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Eyewitness Travel Guides
Seville and Andalusia
Seville and Andalucia, where bullfighters, flamenco dancers and white villages all come together. This guide provides detailed maps giving instant access to the provinces, cities and towns - unique cutaways and floorplans help you explore historical sites, such as the Alhambra Palace.
288 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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David Baird
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October 13, 2022
A must-have for visitors to southwest Spain!
Like most of its competitors – Lonely Planet, Blue Guide, Fodor’s and National Geographic, for example - , DK Eyewitness Travel’s SEVILLE & ANDALUSIA is designed to help you plan and get the most from your vacation stay in the area. But, for this lover of international travel, it is the photography, the hand-drawn 3D streetscape graphics and the regional and neighbourhood organizations that separate DK Eyewitness from the rest of the field.
My first trip to the area was a full region trip out of Marbella that included day tours to Los Pueblos Blancos, Ronda, Cadiz, Sevilla, Granada and a quick dip in the international waters of the airport runway crossing to Gibraltar and a ferry ride to Tangier, Morocco. Mission accomplished with the invaluable assistance of this marvelous guide.
The second trip (one that I am looking forward to in March of 2022) is a much more leisurely week long investigation of Sevilla with the purpose of taking in many of the sights that the previous day trip simply didn’t allow for PLUS a more relaxed approached to the tapas, the culinary delights of southern Spain, the cervezas, the vinos, the sherries, the bares and the restaurantes. I’ve also got the overarching motive of nurturing a beginner’s capability in Spanish to a modest level that one might begin to call fluency. Given that Sevilla is the largest city of the Andalusian province, it makes sense that the section in the book dealing with the city be much more detailed. Using this guide as a starting point to slightly more extensive investigation on the Internet, I feel confident that DK Eyewitness has once more proven its worth as an addition to my travel library.
Definitely recommended.
Paul Weiss
Like most of its competitors – Lonely Planet, Blue Guide, Fodor’s and National Geographic, for example - , DK Eyewitness Travel’s SEVILLE & ANDALUSIA is designed to help you plan and get the most from your vacation stay in the area. But, for this lover of international travel, it is the photography, the hand-drawn 3D streetscape graphics and the regional and neighbourhood organizations that separate DK Eyewitness from the rest of the field.
My first trip to the area was a full region trip out of Marbella that included day tours to Los Pueblos Blancos, Ronda, Cadiz, Sevilla, Granada and a quick dip in the international waters of the airport runway crossing to Gibraltar and a ferry ride to Tangier, Morocco. Mission accomplished with the invaluable assistance of this marvelous guide.
The second trip (one that I am looking forward to in March of 2022) is a much more leisurely week long investigation of Sevilla with the purpose of taking in many of the sights that the previous day trip simply didn’t allow for PLUS a more relaxed approached to the tapas, the culinary delights of southern Spain, the cervezas, the vinos, the sherries, the bares and the restaurantes. I’ve also got the overarching motive of nurturing a beginner’s capability in Spanish to a modest level that one might begin to call fluency. Given that Sevilla is the largest city of the Andalusian province, it makes sense that the section in the book dealing with the city be much more detailed. Using this guide as a starting point to slightly more extensive investigation on the Internet, I feel confident that DK Eyewitness has once more proven its worth as an addition to my travel library.
Definitely recommended.
Paul Weiss
November 20, 2017
My first search on the local library travel guides shelf provided Lonely Planet's 'Best of Spain'. On the second visit, this DK guide to 'Seville & Andalusia' turned up. Over the past days I have browsed through the book. It is full of the usual DK colour plates giving clear info on the most popular sites, exploded diagrams etc. As a bonus, the previous borrower of the book has replaced the missing pull-out city map of Seville with a larger one.
As well as Seville, I am interested in Cadiz and Cordoba, and again, my needs have been met with the information contained. I have also discovered Italia is a Roman city that I can reach from Seville by bus.
So I will take DK to Andalusia along with me. Quiero ir a verlo.
As well as Seville, I am interested in Cadiz and Cordoba, and again, my needs have been met with the information contained. I have also discovered Italia is a Roman city that I can reach from Seville by bus.
So I will take DK to Andalusia along with me. Quiero ir a verlo.
April 11, 2013
I've been drooling over one edition or another of this book since nearly spending a semester in Spain in college, and just finished looking through the latest one as my trip-of-a-lifetime approaches. Wonderful pictures with overviews of history and culture as well as a cross-section of sights, restaurants and lodging. Guidebooks are becoming passe' now that we have Trip Advisor and countless other traveler review sites, but there is still something so charming about turning pages while you daydream about your next great destination.
October 4, 2009
DK Eyewitness guides are my favorite for getting an initial sense of a place. Mostly because of all the photos. They help narrow down the must-see locations. But they're too heavy to be the one you cart around the city and are short on the day-to-day travel advice, restaurant ideas, etc. Not the only guide you need, in other words. But a great preview.
February 1, 2020
Just returned from Andalucía and found this guide book to be excellent. Particularly helpful in Córdoba as its streets are very close together. Would take this back with me on my next trip. DK guide books may not be the smallest to carry but are well worth it.
March 18, 2011
Great pictures but it is often does not have the level of detail I prefer.
August 8, 2011
a good travel guide and it is getting me very excited for our upcoming bike trip in Andalusia.
October 21, 2012
Excellent guide which covers all aspects of life in Andalusia as well as the main tourist sites.
December 6, 2015
Can't image traveling anywhere without DK & Rick Steve's!
April 22, 2023
good travel guide with lots of background info
March 10, 2019
Nice guide
May 29, 2022
Like all of the DK travel guides this guide to Seville and Andalucia offers a wealth of information in a straight-forward and readable format.
August 2, 2022
Browsed for my possible holiday in early 2023. had to take it back to work, so didn't read thoroughly.
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