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Costa Blanca Walks: West v. 1 (Cicerone Guide)
by: Bob Stansfield

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 910
EAN: 9781852843304
ISBN: 1852843306
Label: Cicerone Press
Manufacturer: Cicerone Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: October 01, 2004
Publisher: Cicerone Press
Studio: Cicerone Press
Sales Rank: 213791

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Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Adequate Guide of Excellent Walks

I bought both of volumes of the Stansfield Guide as soon as they were published and have done about a third of the walks, more from Volume 2 (East) than Volume 1 (West). My comments apply to both books. I used them in conjunction with the IGN 1:25000 maps, mainly series 2 (revised in 2000), where these were available. The maps are poor but still better than relying on the books alone. Unfortunately, quite a lot of sheets are necessary and many were not available.

I have used many walking guides and whilst these were not the best, they were certainly not the worst. There were a few occasions where the route description was thin or ambiguous but I was never in any real doubt about where I was. The earlier (and unnecessarily ... Read More:

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- I hope this review is a little more clear than his walks, his book gets an "obvious" one star.
Well first off, Bravo Bob! you have really written a corker here, turning what should be pleastant walks around the lovely sun-drenched Costa Blanca into : a game of guessing which way we go now, before the sun goes down and we get stuck. Oh, and more importantly before the chocolate runs out.

First off i will admit your book does offer a diverse collection of walks which seem to be comprehensive in covering most of the wonderful mountains in the area. This is where the complements stop. First the phrase which seems to have haunted me even to this day; "head towards the obvious tree". Bob, do you realise what this lapse in your effort to give directions has caused?
No?
Well lets start off with examining it to see if we ... Read More:

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