Michelin Green Guide Spain (Michelin Green Guides) [Paperback]

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Publication Date: March 2006

Michelin Green Guide Spain

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

One Team: A Devotion to Quality There’s just one reason our team is dedicated to producing quality travel publications—you, our reader. We want you to get the maximum benefit from your trip—and from your money. In today’s multiple-choice world of travel, the options are many, perhaps overwhelming. In our guidebooks, we try to minimize the guesswork involved with travel. We scout out the attractions, prioritize them with star ratings, and describe what you’ll discover when you visit them. To help you orient yourself, we provide colorful and detailed, but easy-to-follow maps. Floor plans of some of the major museums help you plan your tour. Throughout the guides, we offer practical information, touring tips and suggestions for finding the best views of the city, a good place for a break or where to make that special purchase. Lodging and dining are always a big part of travel, so we compile a selection of hotels and restaurants that we think convey the feel of the city, and organize them by geographic area and price. We also highlight shopping, recreational and entertainment venues, especially the hot spots. If you’re short on time, two- and four-day itineraries are included so you can hit the highlights and quickly absorb the best of the destination. For those of you who love to experience a destination on foot, we add walking tours, complete with a map. And we list other companies who offer boat, bus or guided walking tours of the city, some with culinary, historical or other themes. In short, we test and retest, check and recheck to make sure that our guidebooks are truly just that: a personalized guide to help you make the most of your visit. After all, we want you to enjoy traveling as much as we do.

The Michelin Green Guide Team

Product Details

• Paperback: 669 pages
• Publisher: Michelin Travel Publications; Revised edition (March 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 2067119311
• ISBN-13: 978-2067119314
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 4.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,531,703 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michelin created its first travel guide over 100 years ago to promote road travel and inspire driving confidence. Today, Michelin Travel & Lifestyle offers travelers an extensive range of travel guides, maps and online travel resources. These products deliver the same Michelin promise of quality and consistency consumers expect from one of the world's most trusted brands.

Publisher of travel guides, maps and atlases, Michelin Travel & Lifestyle offers a complete travel portfolio. Where to go, how to get there, where to eat & stay, and what to see & do ... all in one collection with extensive international & domestic coverage, especially for Europe. Our series includes Michelin (Red) Guides, Green Guides, Must Sees and Michelin maps and atlases.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Impressive, June 14, 2006

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Thomas Bergstrom "Biggie" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Michelin Green Guide Spain (Michelin Green Guides) (Paperback)

I bought this book and thank goodness I didn't read the reviews first. First, I have to give it major points for being in a slim format, far and away preferable to other bulky travel guides. Slim however doesn't mean lacking in content. Primarily, this guide is about the sights. It gives you history, context , and culture to the things you will see. It also tells does a great job in explaining travel logistics. It also rates sights through a three-star rating system making it easier for you to prioritize things on a short trip.

The main shortcomings are the non-existent discussion on how to get around using public transportation (this is Michelin after all) and the scandaluously limited lodging and eatery options. You must be good with maps for this guide to be fully useful to you because that's how sights are organized, and I don't mind that at all. I recommend getting this book in tandem with a guidebook that focuses in on budget travelling.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good guide to Spain, July 30, 2006

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John M. Cross - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Michelin Green Guide Spain (Michelin Green Guides) (Paperback)

Always been impressed with Michelin guides even though the newer versions are heavier on graphics and pictures than the older versions. This particular issue on Spain appears to hit all the high points and hopefully give enough of a background to have a good time when visiting.

4.0 out of 5 stars Still the best for road travel in Spain, July 13, 2011

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Blue in Washington "Barry Ballow" (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Michelin Green Guide Spain, 8e (Green Guide/Michelin) (Paperback)

Whatever other guides are out there for Spain or any other country, I still feel the need to have a Michelin Green Guide along for more comprehensive background information on routes/itineraries, architecture, customs, language and history. Although, the English version of the Green Guide to Spain has been slimmed down a bit over the years, it still supplies a lot of information about small towns, national parks and other places of interest that most other guides don't think to include. It's good also for detailed historical and cultural information. Another signature feature that it still provides and that you can't get elsewhere is the "at-a-glance" map reference (inside the back cover) that ranks the principal sights of Spain by level of interest. You can argue the rankings, but it is generally a very reliable tool in planning in-country travel.

Michelin does not include a lot of photo illustration, but it's great on city maps for smaller, regional centers. This has been very helpful to us over the years as there aren't a lot of other sources for this kind of information.

Overall, if you're going to drive in Spain (or elsewhere), the Michelin Green Guide is a good companion to take along. It's valuable even if your travel is done by train or bus. And don't forget the Michelin Red Guide which is still the best for hotels and restaurants.