Bilbao/ Bilbo on an indexed street plan at 1:9.500 from Telstar Distrimapas, Spain’s leading publisher of city maps, with an enlargement for the city centre, plus a metro diagram & a road map of the Bizkaya. On one side is an indexed street plan of the city highlighting principal traffic arteries & locations of petrol stations, car parks, taxi ranks, etc., with main public buildings & places interest clearly named. An enlargement at 1:5, 000 shows the city centre in greater detail. Also provided is a diagram of the metro lines. On the reverse is an indexed road map of the Bizkaya province at 1:146, 000 with altitude colouring to show the topography & symbols highlighting main sights. (Please note: road network may not necessarily be up to date). Spanish language descriptions are included for five sightseeing tours across the province highlighted on a small overview map. ...

The Basque region remains unspoilt by tourism. Whether you want to discover ancient towns steeped in tradition & age-old customs, the buzzy cultural capital of Bilbao, San Sebastian`s stunning beaches or just sample some of the finest seafood & cider then the Footprint Focus guide to Bilbao & the Basque Region will help you get off the beaten path & really get to know the place. Essentials section with practical advice on getting around. Highlights map so you know what not to miss. Comprehensive listings including where to eat, sleep & have fun. Detailed street maps for Bilbao & other important towns. Slim enough to fit in your pocket. Loaded with advice & information, this concise Footprint Focus guide will help you get the most out of Bilbao without weighing you down. The content of Footprint Focus Bilbao & the Basque Region guide has been extracted from Footprint`s Northern Spain Handbook. ...

Bilbao & Northwest Spain in the Pocket Guide series from Insight provides detailed commentary on a collection of itinerary based trips in a handy pocket format. Each guide has an historical & cultural introduction, profiling the growth of the region or city. There is also a large selection of localised & pedestrian friendly tour itineraries designed to take in the major sites, as well as a chapter on excursions to other destinations within easy reach. Further sections detail leisure activities including shopping, eating out, nightlife, festivals & local events with accompanying addresses & contact details where relevant. There is also practical guidance on transport, local services, language & accommodation. Each guide also has a large selection of colour photographs & a pull-out pocket map giving an overview of the region. ...

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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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Bilbao 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. ...

Bilbao 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. ...

Bill Bailey`s wonderfully charming & informative book on the birds he loves is now available as a handy, easy-to-carry pocket paperback. Packed with the comedian`s observations, illustrations & sketches, this edition is perfect for birdwatching expeditions, with new information for proper twitchers, including: * A ` British Birds` checklist * A list of the best birdwatching sites in the UK * Suggestions of bird spotting equipment * Information about joining a birdwatching club Bailey takes us on a journey around the British Isles, zooming in on those birds that enthuse him the most. Whether it`s what they eat, where they fly to or how they communicate, these birds are always fascinating, & he introduces us to their weird & wonderful ways in a manner that is always entertaining. If you`re a parent who`d like to appear a bit clever when your child asks you the name of a bird; if you want to find a new & healthy hobby that takes you outdoors; or whether, quite simply, you want to understand a bit more about our natural environment & have a laugh at the same time, this is the companion book to have. Funny & insightful, & positively crackling with energy, knowledge & wit, this beautiful paperback will delight Bailey`s fans, birds as well as those who fancy a bit of armchair escapism. Alongside music & st&-up, one of Bailey`s favourite pastimes is birdwatching, which he has been doing since he was a child in the West Country. His fondest memories are of family outings with parents, grandparents & cousins, ticking the birds off in his little Observer`s Book of Birds. As he has said about those formative years, `birdwatching gave a purpose to the day & a love of the natural world which has carried on into my adult life`. ...

Bill Bryson discovers the African continent for the first time following an invitation from CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. His journey takes him around Kenya, the country most regarded as the cradle of humankind. Bryson ...

When Bill Oddie was growing up one of his favourite books was a collection of essays called The Bird-Lover`s Bedside Book. His new book, Bill Oddie Unplucked, is just that sort of book. It contains 50 of Bill`s essays, magazines articles & blogs, designed to be read in any order you want, with each tale short enough to allow you to dip into something new every time you pick up the book, whether you choose to read it in bed, on the way to work, during your lunch break, in the doctor`s waiting room, or on the loo. Representing some of the very best of his writing & general musings of the last twenty years, Bill Oddie Unplucked is generously illustrated with Bill`s own whimsical if artistically primitive drawings. Inside these pages you`ll find tales of Bill trespassing in a nunnery, being terrified by a Tiger, wading in sewage, paddling with dinosaurs, slagging off the government, & nearly drowning in both Costa Rica & the Seychelles. There are, of course, some stories about birds. ...