Lost our RS book somewhere in Lisbon and we are traveling to Coimbra, Porto, theDuro valley. Does anyone know where we can buy a new one. We leave in three days for Coimbra.
Posted by
Minnesota
57 posts
Could you purchase an ebook version from Amazon for your phone? I'd only do this if you have access to wifi, though. That's a lot of data to download!
Posted by
Fort Myers, FL
1668 posts
Download the Ebook on ipad or tablet and it will be there offline as well.
Posted by
OP
Dallas, TX, usa
323 posts
We are in our late 70's We don' do cell phone data very well.We really need a hard copy for us old folks.
Posted by
Minnesota
57 posts
Alternatively, it looks like Bertrand Livreiros at Rua Garrett 73 has a good selection of travel guides in English. Good luck!
Posted by
Minnesota
57 posts
It looks like that bookstore does have a copy of the 2015 edition of the book, according to their website. You might want to call to confirm that they have a copy. +351 21 347 6122
Posted by
OP
Dallas, TX, usa
323 posts
Went to book store, no luck so far. Went to FNAC store also. Lonely Planet has a corner on the travel books in English. Thanks for the help though.
Posted by
3245 posts
What is it that you need from a Rick Steves guide book that you can't get from someone at your hotel?
Posted by
Vernon, Canada
32202 posts
Jerry&Stelly,
Aside from "cell phone data", are you travelling with any other electronic devices such as E-Readers (Kindle, iPad or whatever)? Rather than spend a lot of valuable holiday time searching book stores, downloading the E-book version of the guidebook as someone suggested above is the easiest and quickest solution.
Posted by
OP
Dallas, TX, usa
323 posts
Should have said we are here for another 5 weeks and we will be traveling up the coast and into Santiago de Compestella and Bilbao(. we have the portion of RS book for that) And we stay mostly in apartments. We will try the down load solution, but we will keep trying to find our book or another book store. We will not spend a lot of time looking for a book store but it's not that hard to run across a bookstore in Lisbon. Thanks for the suggestions as we will probably down load a book but we still will miss our hard copy. We are Luddites.
Posted by
Edmonds, WA
63 posts
I suggest you email the Rick Steves’ office here in Edmonds, WA. They may have a suggestion. Either merchandise sales rep or tour department.
K
Posted by
Columbus, OH, USA
2026 posts
Good luck from a fellow Luddite!
Posted by
Rick Steves' Europe
16893 posts
The only location suggested for Portugal by Rick's publisher is FNAC, probably the one that you already tried:
FNAC Chiado,
Rua Nova do Almada 110,
Baixa,
Lisbon
Posted by
OP
Dallas, TX, usa
323 posts
We searched FNAC yesterday to no avail. Lot's of Lonely Planets but no RS books.
Thanks for all the helpful responses.