Let Spain surprise you: colorful fiestas, ancestral traditions, historical towns and picturesque villages, seaside resorts and immensely varied landscapes. THE GREEN GUIDE, the perfect travel companion: a discerning and up-to-date source of information. Practical and comprehensive, it offers suggestions on what to see and what to do, background on history and cultural heritage and a selection of hotels and restaurants. Ideal guides for the independent tourist, THE GREEN GUIDE explores destinations both near and far. Sights are rated - 3 stars "worth a journey, " 2 stars "worth a detour" and 1 star "interesting." Map itineraries make planning easy, whether visiting the highlights or venturing off the beaten path. Travel with THE GREEN GUIDE for an exciting and memorable experience.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Michelin the Green Guide Spain, Balearic and Canary Islands (Paperback)
If you use this guide for what it was intended (a sightseeing guide for people with relatively limited time in Spain), it is excellent. On my last trip to Spain I used it as my main tool for deciding what to see (the star ratings really help you to prioritize), but I didn't even consult it when deciding where to sleep or eat. My recommendation is to use this guide along with another one that is loaded with painfully detailed hotel, restaurant, and price information, but doesn't really help you decide what to see with your limited time (e.g. Lonely Planet).My only real complaint was that I thought that, generally speaking, the guide's star system for rating sights/attractions underrates Spanish attractions relative to those in other countries. For example, cities like Caceres, Ronda, and Cuenca would surely get 3-star ratings if they were located in France or especially the United States, instead of Spain. Overall, I guess I felt that the raters were relatively "harsh" when assigning stars to attractions in Spain, when I compare this guide to some of Michelin's other guides for other countries I have visited. The nice thing is that when you visit "two-star" sights in Spain, expecting to see what you would normally see in a Green Guide two-star sight elsewhere, you'll be pleasantly surprised!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Spain--in alphabetical order,
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This review is from: Michelin The Green Guide Spain (Michelin Green Guides) (Paperback)
I used this book in 2005 to visit Madrid/Toledo/Segovia/Seville/Granada and Cordoba and then again in 2007 on a 10 day trip through Galicia. The book's main advantage is that towns/cities are in alphabetical order, so info is easy to find.
However, I find the text lacking in sparkle--a bit too dull.........It was my #3 choice for information. (I also had the DK guide and the Rough Guide) The size and shape of this book make it easy to carry during the day, but most of the time, I carried the DK guide!!
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Fantastic travel guide,
This review is from: Michelin The Green Guide Spain (Michelin Green Guides) (Paperback)
As expected from the Michelin Green Guides series, this one too is a wonderful travel companion. Accurate and up to date, covers all important milestones and goes past the shallow surface barely scratched by other travel guides.
This Michelin Green Guides is the best available, if you're going to travel to Spain don't leave home without it.
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As a guideline, the best two seasons to visit Spain are spring and autumn, when temperatures across the country are generally pleasant. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
visits during religious services, public hols, seigniorial mansions, public bols, charge wed, multifoil arches, artesonado ceiling, attractive old quarter, star vaulting, sentry path, historiated capitals, sala capitular, whitewashed streets, transept crossing, capilla mayor, silver monstrance, plaza mayor, public hots, attractive patio, blind arcades, arcaded square, last admission, apsidal chapel, former mosque, calle mayor Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Location Population, Santa Maria, Closed Sun, San Juan, Santa Cruz, San Pedro, Santo Domingo, San Francisco, Middle Ages, San Miguel, Santiago de Compostela, Special Features, Gran Canaria, European Union, Moderate Hotel, San Vicente, Closed Sat, Costa del Sol, Civil War, Emperor Charles, Costa Brava, Budget Hotel, Flamboyant Gothic, Santa Catalina, Good Fri New!
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visits during religious services, public hols, seigniorial mansions, public bols, charge wed, multifoil arches, artesonado ceiling, attractive old quarter, star vaulting, sentry path, historiated capitals, sala capitular, whitewashed streets, transept crossing, capilla mayor, silver monstrance, plaza mayor, public hots, attractive patio, blind arcades, arcaded square, last admission, apsidal chapel, former mosque, calle mayor Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Location Population, Santa Maria, Closed Sun, San Juan, Santa Cruz, San Pedro, Santo Domingo, San Francisco, Middle Ages, San Miguel, Santiago de Compostela, Special Features, Gran Canaria, European Union, Moderate Hotel, San Vicente, Closed Sat, Costa del Sol, Civil War, Emperor Charles, Costa Brava, Budget Hotel, Flamboyant Gothic, Santa Catalina, Good Fri New!
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- Michelin the Green Guide Switzerland by Michelin Travel Publications on page 130
- Travelers' Tales Spain: True Stories (Travelers' Tales Guides) by Lucy McCauley in Back Matter
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