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Gran Canaria Marco Polo Spiral Guide
Gran Canaria in the Marco Polo Spiral Guides series is a practical guide presenting the most important things to see and do in the island in a nutshell, and aimed at travellers who don’t have a lot of time to prepare and research for a trip. The guide highlights the top 10 sights, suggests tours and great ideas for exciting days out, and features colour photographs and a pull-out road map and atlas pages.The guide opens with introductory chapters offering general information about the island, its history, art, geography and the people and things that make it worth visiting. Then, the guide divides the area into sections, and for each offers more specific information organised by Getting Your Bearings, Perfect Days giving examples of planned itineraries, the Top 10, Don’t Miss and At Your Leisure. There are planned day itineraries for each area including the best places to eat and drink along the way, accompanied by local map extracts and dotted with useful tips. An additional chapter offers inspirations for walks and tours. The guide concludes with general and practical information, regional atlas pages and a removable pull-out map, conveniently stored in a plastic pocket on the back cover. The format is designed with practicality in mind; the spiral binding and the colour coding makes it easy to keep the book open where is needed and render orientation fast and easy, ideal for travellers on the go.