Visiting Spain - Suggestions for holidays, trains, itineraries, day-trips, and sightseeing from someone who has lived and traveled extensively in Spain
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Every major guidebook company from Lonely Planet to Let’s Go makes at least one Spain guidebook.
Most guidebook companies make a book on Spain as a whole, but the country’s territory and diversity of places to visit make for enough material for a full guidebook on specific regions and cities like Barcelona.
If you’re only planning on visiting one city in Spain, getting a specific guidebook for the city is a good idea. For example, Lonely Planet’s book on Barcelona gives good in-depth coverage of Barcelona and the surrounding area.
If you’ll be visiting lots of places in Spain, getting a larger guidebook like The Rough Guide to Spain is a good idea. If you’re handy with scissors, you can cut out the chapters you need and leave the rest of the guidebook at home to save room as you pack your bags.
Once you know what size Spain guidebook you need, shop around for a guidebook that fits your travel style. If you’re backpacking, Lonely Planet, Let’s Go, and the Rough Guide are some of the best Spain guidebooks.
If you’re going upscale, look into guides like the Hg2 Barcelona (A Hedonist’s Guide to Barcelona), the Wallpaper Guide to Barcelona, or the LUXE guide to Barcelona that offer more high-end suggestions for Barcelona hotels, restaurants, tapas bars, and shopping.
If you love sightseeing, consider picking up the Eyewitness Travel Guide to Spain. With photos and illustrations on every page, the Eyewitness Spain guidebook is great for explaining the details of Spain’s many historic buildings and landmarks.
On a budget? A lot of the best deals on Spain guidebooks can be found on websites where travelers that have just returned from Spain are selling their books. If you’re lucky you can get a copy with good notes and suggestions written in!
One last tip on finding the best Spain guidebooks: check the date the guidebook was published. If it is more than a year old, don’t buy it. Things change so quickly in Spain that an old Spain guidebook will be of little use to you today.
