Looking for a book of sites, maps, hotels, restaurants, etc. What have you used and liked?

Thanks.

Hi

Well of course you've got Fodors. But I love the DK Eyewitness Travel Guides series and that is the one I used for Spain. Beautiful presentation and very informative re attractions. There are probably better publications for restaurant and hotel reviews though.

I agree! I have the Spain DK book and I love it. I also have them for other countries. To me they are the best!

Get it at Amazon and you will not pay retail price.

For just the cost of the ink it takes to print, supplement ny book you choose (maybe browse your local library and borrow first?) - - with the extraordinary "book(let)s" at http://www.maribelsguides.com

Best wishes,

Rex

Cadogan guides are superb. With those and Maribel you do not need anything else. Buy a separate map for driving. Cadogan has city maps inside their books.

Thanks all for the suggestions! I'll be on the look out for these materials.

Download a Maribel guide
www.maribelguides.com

Another die-hard fan of Maribel's here.

The DK Guide will make you want to just take the next year off and hang around Spain. It makes every part of the country look fascinating.

I just re-read your post. I don't use the DK Guide for restaurant or hotel recommendations. If I were you, I'd use the DK Guide to narrow down where you want to visit, then use this board, Maribel, trip advisor, etc. to find hotels and restaurants in those locations.

I agree with missypie . I do the same and sometimes I contact hotels on my own and see what happens for instance I am happy to try in my next trip Hotel Lasa in Valladolid, I liked what I read and they were very nice answering my requests for information. I think I am going to like it, I feel there are many REAl Spanish hotels maybe three stars or even two used mainly by Spaniards that are great and very good bus one of them is Hotel Victoria in Trujillo, a much better choice, for me , than the Parador.

I meant very good buys.....sorry

Penelope Casas authors an excellent book on Spain. It's part guidebook, part dialogue and includes some incredible itineraries. Excellent.