Portugal. VIS a VIS.

Eyewitness Travel Guides

by Martin Symington

"DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Portugal" helps you get the most from your visit to this unique European country. You'll find in-depth detail on all the important sights with maps, photos, and illustrated 3-D cutaways for major sights.

DK's insider travel tips and essential local information will help you discover the best that Portugal has to offer. The guide comes packed with reviews and listings for hotels, restaurants, and bars for all budgets, as well as beaches, scenic routes, thematic tours, and maps of all major sights. Markets and festivals are listed town by town.

What's new in "DK Eyewitness Travel Guides" New itineraries based on length of stay, regional destinations, and themes. Brand-new hotel and restaurants listings including DK's Choice recommendations. Restaurant locations plotted on redrawn area maps and listed with sights. Redesigned and refreshed interiors make the guides even easier to read.

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

Genres: Travel, Nonfiction, Reference, Portugal

Hardcover

First published October 1, 1997

Reviews

[Inge · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was easy to read and there is still a lot of information in this book what is the easiest way of travel.
What is possible and what can you see. How many islands can you do and the hours of the musea.

[Michael Kerjman · Rating 4 out of 5]

As usual for Yeywitness, it's a picturesque book providing a vast info of out-from-fairytale county living five hundred years in peace.
Personally, I somehow omitted a segment of the most western point of Europe which is a beautiful unforgettable panoramic place itself.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent resource. So many great tips. Really helped me plan my vacation

[Stephen · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting review of Portuguese history and geography as well as plenty of information for actual travellers. The book is filled with classic DK diagrams describing things like traditional building materials, layouts of buildings, maps and other guides. It is an easy read and I learned a lot from it. It made me want to visit the Azores in particular.

Interesting factoid: the highest point in Portugal is a volcanic peak in the Azores, hundreds of miles from the mainland. I found that interesting because for Spain too, the highest peak is hundreds of miles from the Spanish mainland on the Canary island of Tenerife (also a volcano).

[Book Nibbler · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great intro guide to Portugal. The book is pretty compact with small font and lots of colorful images. The main con for me is trying to locate the maps within the book when it refers to them.

The table of contents:
Intro - History of Portugal
Lisbon
Central Portugal
Northern Portugal
Southern Portugal
Portugal's Islands
Traveller's Needs - Where to Stay
Survival Guide

[Klaas Bisschop · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nieuwe editie, nieuwe vormgeving, óók in Nederlandse vertaling.
Een aantal leuke elementen uit de oude vormgeving zijn vervallen.
Ik mis de overzichtspagina voorin op het omslag. Het overzicht van alle regio's met kleurcode en pagina nummer was heel handig als snelle index. Nu moest ik steeds bladeren (naar pag. 15). Onhandig. De binnenkant van het omslag is nu onbedrukt - gemiste kans.
Al heeft het omslag nog wel flappen de extra inkeping/vouw is verdwenen. Met extra inkeping functioneerde het praktisch als bladwijzer. Weer een handigheidje minder.
Het glimmende papier is vervangen. Dat maakt de (altijd best spectaculaire) foto's en doorsneetekeningen minder sprankelend en minder scherp. Maar het boek ook minder zwaar, dat is dan een voordeel(tje).
Er zijn 'weetjes' toegevoegd, maar die voegen zelf niet veel toe, zijn zelfs regelmatig nogal flauw.
Verder zijn de karakteristieke 'Capitool-eigenschappen' wel bewaard gebleven.
Per saldo geen vooruitgang, maar ik denk dat de productie in zijn 'klassieke' vorm te kostbaar zijn geworden. Ik ga toch kijken naar een alternatief.

[Darren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full of awesome pictures and sort of 3-D maps. Maybe not as much information as Lonely Planet guides but it makes up for it with the great colorful views of the country.

[Patricia Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a helpful book during our travels because it gave big picture information.

[Jolianna · Rating 3 out of 5]

nicht schlecht, aber wenn man danach den lonely planet liest, kann vis a vis nicht mithalten.

[mairywo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Again a really good Vis-à-Vis travel guide. They live up to their high price. Lots of photos, maps and illustrations. The list of hotels and restaurants is also really good and up to date.

[Rob Whiteman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant value book. Helps plan your travelling better than most travel guides. We have them for each country that we visit.

[Caitlin · Rating 1 out of 5]

I did not like this guide at all. I won't use them again.