least how we felt) beaches, but again, just barely mentioned in the book. If you are looking to do the "tourist trap" vacation, this will be a good book, otherwise, I would look elsewhere or even better, get out and go without a book....