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jimbowen0306's review against another edition
1.0
Whenever I travel abroad, I always buy a Lonely Planet, or Rough Guide to the place I'm visiting. This book almost ruined their reputation overnight. It is without down the WORST Lonely Planet guide I have ever read.
As an example, where are the places a Brit goes, when they go to Spain? Madrid and Barcelona maybe, but Ibiza, and Majorca have to be up there, don't they? If you're going to Ibiza, or Majorca, however, don't rely on this book. All the islands are covered in 2 page. You read that right. One of the most popular tourist places in Spain gets maybe half a page.
The sad thing is that I suspect that this is true of a lot of places. It all feels rather precised and rushed. If you go off the beaten track, even slightly, don't use this book. It'll be no use to you. The place you are probably won't be discussed.
To make matters worse, there's no index. So if you're looking for where you are, and you haven't already found it in the Kindle book, you're going to be out of luck, because you won't be able to find if it's listened anywhere, because there's no index to help you.
Now I know., you're thinking this book covers the whole country, it's going to be general. Bur let me tell you, there's general, and then there's so general and bland that things become meaningless. This book falls very much into the second category.
As an example, where are the places a Brit goes, when they go to Spain? Madrid and Barcelona maybe, but Ibiza, and Majorca have to be up there, don't they? If you're going to Ibiza, or Majorca, however, don't rely on this book. All the islands are covered in 2 page. You read that right. One of the most popular tourist places in Spain gets maybe half a page.
The sad thing is that I suspect that this is true of a lot of places. It all feels rather precised and rushed. If you go off the beaten track, even slightly, don't use this book. It'll be no use to you. The place you are probably won't be discussed.
To make matters worse, there's no index. So if you're looking for where you are, and you haven't already found it in the Kindle book, you're going to be out of luck, because you won't be able to find if it's listened anywhere, because there's no index to help you.
Now I know., you're thinking this book covers the whole country, it's going to be general. Bur let me tell you, there's general, and then there's so general and bland that things become meaningless. This book falls very much into the second category.
tinnytree's review against another edition
4.0
Used when I was in Spain, remembering it being a good travel guide.
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