Spanien Rough Guides
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The Rough Guide to Spain is the definitive handbook to one of Europe's most thrilling countries. Features include:
? Full-colour section introducing Spain's highlights.
? Lively accounts of all the sights, from the mesmerizing Moorish monuments of Andalucía to Gaudi's spectacular masterpieces in Catalunya.
? Practical tips on a host of activities, from windsurfing in Tarifa to walking the Camino de Santiago.
? Insiders' reviews of the best places to eat, drink and stay, to suit all budgets.
? Expert coverage of Spain's history, music, architecture and arts, with the lowdown on the country's fiestas and other special events.
? Maps and plans for every region.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
COLOUR SECTION
Colour map of the country
Where to go
When to go
Things not to miss
BASICS
Getting there
Visas and red tape
Health
Insurance
Information, websites and maps
Costs, money and banks
Getting around
Communication: post, phones, internet and the media
Accommodation
Eating and drinking
Opening hours and public holidays
Fiestas
Bullfights
Football
Music
Trouble, the police and sexual harassment
Work
Travellers with disabilities
Senior travellers
Gay and lesbian travellers
Travelling with children
Directory
GUIDE
1 MADRID
Highlights
Orientation, arrival and information
City transport
Accommodation
The City
Restaurants and tapas bars
Nightlife
Performance: music, film and theatre
Shopping
Listings
Travel details
2 AROUND MADRID
Highlights
Toledo
Aranjuez and Chinchon
El Escorial, El Valle de los Caídos and the Sierra de Guadarrama
Ávila
The Sierra de Gredos
Segovia and around Alacalá de Henares, Nuevo Baztán, Guadalajara and the Alcarria
Travel details
3 NEW CASTILE AND EXTREMADURA
Highlights
Sigüenza
Cuenca and around Albacete Province
Consuegra
Ciudad Real
The Montes de Toledo
La Vera and the Monasterio de Yuste Plasencia
Las Hurdes and the Sierra de Gata
Parque Natural de Monfragüe
Trujillo
Guadalupe
Cáceres
Arroyo and Alcántara
Mérida
Badajoz
Southern Extremadura
Travel details
4 ANDALUCÍA
Highlights
Málaga
El Chorro Gorge and Antequera
East from Málaga: the coast to Almería
The Costa del Sol resorts
Gibraltar
Algeciras
Ronda
Sevilla
The Sierra Morena
The Costa de la Luz
Cádiz
Huelva Province
Córdoba
Jaén Province
Granada
The Sierra Nevada
Las Alpujarras
Guadix
Almería Province
Travel details
5 OLD CASTILE AND LEÓN
Highlights
Salamanca and around
Ciudad Rodrigo and the Sierra Peña de Francia
Zamora
Valladolid
Palencia
Castles south of the Duero
Along the Duero: Valladolid to Soria
Soria and around
Río Lobos Canyon and the Sierra de Urbión
Logroño
Around La Rioja
Burgos
Southeast of Burgos
León
Astorga and beyond
Travel details
6 EUSKAL HERRIA: THE PAÍS VASCO AND NAVARRA
Highlights
Irún and around
San Sebastián
A circuit through Gipuzkoa
The Costa Vasca
Bilbao
Inland routes from Bilbao
Vitoria and around
Pamplona
Southern Navarra
The Pilgrim Route
The Pyrenees
Travel details
7 CANTABRIA AND ASTURIAS
Highlights
Santander
East along the coast to Castro Urdiales
Santillana and the prehistoric caves
South of Santander: Reinosa and the Ebro
The coast: Comillas to Unquera
The Picos de Europa
The coast: Llanes to Gijón
Gijón and Avilés
Oviedo
Avilés and Ovieda to Galicia
Travel details
8 GALICIA
Highlights
The north coast
A Coruña
Inland to Santiago
Santiago de Compostela
The Costa da Morte
Ría de Arousa
Ría de Pontevedra
Ría de Vigo
The coastal route towards
Portugal
Along the Miñho
Travel details
9 ARAGÓN
Highlights
Zaragoza
Around Zaragoza
Tarazona and around
Calatayud, Piedra and Daroca
Teruel
Albarracín
El Maestrazgo
The Aragonese Pyrenees
Huesca and around
Jaca and around
Echo and Ansó
Parque Nacional de Ordesa
Benasque and around
Travel details
10 BARCELONA
Highlights
Orientation
Arrival
Information
City transport
Accommodation
The Ramblas and the Old Town
Ciutadella to Montjüic
The Eixample
The suburbs
Out of the city
Eating
Drinking and nightlife
Music, the arts and festivals
Shopping and markets
Listings
Travel details
11 CATALUNYA
Highlights
The Costa Brava
Blanes
Lloret de Mar
Tossa de Mar
Sant Feliu to Palamós
Palafrugell and around
Inland: La Bisbal, Pals and Torroella
L?Escala and Empúries
Figueres and around The Golf de Roses
Cadaqués
El Port de la Selva and Sant Pere de Rodes Llançà, Colera and Portbou
Girona
Banyoles
Besalú
The Garrotxa region
Olot
The Montseny region
Vic
Ripoll
Northeast: the Romanesque Trail
The Upper Freser Valley and Núria
Berguedà
To the French border: the Cerdanya
La Seu d?Urgell
Andorra
The Noguera Pallaresa Valley
The Vall d?Aran
Parc Nacional d?Aigüestortes i
Estany de Sant Maurici
Sitges
Vilanova i la Geltrú
Tarragona
Salou-Cambrils
Tortosa
The Delta de l?Ebre
Inland: the route to Lleida
Lleida
Travel details
12 VALENCIA AND MURCIA
Highlights
Valencia
The Costa del Alzahar
The Costa Blanca
Alicante
Elche and Orihuela
Murcia
The coast south of Torrevieja
Cartagena
The Golfo de Mazarrón
Inland to Lorca
Travel details
13 THE BALEARICS
Highlights
Ibiza
Formentera
Mallorca
Menorca
Travel details
CONTEXTS
The Historical Framework
Architecture
Spanish Painting
Wildlife
Music
Cinema
Books
Language
Glossary
INDEX AND SMALL PRINT
Full index
Twenty years of Rough Guides
Rough Guide Credits
Publishing information
Help us update
Acknowledgements
Readers? letters
Photo credits
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