Spain Portugal category: 3192 books

(approx. 146 pages) Our illustrated travel guide features of the best information from an experienced traveler as well as other local resources. It's just what you need to help you to plan your trip in advance and to accompany you on-the-ground. Finding...

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Mallorca, the largest of the Balearic Islands in Spain. Mallorca is known as an easy-to-reach mecca for fans of sunny beaches, amazing landscapes, wonderful mountains and affordable Mediterranean food.  With a coastline of more than 550km, the island...

My love affair with Nerja and this part of Andalucia stemmed from my business - selling and renting properties there. The more I visited the area the more I came to love it. I have tried to convey here the feelings that I got when I first visited this area. The feelings of freedom, of a strong nation...

In Granada, the Nazrids sought to create a paradise on earth and in the opulent splendour and beauty of the Alhambra, the wistful memory of that lost empire endures. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1984, the Alhambra draws two million visitors a year, making it one of Spain's most popular tourist attractions.

The Camino de Santiago has experienced a striking revival. Cutting across Spain from the Pyrenees in the east, to Santiago de Compostela in the west, it leads you through the varied and beautiful ancient kingdoms of northern Spain. This Footprint Handbook provides invaluable information on transport,...

Enclosed neatly between the covers of this book, more trials and tribulations, triumphs and turnabouts await the reader than you could shake a hiking staff at. Unlike other authors of famed books about legendary trails, Michael Keane actually completes his pilgrimages before writing a book—twice,...

This is the annotated edition including a detailed biographical primer on the life and works of the author. Here is another volume of Washington Irving's delightful Miscellanies, drawn " from the enchanted fountains of old Spanish chronicles." "Few events in history," prefaces...

In November 1528, almost a century before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, the remnants of a Spanish expedition reached the Gulf Coast of Texas. By July 1536, eight years later, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (c. 1490–1559) and three other survivors had walked 2,500 miles from Texas, across...

Tourists are increasingly discovering the eastern Costa del Sol on the coast of Spain’s Axarquía province. Here the cliffs meet the Mediterranean Sea and the charming seaside resort of Nerja is nestled in the foothills of the dramatic Sierra Almijara.    TABLE OF CONTENTS:  Introduction...

Majismo, a cultural phenomenon that embodied the popular aesthetic in Spain from the second half of the eighteenth century, served as a vehicle to “regain” Spanish heritage. As expressed in visual representations of popular types participating in traditional customs and wearing garments viewed...

Barcelona, one of the finest cities in the world, is a place all traveler must visit. With her rich culture together with modern attractions, Barcelona is sure to capture your impression for life! This Barcelona guide ebook will bring the wonders of this city right to you. If you decide to...

The Wayward Pilgrim is an account of the desultory pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain made by a professor of Spanish on Sabbatical leave from the Salisbury University in Maryland. The professor undertakes the pilgrimage not as a religious experience but as an attempt to better understand...

Andalusia (Spain) Travel Guide - Tiki Travel The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected....

In this guide, a resident of the country delves into every province and town of Southern Spain. He tells of the history and culture, and provides innumerable useful traveling tips. Everything is explored - the cities, the parks, the islands, the mountains, the foods. The book focuses on the southern...