Spain 2018 RS Guidebook vs Best of Spain

Maybe your local library has them and you can check them out, then decide. If it has one of them, check it out and buy the other. I don’t know what the differences are.

If you go to the Shop Online section of this website and look for each of those books, you'll find some details about the guides that may help you, including a brief blurb in answer to the question "Is this the right book for me?"

I bought Best of Spain in April (because it was just released in March and because we are only spending 4 days in Barcelona this year).

In comparison to full Rick Steves books that I've bought in the past (for England, Belgium, Great Britain, and Germany), I think that Best of Spain has 50-70% as much details, but more color and nicer paper.

I'm happy that I bought Best of Spain, because we are taking a quick first trip to Spain. If I was spending 2-3 weeks in Spain or it was my second trip, I might buy the Spain 2018 instead. The costs were the same when I ordered on amazon.com.

"Best of Spain has 50-70% as much details, but more color and nicer paper. "

That is indeed the difference between the regular country guides and the "Best of" country guides. If you go the Best of Spain page on this website, then the "Is This The Right Guidebook For Me?," here's what it says:

What's the difference between this Best of Spain guidebook and Rick's complete Spain guidebook?

Rick Steves Spain, the complete guide, offers more coverage of more destinations in a mostly black-and-white format, and is updated annually.

The shorter Best of Spain guidebook focuses on Spain's top destinations and sights, is in full color, and is updated every other year.