Spain Portugal category: 3192 books

Valencia has a curious charm all its own. There are remnants of ancient history dating back to 138 B.C. rubbing shoulders with ultra-modern buildings that have sprung up since the America’s Cup was held here twice in the last few years.  The Costa Blanca is a holiday paradise on the Mediterranean...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Mallorca is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Take a scenic drive on the sinuous road to Sa Calobra, visit the isolated Platja des Coll...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Pocket Tenerife is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, celebrate...

Málaga is the gateway to the Costa del Sol in southern Spain. Many visitors leave quickly on their way to the popular beach resorts and never give Málaga more than a quick look. But Málaga is a lively, vibrant city with much to offer and you could spend an entire holiday in the...

Ibiza hosts some of Spain’s most popular nightclubs and bars and is well known for its party atmosphere. Dive into the sea, lie on one of the island beaches, enjoy a mojito and dance the night away. However, the merriments are limited to just a few areas and there is much more to see and do on this...

Funny, touching, and inspiring! A book about REALLY walking the Camino de Santiago!   Perhaps it was the onset of middle-age or just too much diet cola, but in the Spring of 2010, Canadian boy, Randall St. Germain felt called to take on the 800 kilometer, or 500 mile Camino...

Colour photographs (with captions) of a budget Spanish holiday and useful background information about Malaga -Torremolinos situated on the Costa del Sol, Spain. (Including a brief log and a day visit to The Rock of Gibraltar.) A wide range of topics are covered comprising an interesting history of...

Cadiz was founded 3000 years ago by the Phoenicians. Today it is the oldest city in Western Europe. Due to its geography position Cadiz has always been one of the first links of Spain world. Christopher Columbus himself began his travels to America from the coast of Cadiz. A mix of ancient history...

The Rock of Gibraltar is a beautiful outcrop close to Spain’s Costa del Sol. For more than two centuries it has been a possession of the United Kingdom. Gibraltar's interesting caves and labyrinthine tunnels fascinate its visitors.   TABLE OF CONTENTS:  Introduction to Gibraltar - Culture...

Part travelogue, part diary, part history of this hidden corner of Spain, In Extremadura is also a tragi-comic treatise on the nature of mortality, and a love letter to cinema & literature. It veers from the films of Orson Welles and Luis Bunuel to meditations on torture, terrorism and Welsh holidays,...

Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia, is up there with the most visited urban destinations in the world – and it really is worlds apart. But what makes this city special? According to so many glossy tourist magazines and travel guides, visitors should dwell enthusiastically on outrageous and otherworldly...

Herbert E. Bolton (1870-1953) was a distinguished historian who received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin and a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1899. He was a Harrison Fellow while at Pennsylvania. Bolton quickly became an expert on Spanish colonies in the New World. Professor...

In 1901, the year the six Australian colonies federated to become one country, revolution was being plotted across the world. Publicised in the newspapers and carried by migrants along global trade routes, the anarchist movement appeared prepared for a long period of power as one of the world’s...

From the internationally renowned author of The Impostor, a courageous journey into his own family history and that of a country collapsing from a fratricidal war--his most moving, most personal book, one he has spent his entire life preparing to write. Javier Cercas grew up hearing the legend...