Marco Polo Spiral Guides are for travelers who have little time to prepare for a trip, don`t want to miss anything, like to be inspired by great ideas for exciting days out & love all things ultra-practical & easy to use. Top 10 sights: From the top down to make it easy to prioritise! Don t miss: Each chapter highlights the absolute must-sees for each area. ...

Algarve in the Pocket Guide series from Berlitz; a collection of handy, pocket-sized guides dedicated to an extensive range of cities, regions & countries worldwide. Written in narrative form, individual guides explore the history, main sights & attractions, food & drink, accommodation & local culture of the destination in detail. Each Berlitz pocket guide has a similar format, with colour-coded sections helping readers locate information quickly in addition to distinctive chapters exploring the city or region. An introduction outlines the destination for visitors & a section dedicated to 'A Brief History' actually explores the area in relative depth. A where to go chapter is organized by region & city & is written in prose form with references to individual sites highlighted in bold for clarity. There are also further suggestions on where & when to eat. Recommendations for leisure activities in the region, including sport, nightlife & shopping, are also provided & tailored accordingly for each destination. Handy travel tips are listed alphabetically in a dedicated section, providing practical guidance & helping visitors make the most of their stay. The main hotels, particularly for cities, are also listed in an accommodation section, offering a brief overview with approximate price bandings & relevant contact details. ...

” Berlitz Pocket Guide Algarve” is a concise, full-colour travel guide that gives you reliable, user-friendly detail & great photos to uncover Portugal`s southern coastal region
- one of Europe`s premier beach destinations known for its magnificent year-round weather, superb golf facilities & top sports holidays. The Algarve has many pleasures to tempt the visitor: discover glorious stretches of golden sand of leading resort Albufeira, ocean-skimming golf courses & the excitement of big-game fishing, horse riding or tennis. Or for something more sedate, explore the shops to find h&-painted ceramics in towns such as Faro, Lagos & atmospheric Tavira
- one of the region`s most historic cities. Handy maps on the cover flaps help you get around. To inspire you, the book offers a rundown of the Algarve`s Top 10 Attractions, followed by ideas for how to spend the Perfect Day. The What to Do chapter is a snapshot of ways to spend your spare time, from nightlife & shopping to sports. The book provides all the essential background information, including an overview of the Algarve`s history, sporting facilities, & suggestions for excursions to Lisbon. There are carefully chosen listings of the best hotels & restaurants & an A-Z of all the practical information you`ll need.

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Portugal`s southern coastal region is one of Europe`s premier beach destinations, known for its magnificent year-round weather, superb golf facilities & top sports holidays. Be inspired to visit by the updated Berlitz Guide Pocket Algarve, a concise, full-colour travel guide that combines lively text with vivid photography to highlight the best that the Algarve has to offer. Inside Berlitz Guide Pocket Algarve: The Algarve has many pleasures to tempt the visitor: discover glorious stretches of golden sand of leading resort Albufeira, ocean-skimming golf courses & the excitement of big-game fishing, horse riding or tennis. Or for something more sedate, explore the shops to find h&-painted ceramics in towns such as Faro, Lagos & atmospheric Tavira
- one of the region`s most historic cities. Handy maps on the cover flaps help you get around. To inspire you, the book offers a rundown of the Algarve`s Top 10 Attractions, followed by ideas for how to spend the Perfect Day. The What to Do chapter is a snapshot of ways to spend your spare time, from nightlife & shopping to sports. The book provides all the essential background information, including an overview of the Algarve`s history, sporting facilities, & suggestions for excursions to Lisbon. There are carefully chosen listings of the best hotels & restaurants & an A-Z of all the practical information you`ll need. About Berlitz: Berlitz draws on years of travel & language expertise to bring you a wide range of travel & language products, including travel guides, maps, phrase books, language-learning courses, dictionaries & kids` language products.
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Algarve at 1:100, 000 on an indexed, waterproof & tear-resistant road map with topographic & tourist information, published by Reise Know-How as part of their highly acclaimed World Mapping Project. The map is double-sided to provide the best balance between a good scale & a convenient size sheet. The map divides the region east/west with a generous overlap & Albufeira included on both sides. Coverage inland has Monchique in the middle of the map & extends to the Santa Clara reservoir & Almodovar. Road & rail networks are easy to see on a clear base which presents topography by altitude colouring with contours, spot heights & plenty of names of mountain ranges. National & natural parks are highlighted. Road network

Includes:: small local roads & selected country tracks & shows driving distances on main routes. Symbols highlight various places of interest including campsites, beaches, surfing & diving sites, golf courses, viewpoints, archaeological sites, etc. The map has a 10-km UTM grid plus latitude & longitude lines at intervals of 5’. The index has an additional list of protected areas. Map legend

Includes:: English. ” World Mapping Project” is an extensive series of maps at varying scales, aiming to provide coverage of countries & regions worldwide using clear, well presented cartography with both topographic & tourist information.



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Away from the busy beaches, the Algarve has a countryside full of interest & beauty, quietly awaiting discovery. From flowers & fountains, hilltops & history, to windmills & water-mills, this book will set your feet wandering to find them all. There are car tours, too, to get you out & about, searching out little-known points of interest-like the huge rose compass (rosa dos ventos) on the barren promontory of Sagres, where Prince Henry the Navigator founded his school of navigation, or the Moorish castle & old Roman bridge at Paderne. But don`t think for one moment that we have turned our backs on & ignored the beautiful & rugged western coastline. Wherever it is still unspoilt & free from development, the authors have incorporated it into a walk. The best months for walking are March to May or September & October, but regular visitors enjoy walks throughout the winter as well.4 car tours, 68 long & short walks, 20 picnic suggestions Plan of Faro, fold-out touring map. ...

Algarve in a series of detailed, indexed touring maps from Turinta, the country’s leading map publishers, each with street plans of main towns. The map has altitude colouring & names various Serras in the hinterl&. Road network

Includes:: local country roads, most with driving distances. Railway lines are also shown. Numerous beaches are highlighted & symbols mark locations of campsites, monuments & historical sites, golf courses, marinas, & other places of interest. The map has no geographical coordinates. Map legend

Includes:: English. Small street plans show Faro, Lagos, Portimão, Albufeira, Vilamoura, & Tavira. On the reverse a panorama map of the whole area highlights examples of typical local architecture.



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Walking in the Algarve is Julie Statham’s Cicerone guide to some of the best walking opportunities on Portugal’s south coast. The guide covers walks across the Algarve region, taking in the countryside outside Faro as well as the long Atlantic coastline. The author explores a region with a rich variety of scenery from volcanic hills to dramatic limestone escarpments. The Algarve’s climate of mild sunny winters & long hot summers make it an ideal walking destination. The guide is divided into a selection of 34 full & half-day walks offering a mixture of coastal, mountain & inland scenery. Each walk has an information box detailing the total distance & time, difficulty grading & access to the route. There is also a general overview of what walkers can expect from the route ahead. A The guide’s introduction gives practical tips on when to go, getting there, travelling around, accommodation as well as notes on geology, wild flowers, & birds, flowers & protected areas. Detailed walk descriptions are accompanied by colour photographs illustrating some of the highlights of the region. ...

Algarve in the Sunflower Landscapes guide series; exploring the best walking & touring possibilities in the region or area. Detailed information about touring by hired car or public transport, as well as on foot is provided, helping walkers to navigate & plan day-trips. Shorter strolls are also included as an alternative for each main route for those seeking more leisurely days out. The guide is structured in two main parts – Touring & Walking – that explore each route with detailed references to public transport & car directions to make each walk more accessible. Suggested car-touring routes of the area are also included. Each describes a route by car with suggestions for stop-off places & things to see on the way, including any picnicking sites. Fifteen suggestions for the best picnic stops are included at the start of the book & these are cross-referenced with the fold-out map & walk descriptions. The ‘ Walking’ section

Includes:: fifteen recommended walks, many of which are circular tours. A detailed introduction provides information on waymarking & maps, what to take, weather & where to stay. Each walk begins with information about distance, difficulty grading, waymarking, how to get there, suggested clothing & equipment, language hints & shorter & alternative routes to the main walk. An appendice provides useful guidance on local transport. Also provided is a map of the area at about 1:400, 000 showing where the walks & car tour take place & main roads & town. A small inset shows the centre of Faro with main streets & listings of main tourist attractions. Colour photographs & Ordnance Survey extracts accompany each route.

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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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