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Barcelona is the largest city and capital of the Catalan region in Spain and is the country's second largest city, with a population of 1.6 million people. The city is situated on the northeastern coast of the Mediterranean and has a rich history and culture that is quite distinct from its rival,...

Seductive, sunbaked and hedonistic, the city of Sevilla embodies the romance of southern Spain. Admire the city’s amazing architectural heritage, gaze upon the canvases of the Golden Age of Spanish painting or become entranced by the flamenco; Footprint Seville covers all the top attractions in...

Women played an integral role in the Spanish Civil War. In fact, women’s participation in the anti-fascist resistance constituted one of the greatest mass political mobilizations of women in Spain’s history. Milicianas provides a comprehensive picture of what life was like for the women who fought...

Devised with the aim of linking the two great seas that cradle Andalucía, the Andalucian Coast to Coast Walk crosses the heart of southern Spain, from the small Mediterranean village of Maro to Bolonia beach on the Atlantic seaboard, a day's walk from the bustling port of Tarifa. A village-to-village...

Mallorca is a beautiful island. Long sandy beaches and isolated rocky coves are framed by sapphire seas and backed by dramatic mountain peaks, while olive groves and vineyards are found in the interior. The largest of Spain's Balearic Islands, Mallorca also offers a wealth of attractions, ranging...

Berlitz Pocket Guides: iconic style, a bestselling brand, this is the quintessential pocket-sized travel guide to Tenerife, and now comes with a bilingual dictionary Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide with new bilingual dictionary is a...

"The brave men didn't kill the dragons; The brave men rode them." Come with Jessi as she faces her dragon and biggest fear: Completing the Camino de Santiago, a four hundred mile trek across Spain.

Gregarious and sophisticated, Madrid is also Spain's political and economic hub. The Spanish capital is a city of barrios, or quarters, each of which revels in its own individuality. Be inspired to visit by the brand new Insight Guide Explore Madrid, the ideal pocket companion for your trip: a full-colour...

Benito Pérez Galdós (1843–1920) is revered as Spain’s greatest nineteenth-century author. Writing in the realist tradition of Dickens, Zola and Balzac, he described life in Madrid with unequalled fidelity. In addition, he was unique among novelists of his time in his knowledge of medicine, revealed...

The so-called ‘Baron von König’ has been of interest to historians of the Spanish anarchist and anarcho-syndicalist movements since 1918, mainly because of his relationship with Superintendent Manuel Bravo Portillo, head of the Barcelona’s Special Services Brigade (the then Brigada Politico-Social);...

These essays were originally published between 2004 and 2008 as the “Capital Letters” column in “The New Entertainer”, an English-language newspaper based in Mojácar and distributed principally to the large population of British ex-pats and other foreign nationals based in the Múrcia region...

A landmark account that reveals the long history behind the current Catalan and Scottish independence movements A distinguished historian of Spain and Europe provides an enlightening account of the development of nationalist and separatist movements in contemporary Catalonia and Scotland. This...

The Spanish Caribbean and the Atlantic World in the Long Sixteenth Century breaks new ground in articulating the early Spanish Caribbean as a distinct and diverse group of colonies loosely united under Spanish rule for roughly a century prior to the establishment of other European colonies. In...

The concept of vital force – the immanent energy that promotes the processes of life in the body and in nature – has proved a source of endless fascination and controversy. Indeed, the question of what vitalizes the body has haunted humanity since antiquity, and became even more pressing during...