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A brilliant and fascinating portrait of medieval Spain explores the golden age when Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together in an atmosphere of tolerance. of photos. 3 maps.

You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Sevilla, Granada, and Southern Spain. In this compact guide, Rick Steves covers the best of Granada, Sevilla, Córdoba, Andalucía, and Spain's southern coast. With Rick's helpful hints, you'll learn how...

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The Vía de la Plata was originally a Roman Road linking Asturias in the north of Spain with the port of Cadiz in the south. Its name means The Silver Route. Beginning in about the 9th century, as Santiago de Compostela was becoming known as a Christian pilgrimage site, it also began to be used by...

La Palma is the fifth largest of the Canary Islands and is located just two hundred kilometres from the Moroccan coast in the Atlantic Ocean. Los Cancajos, near to the island’s capital of Santa Cruz de La Palma is the largest holiday centre and is located close to La Palma airport.

This guidebook explores six of Andalucía's most beautiful Natural Parks - the Sierra Nevada regions of Aracena, Grazalema, Los Alcornocales and Gaucín, La Axarquía, the Alpujarras and Cazorla - along the great belt of the Cordillera Bética mountains. The 36 half- and full-day walks are mostly...

Our illustrated travel guide will introduce you to the idyllic isle of Tenerife. It's the perfect all-season vacation destination and one of the only places in Europe for guaranteed winter sun. Contents Introducing Tenerife Weather and Climate Tourist Cities -- Los Cristianos -- Puerto de la Cruz...

I used to get extremely burnt out in my old job and couldn’t even handle finding and booking a hotel, flight or finding out what to do for a break. I thought “Wouldn’t it be awesome if someone would write a guide that gave you one perfect escape; the perfect hotel, spa, flight and restaurant.”...

The Canary Islands (Spanish: Islas Canarias) are an Atlantic territory of Spain on the west coast of Africa, near to Morocco, Cape Verde and the archipelagos of the Azores Islands and Madeira Islands. Gran Canaria is the largest island by population, its capital city (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) has...

Do you like discovering beautiful regions? So, welcome to Zaragoza, the capital of Aragon, Spain, a beautiful city in a great country, offering many landscapes, a rich and varied architecture, perfect reflection of the history and the mixture of cultures that characterize this region . Discover...

Squeezed between more powerful France and Spain, Catalonia has endured a violent history. Its medieval empire that conquered Naples, Sicily and Athens was crushed by Spain. Its geography, with the Pyrenees falling sharply to the rugged Costa Brava, is tormented, too. Michael Eaude traces this history...

Lanzarote is a popular holiday destination in the Atlantic Ocean and it is the fourth largest Canary Island (after Fuerteventura, Tenerife and Gran Canaria). It is located about 1000 km from mainland Spain and 127 km from the African coast.  As a part of Spain, it retains an upscale, European...

A short-break, budget holiday which includes visits to Palma Cathedral, Arenal, Palma Nova and the Tramuntana Mountains in N.W. Majorca.

Malaga is one of the largest cities in southern Spain and one of the most important tourist destinations of Spain, Europe and the Mediterranean. Malaga is the capital and geographical center of the Costa del Sol tourist area, which stretches from Nora to Manila, with 160 km coastline. Its population...