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CONTENTS

THIS IS SPAIN 10

SPAIN’S TOP 25 EXPERIENCES 13

SPAIN’S TOP ITINERARIES 31

PLANNING YOUR TRIP 39

MADRID 51MADRID HIGHLIGHTS 54MADRID’S BEST... 58THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 59DISCOVER MADRID 60Orientation 61Information 61Sights 62Activities 70Courses 70Madrid for Children 70Tours 70Festivals & Events 70

Sleeping 72Eating 74Drinking 76Entertainment 79Shopping 82Getting There & Away 83Getting Around 84

BARCELONA 85BARCELONA HIGHLIGHTS 88BARCELONA’S BEST... 94THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 95DISCOVER BARCELONA 96History 97Orientation 100Information 100Sights 100Courses 109Barcelona for Children 109Tours 109

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Festivals & Events 110Sleeping 110Eating 112Drinking 114Entertainment 115Shopping 116Getting There & Away 117Getting Around 118AROUND BARCELONA 118Sitges 118Montserrat 119

CENTRAL SPAIN 121CENTRAL SPAIN HIGHLIGHTS 124CENTRAL SPAIN’S BEST... 128THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 129CENTRAL SPAIN ITINERARIES 130DISCOVER CENTRAL SPAIN 132CASTILLA Y LEÓN 132Ávila 132Salamanca 134Sierra de Francia 136Segovia 136León 139Burgos 140CASTILLA-LA MANCHA 142Toledo 142Almagro 145Consuegra 146Campo de Criptana 147Cuenca 147EXTREMADURA 148Cáceres 148Trujillo 150Guadalupe 151Mérida 152Zafra 153

CATALONIA & ARAGÓN 155CATALONIA & ARAGÓN HIGHLIGHTS 158CATALONIA & ARAGÓN’S BEST... 162THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 163

CATALONIA & ARAGÓN ITINERARIES 164DISCOVER CATALONIA & ARAGÓN 166CATALONIA 166Costa Brava 166The Pyrenees 173Central Catalonia 175Costa Daurada 175ARAGÓN 179Zaragoza 179The North (The Pyrenees) 184The South 185

SPAIN’S NORTH COAST 187SPAIN’S NORTH COAST HIGHLIGHTS 190SPAIN’S NORTH COAST’S BEST... 196THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 197SPAIN’S NORTH COAST ITINERARIES 198DISCOVER SPAIN’S NORTH COAST 200BASQUE COUNTRY 200Bilbao 200Central Basque Coast 204San Sebastián 204NAVARRA 209The Pyrenees 209LA RIOJA 210Briones 210Laguardia 210Around Laguardia 211CANTABRIA 211Eastern Cantabria 212Western Cantabria 212ASTURIAS 214West Coast 214Picos de Europa 215GALICIA 216Santiago de Compostela 216Rías Altas 220Costa da Morte 221The East 221

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SPAIN’S EAST COAST & ISLANDS 223EAST COAST & ISLANDS HIGHLIGHTS 226EAST COAST & ISLANDS’ BEST... 230THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 231EAST COAST & ISLANDS ITINERARIES 232DISCOVER SPAIN’S EAST COAST & ISLANDS 234VALENCIA 234Valencia City 234El Maestrazgo 240Costa Blanca 242BALEARIC ISLANDS 243Mallorca 243Ibiza (Eivissa) 248Menorca 251MURCIA 254Murcia City 254Cartagena 255

ANDALUCÍA 257ANDALUCÍA HIGHLIGHTS 260ANDALUCÍA’S BEST... 266THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW 267ANDALUCÍA ITINERARIES 268DISCOVER ANDALUCÍA 270History 270SEVILLE 270Information 270Sights 271Seville for Children 276Tours 277Festivals & Events 277Sleeping 277Eating 278Drinking 278Entertainment 278Getting There & Away 279Getting Around 279Around Seville 280

CÁDIZ PROVINCE 280Cádiz 280Jerez de la Frontera 283Arcos de la Frontera 285Southern Costa de la Luz 286Tarifa 287MÁLAGA PROVINCE 289Málaga 289Costa del Sol 293Ronda 295CÓRDOBA PROVINCE 296Córdoba 296Around Córdoba 300GRANADA PROVINCE 300Granada 300Around Granada 307Sierra Nevada 308Las Alpujarras 309JAÉN PROVINCE 309Baeza 309ALMERÍA PROVINCE 311Around Almería 311Cabo de Gata 311

SPAIN IN FOCUS 313FAMILY TRAVEL 314FLAMENCO 316HISTORY 319MASTER PAINTERS 330SPANISH ARCHITECTURE 334SPANISH WINE 338SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL 340THE SPANISH KITCHEN 342

DIRECTORY & TRANSPORT 347DIRECTORY 348Accommodation 348Climate Charts 350Customs 351Dangers & Annoyances 351Discount Cards 352Embassies & Consulates 353

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Food 355Gay & Lesbian Travellers 355Health 356Holidays 358Insurance 358Internet Access 358Legal Matters 359Maps 359Money 360Shopping 361Telephone 362Time 363Tourist Information 364Travellers with Disabilities 364Visas 365Women Travellers 365TRANSPORT 366Getting There & Away 366Getting Around 367

GLOSSARY 374

BEHIND THE SCENES 376

INDEX 382

LEGEND 392

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