Madrid (Eyewitness Travel Guides) [Paperback]

Adam Hopkins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 4, 2005 | Series: Eyewitness Travel Guides

The guides that show you what others only tell you! Whether it's fashion, football or Fransisco de Goya that draws you to Madrid, make sure you take this essential guide. Unique 3D models and cutaways will ensure you navigate your way around the beautiful galleries and designer stores with ease. And tips on where to enjoy a good glass of wine and sample traditional Castilian fare mean you can soak up the true Madrid experience with the locals. Ole!

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Plc P/B (August 4, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405307900
• ISBN-13: 978-1405307901
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,840,023 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for Exploring Madrid, March 29, 2006

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Benjamin E. Cella (St. Pete Beach, FL) - See all my reviews
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We just returned from our trip to Madrid and this book was fantastic. My sister is abroad there and my family members have all gotten different guides for their visits, but I have now loaned out both copies I had of this guide, because they found it to be much better than theirs. It has great breakdowns of the areas of Madrid and maps that are all cross-referenced. It also includes a section on Toledo that we found to be very helpful on our day trip there. We were very pleased with this purchase.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dense, readable, helpful, August 4, 2006

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A city like Madrid has centuries of art, culture, history, and cuisine to explore. It's universities lead the world in selected areas of research, and it's museums preserve not just the world's treasures for Spain, but Spain's inheritance for the world. Even ignoring the nearby country and other cities, there is a huge amount to know about this complex place and its people.

I have a business trip to Madrid coming up, just a few days, and most of that taken up with the demands of my trade. I want to know what to see in my few free hours, know where to go, and know what I'm looking at when I see it. Lacking a native guide or a detailed program of study, this Eyewitness guide seems like just what I wanted. It's clearly organized by sections of the city (and beyond), and by different kinds of events and attractions. It includes brief, tabular summaries describing where to stay, eat, and shop. It covers the prgamatics of getting around an unfamiliar city and country, and of understanding a few gastronomic specialties that may not be familiar.

I'm sure it's missing a lot. A very big city, big in history if not in millions of inhabitants, can't fit into a small book. But I have a small time in which to enjoy Madrid first-hand. I won't know til I'm there just how good this is, but it has my hopes up.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good guide book, May 29, 2009

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I took this, along with another guide book, to Madrid in 2006. Using the book along with the "hop on, hop off" tour bus system in Madrid was a great way to see various sites in the city.