El Salvador, 1982, is the height of a ghastly civil war. Joan Didion travels from battlefields to body dumps, interviews a puppet president, considers the distinctly Salvadoran meaning of the verb `to disappear` & trains a merciless eye not only on the terror there but also on the depredations & evasions of US foreign policy. ...

Colourful Portuguese mansions, gilt-covered baroque churches, the martial art dance of capoeira & a thriving music scene: Salvador is a treasure-trove of Afro-Brazilian culture & beautiful colonial streets. The joys of Bahia extend far beyond the city, though
- with fantastic cuisine, beaches backed by coconut palms, & plunging waterfalls. From the rituals of candomble to the rhythm of samba, this guidebook will help you make the most of your visit to this exotic region. * Essentials section with indispensable information on getting there & around. * Highlights maps of the region so you know what not to miss. * Comprehensive, up-to-date listings of where to eat, drink & sleep. * Detailed street maps for Salvador & other key towns in the region. * Slim enough to fit in your pocket Loaded with advice & information on how to get around, this concise guide will help you get the most out of Salvador & Bahia without weighing you down.
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Moon Spotlight Salvador & Bahia is an 85-page compact guide to the best of Salvador & Bahia. Brazil resident & magazine correspondent Michael Sommers offers his firsthand advice on what sights are must-sees, & sightseeing highlights maps make planning your time easy. This lightweight guide is packed with recommendations on sights, entertainment, shopping, recreation, accommodations, food, & transportation. Helpful maps guide travellers through these two historic highlights of Brazil. This full-colour Spotlight guidebook is excerpted from Moon Brazil. ...

Salvador & Bahia in the Moon Spotlight guide series; covering a range of specific local cities, districts, areas & regions in North, Central & South America & targeted at those seeking to travel to a specific area within a country. Each of the guides has been extracted in full from the relevant country Moon Handbook & individual titles focus on a particular city, region or notable area of the destination. Many of the guides in the series are unique in their coverage, although are limited in putting the destination into its wider geographical context that a more comprehensive guide would provide. Stylistically, Moon ...

Salvador in the Wallpaper* City Guide series, published by Phaidon & encompassing a collection of pocket-size guides dedicated to the best design elements in major cities. Compiled by experts at the Wallpaper* magazine, the guides are widely recognized for appealing to design-conscious travellers & are aimed at those interested in art, design & architecture. Each guide identifies the best bars, restaurants, hotels, places to shop, leisure activities & excursions with a unique emphasis on the finest examples of unusual architecture & design. Each Wallpaper* City Guide has the same layout, with separate tabs allowing readers & travellers to access individual sections easily. The tabs consist of Landmarks, Hotels, 24 Hours, Urban Life, Architour, Shopping, Sports & Escapes. High quality colour photographs appear alongside brief descriptions of each hotel, bar or attraction, highlighting distinctive & unusual styles of architecture & design. Extra pages are provided at the back of each guide, allowing readers to record their own notes & sketches. ...

Topographic coverage of mainland Spain at 1:50, 000 in the MTN50 (Mapa Topográfico Nacional) series from the Centro Nacional de Información Geografica, the country’s civilian survey organization. The maps have contours at 20m intervals, enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to show different types of terrain, vegetation or land use. Boundaries of national parks & other protected areas are marked. In addition to all the usual information featured on topographic mapping at this scale, detailed presentation of the road & rail networks, rural tracks & paths, etc, the maps also show campsites & mountain refuges. On more recent editions some GRs, the official long-distance hiking routes, are also marked (although not as clearly as on hiking maps from other publishers). Each map covers 29.5x 18.5 km (with adjustments in the border or coastal areas). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus margin ticks for latitude & longitude at 1` intervals. Map legend is in Spanish only.HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT 50K MAP: all the titles in CNIG’s 200K Provincial Road Maps series at 1:200, 000 are overprinted with the grid for the 1:50, 000 maps & can be used to see the area covered by each 50K title. TO SEE THE LIST OF TITLES IN THIS SERIES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.PLEASE NOTE
- MAP TITLES: the grids shown on our website serve both the civilian & the military 1:50, 000 topographic series. Although the areas covered by maps in both series are identical (apart from some border or coastal sheets), occasionally map titles differ – only one title is shown on the grid, usually the military one. In Galicia, the Basque country & in the Catalan speaking areas the tendency now is to use local place names rather than the often better known Castilian ones. Where possible, both versions are included in our titles. Map titles listed on our website are based on information received by us at the time of publication, but sometimes maps arrive showing a completely different title! As long as the map number is as ordered, the correct map has been supplied.
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Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico do Exército, the country’s military survey organisation. The maps have contours at 20m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of terrain or vegetation (s&, terraces, rocks, woodlands, vineyards, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 32 x 20km (20 x 12.5 miles approx). The maps have a 1-km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude coordinates for the map corners. Map legend & a glossary of terms used on the maps include English.EDITION DATES: most titles in this series date from 1990s or later. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Topographic survey of Portugal at 1:50, 000 from the Instituto Geográfico Português, the country’s civilian survey organisation. The maps have contours at 25m intervals & in addition to the standard features shown on topographic mapping at this scale also indicate various types of vegetation (vineyards, olive groves, etc). Each sheet covers an area of 32 x 20km (20 x 12.5miles approx). The maps have latitude & longitude margin ticks at 1’ intervals & UTM coordinates for the map corners – each sheet also shows conversion details from BBLx (Bessel-Bonnie system, Datum Lisbon) to UTM. Map legend is in Portuguese only.EDITION DATES: most titles in this series have now been updated in the 1990s or later. To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

The Salz Alpen Steig, a 227km-long hiking trail linking Chiemsee in southern Bavaria with Halstätter See in the Salzkammergut region of the Austrian Alps. The route, including alternative starting points in Rosenheim or Traunstein, is presented on 20 panels, accompanied by street plans several street plans & a route profile. Street plans show nine towns including Berchtesgaden. Maps in this new series from Kompass, begun in summer 2014, are at 1:50, 000, contoured & GPS compatible, & printed on sturdy but light waterproof & tear-resistant synthetic paper. Each route is prominently highlighted on a series of 17.5 x 20cm panels & annotated with 5km markers. Topography is shown by contours (intervals at 20m or 40m) enhanced by relief shading with colouring and/or graphics for woodlands, orchards, vineyards, etc. Symbols indicate various accommodation options (hotels, campsites, youth hostels), sport facilities, & various places of interest. The maps also show locations of car parks near the route & railway lines are shown with stations. The maps have a 2km UTM grid. Each title

Includes:: street plans of local towns, a route profile, details of recommended accommodation indicating price range, plus descriptions of main places of interest. Map legend & all the text are in German only. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link.

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You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what youreallyneed to know when traveling in Vienna. With this guide, you`ll explore ...