Madrid (Eyewitness Travel Guides) - Softcover

Leapman, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0756624398 ISBN 13: 9780756624392

Publisher: DK Eyewitness Travel, 2007

Synopsis

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Madrid will lead you straight to the best attractions this city has to offer. The guide includes unique illustrated cutaways, floor plans, and reconstructions of major architectural sights, plus a pull-out city map clearly marked with attractions from the guidebook and an easy-to-use street index.

DK's insider travel tips and essential local information will help you discover the best of this city in Spain, from local festivals and markets to day trips around the countryside. Detailed listings will guide you to hotels, restaurants, bars and shops for all budgets, while transportation maps and a chart showing the walking distances between sights will help you get around the city.

With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that brighten every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Madrid truly shows you this city as no one else can.

About this title

Review:

You'd be hard-pressed to find a more comprehensive, engrossing, and just plain fun-to-read guidebook than the Eyewitness Travel Guide: Madrid. Known for their eye-catching design, the Eyewitness city guides are practically spilling over with all sorts of useful information, and the Madrid version is no different. You'll find three-dimensional drawings, floor plans, and detailed neighborhood maps, as well as timelines and charts. There's even a map of the Metro. Broken down into four sections--"Introducing Madrid," "Madrid Area by Area," "Traveller's Needs," and "Survival Guide"--this book provides a complete picture of the city. Readers will especially love the hundreds of color photos showing everything from the city's famous plazas to a pitcher of sangria; the street-by-street illustrated city walks (Old Madrid, which takes in the Puerta del Sol and Plaza Mayer, looks especially enchanting); the room-by-room explanations of the Palacio Real and Prado Museum; and, of course, the best places for tapas (Taberna del Foro is one). By the time you're finished with this book, you may know more than the locals. --Jill Fergus

From the Publisher:

"The most graphically exciting and visually pleasing series on the market." - Chicago Tribune The best travel series on the market gets even better with the addition of three new titles, each focused on a popular European destination: Budapest, Dublin, and Madrid. Truly "the guides that show you what others only tell you," each book features stunning 3D and cutaway views of museums, palaces, cathedrals, and other "must-see" sights; detailed street maps; a handy phrase section; advice on the best places to eat, drink, shop, sleep, and be entertained; and a Survival Guide to help the traveler sort out essential information such as currency, transportation, and communications. "deliriously rich in detail"-People Magazine "Both novice and experienced travelers will be captivated"-US News & World Report "ideal balance between fun and function"-Mademoiselle

About this edition

• Publisher: DK Eyewitness Travel
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0756624398
• ISBN 13: 9780756624392
• Binding: Flexibound
• Number of pages: 232