The Rough Guide to Portugal: Travel Guide with eBook (Rough Guides Main Series)

Good ideas and details about places, good book to have with you when travelling,has important information what one needs

Found very difficult to read with the dmall print

I used this on a recent trip around Portugal. As i was travelling around and staying in various locations, the book was a great guide for getting around, places to eat etc. A Rough Guide To……. book is always a good accessory to have on any trip.

Full of useful information

Easy to use with helpful information. Really fast delivery

This 17th edition published in 2023 is at least 6 years out of date. Two examples: Lisbon Botanical Garden Butterfly House had been closed at least 6 years ago when we visited in September 2024. Porto main market (Mercado do Bolhao) where guidebook said "time may have taken it's toll on the structure" has been been completely refurbished and is looking great but we almost didn't visit due to the comment. Rough Guide, which we have been using for many years, can do better than this

Couverture du livre et les premières 100 pages.sont abimées

Quite detailed overall, covers many regions and even smaller towns but unfortunately glaringly completely missed Madeira and Azores. Stunning photos are sure a nice plus. Similarly, the free ebook for the same book is awesome. However, some important info is missing/omitted. For example, bus timetables are given but at most places no information regarding the Bus companies operating the buses is given. Further, it is also omitted at many places how to buy the tickets, whether on board or through some ticket office. No attractions have their ticket prices listed, which is a pity. Even if the ticket prices change over time, a number (valid at time of publishing) gives a fairly good idea of budgeting.

Great guide! A few years ago I switched from Lonely Planet (my go-to for years) to the Rough Guides. What a difference! The Rough Guides are what Lonely Planet used to be: detailed and informative, and without the snark. Info on public transportation, hiking trails, orientation to each region and city, detailed maps, opening hours, historical background to each area. Make the switch!

I have always appreciated Rough Guides for the comprehensive travel content, big and small town alike, both tourist attractions and sights off the beaten path. BUT, this book is honestly hard to use because the font is too small. Likely designed to be published as a zoomable e book, not for print. The maps in particular, as beautiful as they are, the font and the symbols are microscopic and really not useable! Buyer beware. Otherwise a good travel book for Portugal.

I am a longtime buyer of rough guides, but the portugal edition is a scam pure and simple, as it excludes madeira (or the Azores for that matter) without stating it clearly and visibly, except perhaps in the small print. The madeira rough guide is published separately in (very) small size, so you may easily pay double the price for a standard country volume or go through the hassle of returning unwanted items, even though both portugal and madeira could easily have been published together in one standard volume. shame.