Product Description

Often described as the garden islands of the Atlantic, the Azores enjoy a warm climate and are rich in flora and fauna. This travel guide covers all nine of the volcanic islands.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #455563 in Books
• Published on: 2004-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Customer Reviews

Good no nonsense guide
This book is a good, all round, no nonsense account of the islands. The author is obviously in love with the place, but this doesn't stop objective descriptions. The practical information, including local suppliers, hotels and car hire is very useful. Good detailed maps. Perhaps a few more photographs would have been useful.

Poor and out of date
After returning from Sao Miguel my wife and I found this book next to useless! The Azores are a fantastic destination and we had a great time discovering most places for ourselves, however the experience would have been much improved if this book was actually any good. Being used to Lonely Planet guides with their town maps and explanations I found this a dissapointment. If you are planning a trip here use your money for a good novel and wait until you get to the islands, their guide booklet is better; it has more information is available nearly everywhere and best of all is free!

Not Much Use
This guide seemed to underate things which I thought were fantastic and overplay rather ordinary resturants and attractions. Everyone I met with a guide book in another language was better informed than me! Despite having been updated in 2002 the prices haven't been changed to euros so all pricing information is useless.