Northern Spain [Paperback]

Dana Facaros (Author), Michael Pauls (Author)

Book Description

Series: Cadogan Guides | Publication Date: July 1999

This thoroughly researched guide has an easy to use design with new illustrations, area and city maps and practical information, illustrated stories on local food specialities and crafts of the region with traditional recipes and shoppers'' tips.'

Editorial Reviews

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"Overall the top marks go to Cadogan."
--BBC Radio 4 (UK)

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--The Bookseller (UK)

"Guidebooks from Cadogan are always superb--comprehensive, intelligent, practical, and well-written."
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From the Back Cover

Step back in time to parts of Spain that appear virtually unchanged since the Middle Ages. Visit medieval villages, churches and cathedrals; explore the myths and legends surrounding the Camino de Santiago; and enjoy stunning stretches of coastline with secluded beaches unravaged by modern tourism. Then rejoin the 21st century in vibrant cities that boast world-class art collections and unique museums, the best Spanish cuisine, and music and nightlife to suit all tastes.
Northern Spain offers the lot, and Cadogan's newly updated guide will take you skiing and hill-walking in the Picos de Europa and Cordillera Cantabrica, and wine-tasting in La Rioja, while exploring the region's culture, aeons of history, and some of Spain's most unusual and dramatic fiestas.
Inside you will find: practical travel advice; over 400 handpicked places to stay; over 300 restaurants, bars, and cafes; 30 maps; color touring-map section; stunning color photography; Spain's best seafood, quietest beaches and greenest landscapes.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Cadogan Books; Updated edition (July 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1860119131
• ISBN-13: 978-1860119132
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,697,061 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Northern Spain (Cardogan Guides), June 4, 2000

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MJAdams (Charlotte, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Northern Spain (Paperback)

After much search for a book on Northern Spain. I believe this Cardogan guide to be one of the better ones. It does provide some essentials: overview and history of Spain's northern regions, culture, cuisine and travel highlights. Also good recommendations on where to stay and have a friendly drink with the locals.

A few drawbacks: lack of comprehensive maps of regions in relation to Spain as a country and more specific maps of towns that you may want to visit.

All in all this is the best guide I've found available to get you started and excited about your trip as well as help you focus your travels to a particular area in Northern Spain if time is a concern.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 400 hand-picked lodgings, 300 recommended restaurants, October 10, 2003

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Northern Spain, 4th (Country & Regional Guides - Cadogan) (Paperback)

The collaborative effort of Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls, Northern Spain is a detailed, comprehensive, portable, and "user friendly" travel guide to medieval villages, churches, cathedrals, legends, coastline, art collections, museums and so much more to be found in beautiful northern reaches of Spain. Offering 400 hand-picked lodgings, 300 recommended restaurants, as well as numerous bars and cafes, thirty maps, Spanish language tips, solid travel advice, and more, Northern Spain is an excellent consultation resource for vacationers and business travelers alike. Also very highly recommended for travelers in Spain are the regionally specialized companion guidebooks by Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls: Andalucia and Bilbao & The Basque Lands.

11 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Despite errors, still the most thorough, November 6, 2000

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MATTHEW B REID (Alameda, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Northern Spain (Paperback)

Facaros and Pauls are erudite people, who unfortunately do not always understand the delicate balance between good depth of knowledge, and useless obscure references. Furthermore, they made a few mistakes, and a subtle anti-Catholocism was evident in their writing (i.e. by not mentioing that Covadonga is a pilgrammage destination where a virgin's apparition occurred, and that the Oviedo's cathedral hosts the suderio santo, the rag Jesus wore while on his way to the Crucifixion). We sometimes doubted that the authors had actually visited the places described within, or if so, they they did not understand the guides! While not the best for logistics, this guide does offer the best quantity of history per page.