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SEND US YOUR FEEDBACK We love to hear from travellers – your comments keep us on our toes and help make our books better. Our well-travelled team reads every word on what you loved or loathed about this book. Although we cannot reply individually to your submissions, we always guarantee that your feed-back goes straight to the appropriate authors, in time for the next edition. Each person who sends us information is thanked in the next edition – the most useful submissions are rewarded with a selection of digital PDF chapters.

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OUR READERSMany thanks to the travellers who used the last edition and wrote to us with helpful hints, useful advice and interesting anecdotes: Amanda McGough, Anaëlle Gourlet, Anne Hodges, Brett Crawford, David Allan, Erik Kamman, Greg Kroll, Jean Simon, Joël Graf, Johanna Akkerman, John Havercroft, John Peckham, Jose Bezares, Juhani Myllynen, Jurek Romaniec, Karine Hallé, Karla Bohn, Katia Moretti, Lee Blumner, Maresha Hoddenbach, Nick de Ruiter, Sabita Soneji, Sally Norris, Sarah Grief, Selwyn Allen, Stefanie von Zeschau, Stephen Barber, Stuart Cook, Timothy Coates, Tone Earwaker, Tony Furse, Zohra Naciri

AUTHOR THANKSAnthony HamSpecial thanks once again to Itziar Herrán, and to the many locals (in tourist offices and elsewhere) who sent me off in new and enticing directions, especially Lucia (Medinaceli), Roberto (Astorga), Fernando (El Burgo de Osma), Ana (Zamora) and Josefina (Gui-juelo). Thanks also to Lorna Parkes, Cliff Wilkinson, Darren O’Connell and all the wonderful Spain au-thors. And to Marina, Carlota and Valentina – you are everything that is good about this wonderful country.

Sally DaviesThanks chiefly go to my Barcelona support team, especially Mary-Ann Gallagher and Matthew Wrigley,

but also Sarah Davison, Aurélie Herrou, Jane Darroch and John O’Donovan. Thanks to Regis St Louis for fielding questions and sharing intel, and hat tip to foodies Buster Turner, Paul Richardson and Llibert Figueras for some excellent lunches. Extra special thanks to Tess, for putting up with it all.

Bridget GleesonThank you to my Spanish friends in Madrid, Pam-plona, and Mallorca for the warm welcome they’ve shown me in their country over the years – and on this trip, especially Carlota. Thanks to the sisters at Pensión Lorea in San Sebastián for their practical advice and insights into Basque Country. As ever, I’m grateful to all the travellers and Lonely Planet readers I met on the road – your perspective and enthusiasm for Spain inspired me.

Anita IsalskaWarmest thanks to everyone who enlivened my re-search trip with humour and local tips. Thank you in particular to Tony Capanna for the hiking expertise; Maxim and Laura, for cultural insights and under-cover Sitges; the Catalan Tourist Board team for information galore; and Normal Matt for his endless good cheer and mountain driving skills.

Isabella NobleGracias to everyone who helped out on the road, whether knowingly or not. Cheers to Karissa in Extremadura; Sonia, Manuela, Nacho, Eneida and Eneida in Santander; and Emma in Asturias. Thanks to my hardworking co-authors, to Jacky and Sarah

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for support, and to Andrew for keeping me out late in Santande. Extra special thanks to Papi, my favourite wine- and tapas-tasting companion.

John NobleSpecial thanks to Jesús and Rosa on the Costa da Morte and to fellow author Izzy for help and constant chatter!

Josephine QuintaroJosephine would like to extend a mighty grand gracias to the numerous staff at the various tourist offices. She would also like to thank Robin Chapman for joining her in all that dining and wining research, as well as Jorge Guzman, a valuable contact in Málaga along with all her Spanish malagueño friends who provided endless advice and tips. Finally she would like to thank Lorna Parkes and everyone else involved in the title at Lonely Planet.

Brendan SainsburyThanks to all the untold bus drivers, chefs, hotel receptionists, tour guides, and innocent bystanders who helped me during this research. Special thanks to my wife Liz and ten-year-old son Kieran for their company on the road. Thanks also to Miguel de Cervantes for writing a very funny book.

Regis St LouisI’m grateful to the many friends and acquaintances who provided guidance and tips along the way. Biggest thanks go to co-author Sal Davies for all her assistance, including the temporary crash pad, and to kind hosts Xabi and Lucia in El Born. Thanks

also to Cristiano Nogueira for making the detour from France. Finally, big hugs to my family for all their support.

Andy SymingtonI owe thanks to numerous people along the way who provided me with information and company. I am lucky enough to have a group of wonderful and generous friends in Valencia who helped with every facet of research and provided brilliant hospitality. I’m grateful to all, but especially to Rosa Martínez Sala, Delfina Soria Bonet, Dolors Roca Ferrerfab-rega, Enrique Lapuente Ojeda, Adrián Lapuente Roca and Laura Martínez Rudilla, who went out of their way to assist me. Thanks to Richard Wheatley for a great weekend of hardcore tapas research; thanks also to Eduardo Cuadrado Diago, Richard Prowse, Joan Francesc Peris García, to the Lonely Planet team, Anthony Ham, my co-authors and to my family for their constant support.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSClimate map data adapted from Peel MC, Finlayson BL & McMahon TA (2007) ‘Updated World Map of the Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification’, Hydrol-ogy and Earth System Sciences, 11, 163344.Barcelona metro map © Ferrocarril Metropolità de Barcelona, SA 2011.Illustrations pp90-1, 242-3, 252-3, 268-9, 580-81, 642-3 and 658-9 by Javier ZarracinaCover photograph: Mezquita, Córdoba, Matteo Colombo/AWL.

THIS BOOKThis 11th edition of Lonely Planet’s Spain guidebook was curated by Anthony Ham and researched and written by Anthony Ham, Sally Davies, Bridget Gleeson, Anita Isalska, Isabella Noble, John Noble, Josephine Quintaro, Brendan Sainsbury, Regis St Louis and Andy Symington. This guide-book was commissioned in

Lonely Planet’s London office, and produced by the following:Destination Editors Lorna Parkes, Clifton WilkinsonProduct Editors Kirsten Rawlings, Vicky Smith, Luna SooSenior Cartographer Anthony PhelanBook Designers Mazzy Prinsep, Wendy WrightAssisting Editors Helen Koehne, Victoria Harrison,

Jodie Martire, Charlotte Orr, Jeanette WallAssisting Cartographers Julie Dodkins, David KempAssisting Book Designer Wibowo RusliCover Researcher Naomi ParkerThanks to Carolyn Boicos, Joel Cotterell, Kate James, Anne Mason, Kathryn Rowan, Ross Taylor, Angela Tinson, Amanda Williamson

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Index

Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000

AA Coruña 519-21, 518 A Guarda 538-9Abd ar-Rahman I 781absinthe 285accommodation 812-16, see

also individual locationscamping 813casas rurales 813language 834-5refugios 55, 814-15

activities 28-32, see also individual activities, individual locations

Aguilar de Campóo 177Águilas 772Aiguablava 307Aínsa 382-3, 387, 387air travel

airlines 826airports 826to/from Spain 825-6within Spain 828

Albarracín 396-8, 387, 386-7, 799

Alburquerque 569-70Alcalá De Henares 139Alcalá del Júcar 222Alcántara 555Alcázar (Seville) 582-6Aldeadávila 154Algodonales 630Alhambra 13, 657-61, 658-9,

12, 658-9, 674-5Alicante 758-61, 759Almagro 220-1Al-Mansour 782Almería 717-21Almería 717-26Almodóvar, Pedro 100, 794Almuñécar 683-4Alquézar 384-8, 387, 386

Altamira 470, 473, 472altitude sickness 818amusement parks 62

Aqualandia 757Dinópolis 394Fort Bravo 722Isla Mágica 590Oasys Mini Hollywood

721-2Parc d’Atraccions

(Barcelona) 265PortAventura 357Terra Mítica 757Tivoli World 692

Andalucía 67, 574-652, 576-7accommodation 574climate 574food 45, 574highlights 576-7itineraries 630, 630travel seasons 574

Andalucía’s south coast 68, 653-726, 654-5

accommodation 653climate 653food 653highlights 654-5travel seasons 653

Andorra 337animals 492-3, see also

individual speciesAnsó 375-6Antequera 696-8aquariums

Acuario de Zaragoza 367Aquarium Finisterrae 519San Sebastián 417Barcelona 251Oceanogràfic 730

aqueducts 158, 357, 398Arab baths, see bathhouses,

hammamsAracena 608-10Aragón 66, 362-98, 363,

386-7accommodation 362

climate 362food 362, 377highlights 363, 386-7travel seasons 362

Aranjuez 137-8archaeological museums

Casa del Obispo 611L’Alcúdia 764Museo Arqueológico

(Córdoba) 645 Museo Arqueológico

(Seville) 590Museo Arqueológico

(Villena) 762Museo Arqueológico de

Asturias 476Museo Arqueológico

Municipal (Cartagena) 771

Museo Arqueológico Nacional 98

Museo Arqueológico Provincial 758

Museo Arqueológico y de Historia de Elche 765

Museo de Arte Visigodo 567-8

Museo de las Termas Públicas 367-8

Museo de Prehistoria y Arqueología de Cantabria 458

Museo del Foro de Caesaraugusta 367

Museo del Teatro de Caesaraugusta 366

Museo Nacional de Arque-ología Subacuática 770

Museo Nacional de Arte Romano 567

Museu Nacional Arque-ològic de Tarragona 355

archaeological sitesAmfiteatre Romà 356-7Antequera 696Arqueositio Cántabro-

Romano de Camesa- Rebolledo 467

Atapuerca 187, 192

Baelo Claudia 634Banys Àrabs (Girona)

314-15Casa dos Mosaicos 545Castro de Coaña 489Cuevas de Santimamiñe

414Empúries 318Museu d’Història de

Tarragona 355-6Museu i Necròpolis

Paleocristians 357Necrópolis Romana 600Passeig Arqueològic

Muralles 357Roman Walls (Lugo) 544Segóbriga 230 Zona Arqueológica de

Morería 568architecture 62, 797-805,

see also Modernista architecture, notable buildings

art deco 801baroque 801books 801Bourbon 789Gaudí, Antoni 262-3Gothic 799-801Islamic 25Modernisme 801Moorish 674-5, 781,

782, 798Mudéjar 395, 590Romanesque 177,

799-801Arcos de la Frontera 627-8Ardales 695-6area codes 822Arenas de Cabrales 498-9Ares 751Arraioz 441Arriondas 495-6Arroyuelos 468art 25, 797-805, see also

cave art, public art, statues & monuments

Golden Age 801

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art continuedinternet resources 804Romanesque 270

art galleries, see also museums, religious art museums

Artium 432Caixa Forum (Madrid) 97CaixaForum (Barcelona)

267-70Centre Pompidou

Málaga 685Centro de Arte Contem-

poráneo (Málaga) 688Centro de Arte Contem-

poráneo de Mijas 695Centro de Arte Reina

Sofía 16, 92, 16, 805Centro José

Guerrero 667Conjunto Monumental

de la Cartuja 590-1Ermita de San Antonio

de la Florida 100Fundació Antoni

Tàpies 259Fundació Joan Miró

265, 267Fundació Stämpfli Art

Contemporani 351Fundación Antonio Pérez

224-5 Hospital de la

Caridad 588Hospital de los Venera-

bles Sacerdotes 587Instituto Valenciano de

Arte Moderno 731MACBA (Museu d’Art

Contemporani de Barcelona) 241

Museo Carmen Thyssen 687

Museo de Arte Abstracto Español 223

Museo de Arte Contem-poránea de Vigo 535

Museo de Arte Contem-poráneo (Hecho) 374

Museo de Arte Contem-poráneo (León) 178

Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Alicante 758

Museo de Art Nouveau y Art Decó 147-8

Museo de Bellas Artes (Bilbao) 405

Museo de Bellas Artes (Murcia) 766-7

Museo de Bellas Artes (Seville) 588

Museo de Bellas Artes (Valencia) 731

Museo de Bellas Artes (Vitoria) 432

Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias 476

Museo de Pablo Gargallo 367

Museo del Grabado de Goya 371

Museo del Grabado Español 694

Museo del Greco 207Museo del Patriarca 735Museo del Prado 87-92,

90-1, 90-1Museo Goya Colección

Ibercaja 365-6Museo Guggenheim

Bilbao 17, 401-5, 17Museo Gustavo de

Maeztu 447Museo Julio Romero de

Torres 646Museo Lázaro

Galdiano 97Museo Patio

Herreriano 165Museo Pérez

Comendador- Leroux 563

Museo Picasso Málaga 685

Museo Ralli 694Museo Sorolla 101Museo Thyssen-

Bornemisza 93-4Museu Can Framis 251Museu d’Art (Girona) 313Museu d’Art Jaume

Morera 349Museu de Cadaqués

320-1Museu Episcopal 343-4Museu Nacional d’Art

de Catalunya (MNAC) 265, 270

Museu Picasso 249-50Patio de la Infanta 367Picasso Museum 140Real Academia de Bellas

Artes de San Fernando 83

Sala Fundación MAPFRE 260

Arties 342arts, see individual artsAstorga 183-5

Asturian Coast 18, 18Asturias 66, 473, 475-94,

459accommodation 457climate 457food 457, 463highlights 459travel seasons 457

Atienza 230-1Averroës 781Ávila 142-6, 144Avilés 486-7Aznar, José María 795

BBadajoz 573Baelo Claudia 634Baeza 709-11Bagergue 343Baiona 537-8Baqueira-Beret-

Bonaigua 343Barbary macaques 705Barbastro 390Barcelona 11, 65, 232-300,

234-5, 3, 10-11, 26accommodation 232,

272-7activities 271Barri Gòtic 236-41,

272-3, 277-9, 285-6, 291, 293-4, 238-9

cafes 286climate 232courses 271discount cards 247drinking 285-91El Call 241El Raval 241-5, 273-4,

279-80, 287, 292, 294, 238-9

entertainment 291-3events 272festivals 272food 232, 277-85Gràcia 260-4, 276, 283,

289, 292, 297, 261highlights 234history 233itineraries 255La Barceloneta 249-51,

274-5, 281, 288, 292, 296, 250

La Rambla 236-41, 272-3, 277-9, 285-6, 291, 293-4, 238-9, 242-3, 242-3

La Ribera 245-9, 274, 280-1, 287-8, 292, 294-5, 246

La Zona Alta 264-5, 276-7, 283-4, 289-90, 292, 297-8

L’Eixample 251-60, 275-6, 281-3, 288-9, 292, 296-7, 256-7

medical services 298Montjuïc 265-72, 277,

284-5, 290-1, 293, 298, 266, 268-9, 268-9

nightlife 285-91Pedralbes 264-5, 276-7,

283-4, 289-90, 292, 297-8

Poble Sec 265-72, 277, 284-5, 290-1, 293, 298, 266

safety 298Sant Antoni 265-72, 277,

284-5, 290-1, 293, 298shopping 293-300sights 233-71tourist information 298tours 271-2travel seasons 232travel to/from 299travel within 299-300walking tours 244, 244

Bares Peninsula 524-5Barranco de Poqueira 681Barrio de las Letras 83Basque Country 66, 399,

401-36, 400accommodation 399climate 399culture 428-9food 42, 399, 413highlights 400language 429, 838, 839travel seasons 399

Basque language 429, 838, 839

bathhouses 674, 675Almería 718-19Granada 664Jaén 708Ronda 637Segura de la Sierra 717Valencia 731

bathrooms 822-3beaches 26, 61, 306-7, 473

Aiguablava 307Almuñécar 683Bolonia 307Cabo de

Gata-Níjar 724Cuatro Calas 772Fornells 307, 306La Carihuela 692

Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000

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DEX B

- CPasseig Marítim de la

Barceloneta 251Platjes (Barcelona) 251Playa Burriana 698Playa de Aguilar 488Playa de Barayo 489Playa de Berria 465Playa de Cueva 489Playa de Gros 418-56Playa de Gulpiyuri 482-3Playa de la Ballota 486Playa de la Caleta 611Playa de la Concha (San

Sebastián) 307, 417Playa de la Victoria 611Playa de los

Eucaliptos 307Playa de Merón 475Playa de Ondarreta

419-20Playa de Oyambre 471Playa de Rodiles 483Playa de Somo 461Playa de Toranda 486Playa de Torimbia

307, 486Playa de

Valdearenas 465Playa del Puntal 461Playa del Sardinero 461Playa del Silencio 307,

488, 472Playa El Rosal 475Playas de Langre 465Praia A Lanzada 529Praia As Catedrais 307,

525, 307Praia da Mar de Fora 515Praia das Rodas 307Praia de Samil 535Sitges 351Tarifa 701Valencia 738

bears 490, 491, 493, 493Begur 310-11Benalmádena 692-3Benaocaz 630Benasque 383-4Benicàssim 749-50Benidorm 757Besalú 325-6Betanzos 521-2bicycle tours

Barcelona 271Madrid 102Málaga 688Valencia 736Vitoria 434

bicycle travel 828-9

Bienal de Flamenco 30-1Bilbao 17, 66, 399, 401-13,

400, 402-3, 17accommodation 399,

407-8climate 399drinking 410-11entertainment 411events 407 festivals 407food 399, 408-10highlights 400nightlife 410-11shopping 411-12sights 401-7tours 405travel seasons 399travel to/from 412-14travel within 412-13walking tour 406, 406

birdwatchingEl Rocío 606-7Laguna de

Gallocanta 391Laguna de Pitillas 444Lanjarón 679Loarre 389Parc Natural dels

Aiguamolls de l’Empordà 319

Parque Nacional de Doñana 606

Parque Nacional de Monfragüe 564

Parque Nacional Tablas de Daimiel 222

Vía Verde de la Sierra 633

Zaragoza 369Boabdil 784boat tours

Bilbao 405Cabo de Gata-Níjar 723San Sebastián 421

boat travelto/from Spain 828within Spain 829

Boí 339-40books 776, 796

architecture 801bullfighting 810flamenco 807football 809history 784, 790, 793Moorish history 780Spanish Civil War 791

border crossings 826-7Briones 454brown bear 490, 491,

493, 493

Bubión 681budget 21Bufones de Arenillas 485Buitrago 140bullfighting 809-10

books 810El Puerto de Santa

María 617museums 97-8, 588, 637Ronda 637Seville 588

Bulnes 500Buñol 748Burgos 186-90, 188Burguete 442Burgui 443Burguillos del Cerro 572bus tours

Barcelona 271Somontano Wine

Region 390Toledo 211

bus travel 826to/from Spain 826-7within Spain 829

business hours 820

CCabo de Gata-Níjar 19,

307, 722-5, 722, 19, 26, 306-7

Cabo Fisterra 515Cabo Ortegal 523-4Cáceres 549-54, 550Cadalso 468Cadaqués 320-2Cádiz 610-17, 612-13Cádiz province 610-35Caesaraugusta 366Calatañazor 200calçots 40Calella de Palafrugell 309Calp 756-7Camariñas 516-17Cambados 526-9Camino de Santiago 19,

54-7, 186, 231, 474, 799, 55, 19

Castilla y León 186, 185Galicia 546, 545 Navarra 447, 446La Rioja 447, 446

Camino Francés, see Camino de Santiago

Camp Nou 264, 293Campo de Criptana 217,

218-19Cangas de Onis 496-7

canoeing 60, 484 see kayaking

Cantabria 66, 458-75, 473, 459

accommodation 457climate 457food 457, 463highlights 459travel seasons 457

canyoning 57Alcalá del Júcar 222Alquézar 385Benasque 383Pallars Sobirà 338Parque Natural Sierra de

Grazalema 629Potes 501

Cap de Creus 322Cap de Sant Sebastià

309-10Capileira 681Capricho de Gaudí 471Cardona 346-7Carlos II 787-8Carmona 600-1Carnaval 28

Badajoz 573Bilbao 407Cádiz 613-14Carnaval de Águilas 772 Ciudad Rodrigo 153 San Sebastián 421Sitges 351

Cartagena 770-2car travel 829-30

car hire 830parking 829road rules 830

Casa Batlló 256-8, 262-3Casa Bruno Cuadros 243,

243Casa Olea 652casas colgadas 223Castelló d’Empúries 318-20castells 347, 357Castilla y León 64, 141-202,

143accommodation 141climate 141food 141, 151highlights 143travel seasons 141

Castilla-La Mancha 65, 203-31, 204

accommodation 203climate 203food 203, 215highlights 204travel seasons 203

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castles & fortressesAínsa 382Albarracín 396Alcalá del Júcar 222Alcazaba (Almería) 717-18Alcazaba

(Antequera) 696Alcazaba (Badajoz) 573Alcazaba (Málaga) 685Alcazaba (Mérida) 567 Alcázar de los Reyes

Cristianos 645Alcázar (Jerez de la

Frontera) 621Alcázar (Segovia) 159Alcázar (Seville) 582-6Alcázar (Toledo) 206-7Aracena 608-9Calatañazor 200Castell de Begur 311Castell de Cardona 346Castell de Gardeny 348Castell de la Suda 361Castell de Miravet 360Castell de Montjuïc 267Castell de Púbol 311Castell de

Sant Ferran 323Castelo de

Santa Cruz 538Castelo dos

Sarmento 542Castillo (Puebla de

Sanabria) 174 Castillo (Zamora) 171Castillo Árabe 631Castillo de Atalaya 763Castillo de Belmonte 218Castillo de Berlanga de

Duero 196Castillo de Burgos 187-8Castillo de Calatrava la

Nueva 221Castillo de Carlos V 430Castillo de Denia 754Castillo de Gibralfaro

687-8Castillo de Gormaz 196Castillo de Guzmán 700Castillo de la

Concepción 771Castillo de la Yedra 714Castillo de Loarre 389Castillo de los Condes 138Castillo de los

Mendoza 139

Castillo de Luna 569-70Castillo de

Monfragüe 564Castillo de Monterrei 547Castillo de Pedraza 163Castillo de Peñafiel 193Castillo de Peñíscola 750Castillo de Sagunto 749Castillo de San José

(Guadelest) 763Castillo de San Marcos

(El Puerto de Santa María) 617

Castillo de San Miguel (Almuñécar) 683

Castillo de San Sebastián (Cádiz) 611

Castillo de Santa Bárbara 758

Castillo de Santa Catalina (Cádiz) 611

Castillo de Santa Catalina (Jaén) 708

Castillo de Santiago 619Castillo de Segura 716Castillo de Trujillo 556Castillo de Xàtiva 761-2Castillo de Zuheros 651Castillo del Rey 475Castillo Roquero 230-1Ciudadela 437Ciudadela (Jaca) 378Coca Castle 164Colegiata de Santa María

384-5Consuegra 215Fortaleza de la Mota 708Fortaleza de

Monterreal 538Fuerte de

San Martín 465La Fortaleza del Sol 773Oropesa 215Palacio Real 444Sigüenza 229Turégano 164Vejer de la Frontera 632

Castro de Caldelas 544Castro Urdiales 466-7Catalan culture 308Catalan independence 777Catalan language 836Catalan politics 308Catalonia 65, 301-61, 302

accommodation 301climate 301food 42, 301, 316highlights 302history 308travel seasons 301

cathedrals, see also churches

Catedral (Astorga) 183Catedral (Burgos) 186Catedral (Cuenca) 223-4Catedral (El Burgo de

Osma) 197Catedral (Girona) 312Catedral (León) 178-9Catedral (Palencia) 175Catedral (Segovia) 158Catedral (Sigüenza)

228-9Catedral (Toledo) 205-6,

800Catedral (Valencia) 729Catedral (Valladolid) 165 Catedral (Zamora) 171 Catedral de Baeza 709Catedral de Cádiz 610Catedral de

Granada 666Catedral de la Asunción

(Jaén) 708Catedral de la Asunción

(Santander) 461Catedral de la

Encarnación (Almería) 717

Catedral de Málaga 685Catedral de

María Inmaculada (Vitoria) 432-3

Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Almudena 77

Catedral de Plasencia 560

Catedral de San Pedro (Jaca) 377

Catedral de San Salvador 621

Catedral de San Salvador (Orihuela) 766

Catedral de San Salvador (Oviedo) 476

Catedral de Santa María (Ciudad Rodrigo) 153

Catedral de Santa María (Huesca) 388

Catedral de Santa María (Lugo) 544

Catedral de Santa María (Murcia) 766, 802

Catedral de Santa Maria (Tortosa) 361

Catedral de Santa María de la Redonda 448

Catedral de Santa María de Mediavilla 392-3

Catedral de Santa María (Pamplona) 436-7

Catedral de Santa Maria (Tui) 539

Catedral de Santa María (Vitoria) 432

Catedral de Santa Maria & Museu Diocesà 336

Catedral de Santo Domingo de la Calzada 451-2

Catedral de Sant Pere 344

Catedral de Santiago (Bilbao) 405

Catedral de Santiago de Compostela 507-9, 31

Catedral de Tarragona 355

Catedral del Buen Pastor de San Sebastián 421

Catedral del Salvador 142Catedral del Salvador

(Albarracín) 396Catedral Nueva

(Salamanca) 147Catedral Santa María de

la Huerta 371Catedral Vieja

(Salamanca) 147Cathedral (Seville) 575-

82, 580-1, 580-1Concatedral de San

Pedro 199Concatedral de Santa

María 551La Catedral

(Barcelona) 236La Seo 366-7La Seu Vella 347Mezquita 17, 641-5, 17,

642-3, 797, 802Seville Cathedral 575-82,

580-1, 580-1Catholic Monarchs (Reyes

Católicos) 784cava 353cave art 473

Albarracín 398Altamira 470, 473, 472Guernica 414Llanes 485 Monte Castillo 464Museo de Valltorta 752Ribadesella 484Senda del Oso 490

cave churches 468caves

Cueva de Altamira 470Cueva de los

Murciélagos 652Cueva de Nerja 698

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Cueva de Tito Bustillo 484

Cuevas de la Villa (Requena) 748

Cuevas de Monte Castillo 464

Cuevas de Santimamiñe 414

Cueva del Pindal 485El Castillo 464Gruta de

las Maravillas 609La Cueva de

Zugarramurdi 442Sacromonte 665

Cazorla 714-15Cedeira 523cell phones 20, 822cemeteries 304Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

16, 92, 16, 805ceramics 214-15Cerdanya 333-7Cervantes, Miguel de 216cheese 502children, travel with 61-3,

see also amuseument parks, individual locations

Chinchón 138-9churches, see also

cathedralsBasilica (Montserrat)

345 Basílica de Nuestra

Señora del Pilar 366Basilica de Nuestra

Señora del Prado 214-15

Basílica de San Francisco El Grande 80

Basílica de San Juan (Baños de Cerrato) 176

Basílica de San Sebastián (Santo Domingo de Silos) 191-2

Basílica de San Vicente (Ávila) 145

Basílica de Sant Feliu 313-14

Basílica de Santa María (Elche) 765

Basílica de Santa Maria del Mar 245

Basílica de Santa María la Mayor (Morella) 752

Basílica Menor de Santa María de la Asunción 627

Basílica San Juan de Díos 667

Cambril de la Mare de Déu 345

Capilla de Santa Cruz 496

Capilla del Obispo 82Church of

Sant Llorenç 347Colegiata de San Cosme

y Damián 190Colegiata de

San Pedro 467Colegiata de Santa

Juliana 469Colegiata de Santa

María de los Sagrados Corporales 390

Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor 696-7

Colegiata Santa María La Mayor 170

Colegiata del Salvador 665

Convento de Santa Teresa 142

Ermita de la Mare de Déu dels Àngels 751

Ermita de la Regalina 488

Ermita de la Virgen de la Fuente 370

Ermita de San Baudelio 196

Ermita de San Miguel de Gormaz 196

Ermita de Santa Cecilia 177

Ermita del Rocío 606 Església de

Sant Andrèu 343Església de Sant

Bartomeu i Santa Tecla 351

Església de Sant Pau del Camp 245

Església de Sant Vicenç 346

Església de Santa Maria del Pi 237

Iglesia de la Asunción (Chinchón) 138

Iglesia de la Candelaria (Zafra) 571

Iglesia de la Magdalena (Zamora) 172

Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la O 619

Iglesia de San Andrés 81, 217

Iglesia de San Bartolomé 448

Iglesia de San Esteban (Sos del Rey Católico) 373

Iglesia de San Francisco Javier 551-2

Iglesia de San Ginés 79Iglesia de San Jerónimo

El Real 95-7Iglesia de San Jorge

(Palos de la Frontera) 604

Iglesia de San Juan (Almería) 719

Iglesia de San Juan (Daroca) 390

Iglesia de San Juan (Écija) 601

Iglesia de San Juan Bautista (Ávila) 145

Iglesia de San Juan de Puerta Nueva 172

Iglesia de San Martín (Frómista) 176

Iglesia de San Martín (Trujillo) 556

Iglesia de San Miguel (Estella) 448

Iglesia de San Miguel (Oñati) 431

Iglesia de San Miguel (Daroca) 390

Iglesia de San Miguel (Palencia) 175

Iglesia de San Miguel (Vitoria) 432

Iglesia de San Nicolás de los Servitas 79

Iglesia de San Pab-lo-Santo Domingo (Écija) 601

Iglesia de San Pedro Apósto 432

Iglesia de San Pedro (Arcos de la Frontera) 627

Iglesia de San Pedro de la Rúa 447

Iglesia de San Pedro El Viejo (Huesca) 388

Iglesia de San Pedro El Viejo (Madrid) 82-3

Iglesia de San Pedro (Siresa) 376

Iglesia de San Pedro y San Ildefonso 172

Iglesia de San Salvador 416

Iglesia de San Salvador de Valdediós 483

Iglesia de San Tirso 185Iglesia de

San Vicente 421 Iglesia de Santa Ana

(Granada) 664Iglesia de Santa María

(Aínsa) 382, 387, 387

Iglesia de Santa María (Écija) 601

Iglesia de Santa María de la Asunción (Castro Urdiales) 466

Iglesia de Santa María de Lebeña 501

Iglesia de Santa María del Mercado 179-202

Iglesia de Santa María de los Reyes 455

Iglesia de Santa María de Mediavilla 169

Iglesia de Santa María La Blanca 176

Iglesia de Santa María La Mayor (Ronda) 637

Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor (Trujillo) 556

Iglesia de Santa María La Nueva 172

Iglesia de Santiago (Trujillo) 556

Iglesia de Santo Do-mingo (Soria) 198

Iglesia de Santo Tomé 209-10

Iglesia de Vera Cruz 159Iglesia del Carmen 696Iglesia del Salvador 205 Iglesia Mayor Prioral 617Iglesia Parroquial

Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación 631

Iglesia Prioral de Nuestra Señora del Mayor Dolor 609

Iglesia Prioral de Santa María de la Asunción 600

Iglesia Rupestre de Santa María de Valverde 468

Iglesia San Ildefonso 205Iglesia-fortaleza de Santa

María de Ujué 445 Igrexa de Santa Mariña

Dozo 527Igrexa de Santiago

(Padrón) 530La Sagrada Família 13,

251-6, 12, 252-3, 252-3

Mezquita 17, 641-5, 642-3, 17, 642-3, 797, 802

Parroquia Mayor de Santa Cruz 601

Real Basílica de San Isidoro 179

Real Clericía de San Marcos 148

Real Colegiata de Santa María 442-3

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churches continuedReal Monasterio de

Santa María de Guadalupe 558

Sacra Capilla de El Salvador 712

San Pedro de la Nave 173Sant Climent de

Taüll 340Sant Joan de Boí 340Santa Maria de Taüll 340 Santuari de la Mare de

Déu 333Santuario da Virxe da

Barca 516cider 473, 481, 472

breweries 483festivals 30, 41, 480-1

Cistercian Route 348Ciudad Encantada 227Ciudad Real 219-20Ciudad Rodrigo 152-5climate 20, 20 see also

individual locationsColumbus, Christopher

604-5, 786-7Combarro 533Comillas 470-4Cómpeta 699Consuegra 215, 217, 218,

216-17consulates 816-17convents, see monasteries

& conventscooking courses 42

Barcelona 271Madrid 102San Sebastián 421Seville 591Valencia 737Vejer de la Frontera

632-3Cordillera Cantábrica 473Córdoba 639-51, 640, 802

accommodation 646-7drinking 648-9entertainment 650events 646 festivals 646food 647-8history 639-41nightlife 648-9shopping 650sights 641-6tourist information 650

travel to/from 650travel within 650-1

Corral de Comedias 220correfoc 329Cortés, Hernán 557, 786Costa Blanca 753-61Costa Brava 303-26, 305Costa Cálida 772Costa da Morte 514-17Costa Daurada 349-61Costa de la Luz 306-7,

632-5, 306-7Costa del Azahar 749-53Costa del Sol 692-5Costa del Sol Oriental

698-9Costa Tropical 682-4costs 21courses, see also cooking

courses, individual locations

flamenco 102, 591language 102, 149, 591,

612-13, 633, 668Covadonga 497Covarrubias 190-1credit cards 819-20Cruz, José Monge 808Cudillero 18, 487-8, 18,

472-3Cuenca 222-7, 224cultural centres

Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria 247

Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona 245

Centro Cultural Internac-ional Oscar Niemeyer 486-7

Círculo de Bellas Artes 87

Poble Espanyol 267culture 806-10currency 20customs regulations 816cycling 58

Parque Natural de las Bárdenas Reales 445-6

Senda del Oso 490-1Vitoria 434

DDalí, Salvador 92, 804-5

Casa Museu Dalí 320Castell de Púbol 311Teatre-Museu Dalí 322-3

dance, see flamencodangers, see safety

Daroca 390-1, 387de Cervantes, Miguel 83de Torres, Julio Romero

646 Delta de L’Ebre 359-60Deltebre 359Denia 754-5Desierto de Tabernas 721-2disabilities, travellers

with 823discount cards 816

Ávila 142Baeza 712Barcelona 247Cartagena 771Gibraltar 705Granada 661León 179Madrid 79, 93, 135Málaga 685Salamanca 147Úbeda 712Valencia 729, 731Valladolid 168

diving 59Costa Tropical 683Illes Medes 317Tarifa 700

dolphins 706Don Quijote 216-17, 219,

217drinking 116-21drinks, see also cider,

sherry, wineabsinthe 285cafes 286cava 288horchata 745language 835-7manzanilla 619orujo 501-2teterías 673, 674, 675

driving, see car travel, road trips

driving tours Andalucía 630, 630 Barcelona 272Cazorla 714

EEbro 468Écija 601-3economy 776-7El Burgo de Osma 197-8El Call 241El Camarón de la Isla 808El Chorro 695-6El Cid 190

El Greco 206El Maestrazgo 751-3El Niño de las Pinturas 667El Puerto de Santa María

617-19El Rocío 606-8El Toboso 217Elche 764-5electricity 816Elizondo 441-2Embalse del Tobar 227embassies 816-17emergencies 21Empúries 318equestrian shows 62, 623Ermita de San Antonio de

la Florida 100Església de Betlem 242,

242Espot 341Estadio Santiago

Bernabéu 124Estella 447-8Estepona 694-5Euskadi Ta Askatasuna

(ETA) 793events, see festivals &

eventsExtremadura 67, 548-73,

549accommodation 548climate 548food 548, 560highlights 549travel seasons 548

FFar de Tossa 303Felipe II 787Feria 572Feria de Abril (April Fair) 29ferry travel 828, 829, see

also boat travelfestivals & events 28-32,

see also Carnaval, film festivals, music festi-vals, Semana Santa, wine festivals

Actual 449Arco 102Arde Lucus 545Aste Nagusia 407Baby-Jumping

Festival 191Bando de la Huerta

(Murcia) 768Carnaval 28Carrera del Encierro 448Carthagineses y

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Catalonia 329Christmas Markets 32Cipotegato 372Conciertos de las Velas

163Día del Orgullo de Gays,

Lesbianas y Transexuales 102

Feria de Abril (April Fair) 29, 591-2

Feria de Julio 737Feria de Málaga 688Feria de Pedro

Romero 637Festa Major (Sitges) 351Festa Major de

Gràcia 272Festes de la Mercè 272Festival de Santa

Tecla 357Festival Internacional

de Teatro Clásico 220, 568

Festival Ópera Medinaceli 202

Festival Territorio Lobo 174

Fiesta de la Comunidad de Madrid 102

Fiesta de los Patios de Córdoba 646

Fiesta de Moros y Cristianos 762

Fiesta Medieval 28Gran Premio de la Comu-

nitat Valenciana 737Hogueras de

San Juan 758La Nit de Sant Joan 329Las Fallas de San José

28, 739La Tomatina 30, 748, 31Mercat de Ram 344Navidad 32Patum 329Pride Barcelona 272Romería de la Virgen 29Running of the Bulls

30, 438Sanfermines 429, 428-9Semana Grande 421Semana Santa (Holy

Week) 29Sónar 272Titirimundi International

Puppet Festival 159Veranos de la Villa 103Virgen del Sagrario 211WOMAD 29

Figueres 322-5film 776, 792

film festivalsFilm Festival (San

Sebastián) 421International Film

Festival (Sitges) 351fishing

Cedeira 523Illas Cíes 537

Fisterra 515flamenco 13, 806-9, 13,

126-7Almería 721books 807Centro Andaluz de

Flamenco 622-3courses 102, 591festivals 102, 592, 624,

809films 807Granada 673-6internet resources

806, 807Jerez de la Frontera 626Madrid 121, 123, 127museums 645, 806music 807Prison Flamenco

Competition 808Ronda 639Seville 597-8

Font Màgica 267food 27, 40-51, 50-1, see

also tapasAndalucía 684Basque Country 42bocadillo de

calamares 111calçots 40Catalan 278, 316cheese 462, 502cooking courses 42, 102,

591, 632-3, 737costs 48cuina volcànica 328desayuno 47Extremadura 560jamón 43, 609language 49, 835-7menú del día 49Moorish 675olive oil 709-10paella 44, 742, 4pintxos 11, 407, 409,

425, 11ponche segoviano 162tortilla de patatas 48vegan 48-9vegetarian 48-9, 682

food festivals

Aplec del Cargol 349Feria del Queso 556Festa do Marisco 529Festa do Pulpo de O

Carballiño 541food tours

Guijuelo 157Madrid 101San Sebastián 421

football 293, 809books 809

Fornells 307, 306fortresses, see castles &

fortressesFraga 389Franco, Francisco 790-3Fregenal de la Sierra 572Fuendetodos 370-1Fuengirola 693Fuente Dé 503-4

GGalicia 67, 505-47, 506,

307accommodation 505climate 505food 43-4, 505, 522, 533highlights 506travel seasons 505

Galician language 837Galván, Enrique Tierno 794Gandia 753-4gardens, see parks &

gardensGarganta del Cares

499-500Gaudí, Antoni 13,

262-3, 801Capricho de Gaudí 471Casa Batlló 256-8 Casa de Botines 179Gaudí Centre 359Gaudí Experience 264La Pedrera 258-9, 262-3,

263Palacio Episcopal 183Park Güell 260-4

gay travellers 817Barcelona 290Madrid 122

Getaria 415-16Gibraltar 703-7, 704Gijón 480-2Girona 312-17, 314Gósol 335Goya, Francisco, 803-4

Fuendetodos 370-1Madrid 82, 89Muel 370

Zaragoza 365-6, 368Gran Recorrido 11 330-1,

330-1 Gran Teatre del Liceu

242, 242Granada 68, 656-77, 662-3

accommodation 668-70Albayzín 665-6climate 653discount cards 661drinking 672-3entertainment 673-6food 670-2, 684history 656nightlife 672-3Sacromonte 665shopping 676sights 657-67tourist information 676travel seasons 653travel to/from 676travel within 677

Granadilla 564Grazalema 629griffon vultures 633Guadalest 763-4Guadalupe 558-60Guernica 413-15Guernica 92, 791Guijuelo 156-7

Hhammams, 675, see also

bathhousesAlmería 718-19Barcelona 271Cáceres 552Granada 668Jerez de la Frontera

623-4Madrid 101Málaga 688, 675Seville 591

hang-gliding 60Haro 452-4health 817-18Hecho 374-5Hervás 563-73hiking 27, 52-7

Aracena 609Bulnes 500Cabo de Gata 723Caminito del Rey 695-6Camino de la Costa

(Camino del Norte) 474

Camino de Santiago 474Camino del Interior

Vasco-Riojano 474

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hiking continuedCamino Lebaniego 474Camino Primitivo 474Carloza 714El Chorro 695-6Fuente Dé 503Garganta del Cares

498-9Gibraltar 706Gran Recorrido 11 330-1,

330-1Guadalupe 559health 818Lagos de Covadonga 498Linares de la Sierra 609maps 819Parc Natural Cadí-

Moixeró 335Parc Natural de la

Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa 328

Parque Natural de la Breña y Marismas del Barbate 635

Parque Natural de las Bárdenas Reales 445-6

Parque Natural de Somiedo 491

Parque Natural Sierra de Grazalema 629

Parque Natural Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas 716

Pasajes 427Picos de Europa 53,

494, 498Pyrenees, the 16, 53, 327,

338, 16, 330-1Senda del Oso 490-1Sierra Nevada 679Sotres 500-1Vía Verde de la Sierra 633Xàbia 755

history 778-962004 bombings 795-6Al-Andalus 781-2books 780, 784, 790,

791, 793, 796Catalan seperatists 233Catholic Monarchs

(Reyes Católicos) 784democracy 793-5European expansion

786-7Franco dictatorship

792-6

internet resources 782Jewish history 785-6La Reconquista 783Moorish Spain 780-5Napoleonic Wars 788Phoenician Empire 778-9Romans 779-80Spanish Civil War 233,

789-92Spanish colonialism 787Spanish Inquisition

785-6Visigoths 780

hitching 831holidays 820-1Holy Week, see Semana

SantaHornos 715-16horse riding

Cabo de Gata 722El Rocío 607Lanjarón 679Pallars Sobirà 338Potes 501Tarifa 700

hot-air ballooning 327Huelva 603-4Huelva province 603-10Huesca 388-9hypothermia 818

IIberian lynx 492, 492-3Iberian wolf 173, 173-4,

492-3, 493ibex 677Illa de Ons 534Illa de Sálvora 529Illas Cíes 307, 537Illes Medes 317immigration 824, 825insect bites 818insurance 818internet access 818internet resources 21Isaba 443-4Isla de Santa Clara 417-18Itálica 602itineraries 33-9, 74, 255,

33, 34, 35, 36, 37 see also individual locations

JJaca 377-8Jaén 707-9jamón 43, 157, 609Javier 440-1

Jerez de la Frontera 621-7, 622-3

Jerez de los Caballeros 572Jewish history 785-6, see

also synagoguesBesalú 325Córdoba 646Girona 312, 313medieval sites 786museums 207, 542,

662-3Palacio de los

Olvidados 665 San Millán de

Cogolla 451Josa del Cadí 335Juan Carlos I 793

Kkayaking 60

Arriondas 495Cabo de Gata 722Campo 383La Herradura 683Pallars Sobirà 338Parque Nacional de

Monfragüe 564 Parque Natural Arribes

del Duero 154Parque Natural Sierra de

Grazalema 629Ribadsella 484

kitesurfing 60Los Caños de Meca 635Tarifa 701

LLa Alberca 156La Albufera 747-8La Axarquía 699La Besurta 384La Herradura 683-4La Mancha 216-17La Molina 336la movida madrileña

71, 794La Pedrera 258-9,

262-3, 263La Rábida 604La Rambla 236-41, 272-3,

277-9, 285-6, 291, 293-4, 238-9, 242-3, 242-3

La Rioja 18, 66, 399, 448-56, 400, 18, 45

accommodation 399climate 399food 399highlights 400travel seasons 399

La Sagrada Família 13, 251-6, 12, 252-3

La Salve Rociera 114La Seu d’Urgell 336-7La Taha 680-2La Tomatina 30, 748, 31La Vera 561-2Lagos de Covadonga 497-8Laguardia 454-6Laguna de Gallocanta 391Laguna de Pitillas 444Laguna Negra 201Langre 465language courses

Cádiz 612-13Granada 668Madrid 102Salamanca 149Seville 591Toledo 210Vejer de la Frontera 633

language 20, 834-42Basque 429, 838, 839Catalan 836Galician 837

Lanjarón 679-80Laredo 466Las Alpujarras 15, 679-

82, 678Las Fallas de San José

28, 739Las Médulas 184lauburu 428, 429legal matters 818-19Lekeitio 416-17Lekunberri 441León 178-83, 180Lerma 192-3lesbian travellers 817

Barcelona 290Madrid 122

L’Escala 318L’Estartit 317-18lighthouses 519literature 666, see also

booksLlafranc 309-10Llanes 485-6Llavorsí 338Lleida 347-9Llívia 335-6Loarre 389Logroño 448-51, 449Lope de Vega 83Lorca 773-4Lorca, Federico García 666Los Caños de Meca 634-5Luarca 488-9

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Lugares Colombinos 604-5Lugo 544-7

Mmacaques 705 Madrid 14, 64, 70-140,

72-3, 14, 2172004 bombings 71,

795-6accommodation 70,

103-9activities 101art museums 88Barrio de las Letras 83Chueca 99-100, 108-9,

114-15, 119-21, 124, 130-2, 104-5

climate 70courses 102discount cards 79,

93, 135El Retiro 87-97, 107-8,

113, 119, 129, 88emergencies 133entertainment 121-5events 102-3 festivals 102-3food 70, 109, 109-16highlights 72-3, 127history 71-4Huertas 83-7, 107, 111-13,

118, 123-4, 128-9, 84-5internet access 133La Latina 80-3, 103-7,

110-11, 117-18, 123, 128, 81

Lavapiés 80-3, 103-7, 110-11, 117-18, 123, 128

Malasaña 99-100, 108-9, 114-15, 119-21, 124, 130-2, 104-5

medical services 133nightlife 116-21northern Madrid 100-1,

109, 115-16, 121, 124-5, 132-3

Parque del Oeste 100-1, 109, 115-16, 121, 124-5, 132-3

Plaza Mayor 75-80, 116-17, 121-3, 125-8, 76-7

postal services 133Royal Madrid 75-80, 103,

109-10, 116-17, 121-3, 125-8

safety 133Salamanca 97-9, 113-14,

119, 129-30, 98Santa Ana 83-7, 107, 111-

13, 118, 123-4, 128-9, 84-5

shopping 125-33sights 74-101Sol 83-7, 107, 111-13, 123-

4, 128-9, 84-5tourist information 134tours 101-2travel seasons 70travel to/from 134travel within 134-6walking tours 96, 96

Málaga 684-92, 686manzanilla 619maps 819Marbella 693-4maritime museums

Museu Marítim 249markets 127

Bilbao 411El Rastro 80, 127Mercado Central

(Valencia) 730Mercado de Colón 735Mercado de San Miguel

109-10, 126Mercado La Esperanza

458Mercat de la Boqueria

241, 242Mercat de la Llibertat

264Mercat de Santa

Caterina 246Plaza de Pavía 719San Sebastián 426

Marqués de Riscal 455marzipan 213Masella 336measures 815medieval sites 142, 786Medina de Rioseco 169Medinaceli 201-2Mercat de la Boqueria 241Mérida 565-9, 566metro 831Mezquita 17, 641-5, 17,

642-3, 797, 802Milanos 374military museums

Alcázar (Toledo) 206-7Museo de Armería 434 Museo de Miniaturas

Militares 377Minas de Riotinto 608mines 184, 608, 723Mirador de Colom 243,

243Miró, Joan 92, 805Misteri d’Elx 764mobile phones 20, 822

Modernista architecture 262-3

Antigua Universidad Pontificia 471

CaixaForum 267-70Cartagena 770Casa Amatller 259Casa Batlló 256-8Casa Lleó Morera 259La Pedrera 258-9, 262-3,

263La Rambla 243, 243La Sagrada Família 13,

251-6, 12, 252-3Museu del Modernisme

Barcelona 259Park Güell 260-4, 2,

7, 62Recinte Modernista de

Sant Pau 259Sociedad General de

Autores y Editores 99Moguer 604-5Mojácar 725-6Molina de Aragón 227monasteries & convents

Abadia de Santo Do-mingo de Silos 191

Cartuja de Miraflores 187

Castillo de Calatrava la Nueva 221

Convento de la Encarnación 79

Convento de las Descalzas Reales 79

Convento de las Dueñas 149

Convento de San Este-ban (Salamanca) 147

Convento de San Marcos 179

Convento de Santa Clara 570

Convento de Santo Do-mingo El Antiguo 206

Monasterio de la Encarnación 144-5

Monasterio de la Rábida 604

Monasterio de las Huelgas 187

Monasterio de Piedra 371

Monasterio de San Jerónimo (Grananda) 667

Monasterio de San Juan de la Peña 376

Monasterio de San Miguel de Escalada 182

Monasterio de Santa Clara 604-5

Monasterio de Santa María del Parral 159

Monasterio de Santa María la Real 177

Monasterio de Santo Tomás 142

Monasterio de Santo Tor-ibio de Liébana 501

Monasterio de Suso 451Monasterio de Yuso 451Monasterio de Yuste 561Monasterio Sancti

Spiritus 171Monasterio San Juan de

los Reyes 207-9Monastery of

Bidaurreta 431Monestir de

Montserrat 345Monestir de Sant Joan

de les Abadesses 332Monestir de Sant Joan

les Fonts 328Monestir de Sant Pere

de Galligants 313Monestir de Sant Pere

de Rodes 321Monestir de Santa Maria

(Ripoll) 329, 332 Mosteiro de San Pedro

de Rocas 543Mosteiro de Santo

Estevo (Luintra) 543Museu-Monestir de

Pedralbes 265Real Convento de Santa

Clara 170Real Monasterio de San

Lorenzo 136Real Monasterio de

Santa María de Guadalupe 558

Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Poblet 348

Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Vallbona de les Monges 348

Reial Monestir de Santes Creus 348

Sanctuario de la Misericordia 373

Santa María de la Huerta 202

Santuario de La Peregrina 185

Santuario de Montesclaros 468

money 20, 21, 819-20Monte de

Santa Trega 538Monte Jaizkibel 430

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Montjuïc 265-72, 277, 284-5, 290-1, 293, 298, 266, 268-9, 268-9

Montserrat 344-6monuments, see statues &

monumentsMoorish culture 674-5, 781Morella 752-3mosques

Mezquita 17, 641-5, 17, 797, 802

Mezquita del Cristo de la Luz 210

Mota del Cuervo 217Motorcycle Grand Prix 624mountains, see also Picos

de Europa, PyreneesMulhacén 679Peña de Francia 155Veleta 679

Mudéjar 395, 590Mulhacén 679Mundaka 415Murcia 68, 727-74, 728

accommodation 727food 727highlights 728

Murcia City 766-9, 767Museo del Prado 87-92,

90-1Museo Guggenheim Bilbao

17, 401-5, 17Museo Lázaro Galdiano 97Museo Thyssen-

Bornemisza 93-4museums, see also

archaeological museums, art galleries, military museums, religious art museums, wine museums

Artium 432Bibat 432Camp Nou

Experience 264Carmen Museo Max

Moreau 665-6Casa de Cervantes 165Casa de Sefarad 646Casa del Obispo 611Casa Museo Arte

Andalusí 712Casa Museo Martín

Alonso Pinzón 604Casa Museo Victor

Hugo 427Casa Museu Dalí 320

Casa Natal de Goya 370-1

Casa-Museo de Colón 165Casa-Museo de

Pizarro 556Casa-Museo Manuel

de Falla 663 Castillo de

San Jorge 589Centre Pompidou

Málaga 685Centro Cerámica

Triana 589Centro de Arte Reina

Sofía 16, 92, 16, 805Centro de Interpretación

Judería de Sevilla 587Centro de la Interpretac-

ión Mudéjar 590Centro de Lobo Ibérico

de Castilla y León 173Centro de Visitantes Illas

Atlánticas 535Centro Flamenco

Fosforito 645Ciudad de las Artes y las

Ciencias 730CosmoCaixa 264Cueva-Exposición

Cabrales 499Ecomuseo (Aínsa) 382Ecomuseu 359Ecomuseu-Farinera 319El Pabellon de la

Navegación 590Euskal Museoa 405Fundació Joan Miró

265-7Fundación Amantes 392Galerías

Subterráneas 444Gibraltar Museum 705-6Huerta de

San Vicente 667Iglesia de Nuestra

Señora de la Asunción Museum 228

MACBA 241Metropol Parasol 588Micromundi 325MNAC 265, 270Museo Carmen

Thyssen 687Museo Casa Natal

de Miguel de Cervantes 139

Museo de Albarracín 396Museo de Altamira 470Museo de América 101Museo de Arroz 735Museo de Art Nouveau y

Art Decó 147-8

Museo de Arte Abstracto Español 223

Museo de Arte Contem-poráneo 178

Museo de Arte Flamenco 685

Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares 590

Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias 476

Museo de Cáceres 552Museo de Cádiz 610-11Museo de Cuenca 225Museo de Euskal

Herría 414Museo de Historia 99Museo de Huelva 603Museo de Huesca 388Museo de Juguetes 396Museo de la Evolución

Humana 187Museo de la Guitarra 718Museo de la Industria

Chacinera 157Museo de la Paz de

Gernika 414Museo de la Rioja 448Museo de la Santísima

Trinidad 230Museo de la Semana

Santa 223 Museo de las Brujas 442Museo de las Ciencias

Príncipe Felipe 730Museo de las Cortes de

Cádiz 611Museo de Málaga 687Museo de Navarra 436Museo de

Paleontología 223Museo de Saleros y

Pimenteros 763Museo de

San Francisco 169Museo de San Gil 231Museo de San Isidro 82Museo de

Santa Cruz 207Museo de Semana

Santa (Medina de Rioseco) 169

Museo de Semana Santa (Zamora) 172

Museo de Valltorta 752Museo de Zaragoza 366 Museo del Baile

Flamenco 587Museo del Bandolero 637Museo del Chocolate 183Museo del Grabado de

Goya 371

Museo del Greco 207Museo del Jamón 572,

609Museo del Jurásico de

Asturias 483Museo del Orinal 153Museo del Prado 87-92,

90-1Museo del Queso 554Museo del Quijote y

Biblioteca Cervantina 219

Museo del Romanticismo 100

Museo del Teatro Romano 770

Museo del Tratado de Tordesillas 170

Museo do Pobo Galego 511

Museo Etnográfico 172Museo Etnológico Casa

Mazo 374Museo

Gastronómico 159Museo Goya Colección

Ibercaja 365-6Museo Guggenheim

Bilbao 17, 401-5, 17Museo Histórico

Municipal (Écija) 602Museo Lázaro

Galdiano 97Museo Marítimo Ría de

Bilbao 405-7Museo Minero 608Museo Nacional de

Cerámica 734-5Museo Nacional de Cien-

cia y Tecnología 519Museo Nacional de

Escultura 165Museo Nacional de

Teatro 220Museo Numantino 198Museo Origami 367Museo Pérez Comen-

dador-Leroux 563Museo Picasso

Málaga 685Museo Provincial

(Lugo) 545Museo Romano 183Museo Ruiz de Luna 215Museo Salzillo 767Museo Sefardí 207, 542,

662-3Museo Taurino 97Museo Thyssen-

Bornemisza 93-4Museu Can Framis 251Museu Cau Ferrat 350-1

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- PMuseu d’Art Contempo-

rani de Barcelona 241Museu de Cadaqués

320-1Museu de Fogueres 758Museu de la

Xocolata 247Museu de l’Empordà 324Museu de Lleida 347-8Museu de

Montserrat 345Museu de Tortosa 360-1 Museu del Cinema 312Museu del Joguet 323-4Museu del Modernisme

Barcelona 259Museu del Perfum 259Museu del Rei de la

Magia 248Museu del Suro 305,

308-9Museu d’Història de

Barcelona 236Museu d’Història de

Catalunya 249-50Museu d’Història de

Girona 313Museu d’Història dels

Jueus de Girona 312Museu d’Idees i Invents

de Barcelona 237Museu Egipci 260Museu Etnològic 270Museu Frederic

Marès 236Museu Memorial de

l’Exili 325Museu Municipal 335Museu Nacional d’Art

de Catalunya (MNAC) 265, 270

Museuo del Queso 554Museu Olímpic i de

l’Esport 270Museu Picasso 249-50Museu Romàntic 351Palacio de la Condesa de

Lebrija 587-8Palacio de los

Olvidados 665Palacio de Viana 645Palacio de Villardom-

pardo 708Palacio Episcopal 183Parque de la

Prehistoria 490Picasso Museum 140Real Academia de Bellas

Artes de San Fernando 83

San Telmo Museoa 420Sinagoga del Agua 711-12

Teatre-Museu Dalí 322-3Torre de la

Calahorra 646Torre del Oro 588

music 513, see also flamenco

music festivalsAzkena Rock Festival 434Bilbao BBK Live 407Cantada

d’Havaneres 309Festival de Cap Roig 309Festival de la Guitarra de

Córdoba 646Festival Internacional de

Benicàssim 749Festival Internacional de

Música (Aínsa) 382 Festival Internacional

de Música (Medi-naceli) 202

Festival Internacional de Música y Danza 668

Festival Internacional de Santander 461

Heineken Jazzaldia 421Jazz en la Costa 683Jazz Festival 434Mercat de Música

Viva 344WOMAD 552

Muxía 515-16

Nnational parks & natural

parks 56, 57, see also parks & gardens

Desierto de les Palmes 749

Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 330-1, 380, 381, 331

Paraje Natural Torcal de Antequera 697

Parc Nacional d’Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici 330-1, 339-41, 339, 331

Parc Natural Cadí- Moixeró 335

Parc Natural de la Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa 328-9

Parc Natural dels Aiguamolls de l’Empordà 319

Parc Natural Delta de l’Ebre 359

Parque Nacional de Doñana 605-6

Parque Nacional de Monfragüe 564-5

Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido 330-1, 380, 381, 331

Parque Nacional Tablas de Daimiel 222

Parque Natural de la Albufera 747

Parque Natural de la Breña y Marismas del Barbate 635

Parque Natural de las Bárdenas Reales 445-6

Parque Natural de Somiedo 491-4, 53

Parque Natural del Cañón del Río Lobos 196

Parque Natural Fragas do Eume 526

Parque Natural Sierra de Andújar 718

Parque Natural Sierra de Grazalema 628-32, 630

Parque Natural Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y las Villas 715-17

Parque Natural Sierras Subbéticas 651-2

Parque Regional de Sierra Espuña 774

Reserva Natural de El Hosquillo 227

Upper Rock Nature Reserve 705

natural parks, see national parks & natural parks

Navardún 374Navarra 436-48Nerja 698-9newspapers 815nightlife 26-7notable buildings, see

also castles & for-tresses, cathedrals, churches, Modernista architecture, palaces

Antigua Estación de Atocha 97

Caixa Forum 97Capilla Real

(Granada) 666Casa de Botines 179Casa de las Conchas 149Castell dels Tres

Dragons 246Ermita de

San Saturio 198Gran Teatre del

Liceu 237Kursaal 421

La Lonja 730La Pedrera 258-9Palacio de Carvajal 551Palacio de los Golfines

de Abajo 551Palacio del Marquesado

de Mirabel 560Palacio Toledo-

Moctezuma 551Palau de la Música

Catalana 245-6Palau de les Arts Reina

Sofía 730Panteón Real 179Paseo de los

Arquillos 434Real Casino de

Murcia 766Torres de Quart 731Universidad Civil

(Salamanca) 147Universidad de Sancti

Spiritus 431Núria 332-3

OO Grove 529 Ochagavía 443Olite 444-5Olivenza 570Olot 326-8Olvera 631-2Oñati 431opening hours 820Órgiva 680Orihuela 765-9Oropesa 215orujo 501-2Ourense 540-1outdoor activities see

activitiesOviedo 476-80, 477

PPadrón 529-30paella 44, 742, 4palaces

Alhambra 13, 657-61, 12, 658-9, 674-5

Aljafería 365Casa de Pilatos 588Madinat al-Zahra 649Museo Gustavo de

Maeztu 447Palacio de

Dar-al-Horra 665Palacio de Exposiciones

y Congresos 476Palacio de

Jabalquinto 710

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palaces continuedPalacio de la

Magdalena 458Palacio de los Duques de

Medina Sidonia 619Palacio de Orleans y

Borbón 619Palacio de Peñaflor 602Palacio de Santa María

del Naranco 798Palacio de

Sobrellano 471Palacio de Vázquez

de Molina 712Palacio Ducal de los

Borja 753Palacio Ducal

(Medinaceli) 201Palacio Episcopal 371Palacio Real

(Aranjuez) 137Palacio Real (Madrid) 75Palau Güell 245, 263Real Monasterio de San

Lorenzo 136Palafrugell 304-9Palencia 175-6Pallars Sobirà 337-9Palos de la Frontera 604Pampaneira 681Pamplona 436-40, 437Parada de Sil 543-4paradores 228paragliding 60Paraje Natural Torcal de

Antequera 697Park Güell 260-4, 2, 7, 62parks & gardens

Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos 645

Anillo Verde 432Campo del Moro 77Casa de Campo 95Castell de Montjuïc 267Huerto del Cura 764Jardí Botànic 270Jardines de

Las Vistillas 82Jardines del Turia 734Jardins del Palau de

Pedralbes 265Jardins del Príncep 360La Granja de San

Ildefonso 163Monte Urgull 420Parc de Collserola 265

Parc de la Ciutadella 248Park Güell 260-4, 2,

7, 62Parque de Cristina

Enea 417 Parque de los Pueblos de

Europa 414Parque de

María Luisa 590 Parque del

Buen Retiro 94 Parque del Oeste 101 Península de la

Magdalena 458 Real Jardín Botánico

(Madrid) 97Sierra de Irta 750

Parque Nacional de Monfragüe 564-5

Parque Natural de las Bárdenas Reales 445-6

Parque Natural del Cañón del Río Lobos 196

Parque Natural Fragas do Eume 526

Partido Popular (PP) 795Partido Socialista Obrero

Español (PSOE) 795Pasajes 427-30passports 824, 825Pastrana 228Pedraza de la Sierra 163-4pelota vasca 428, 429Peña Vieja 503Peñafiel 193-5Penedès 353-5Peñíscola 750-1Peratallada 311-12Phoenicians, the 778-9Pica d’Estats 338Picasso, Pablo 92,

249-50, 804Picos de Europa 494-504,

473, 494, 2, 473hiking 53internet resources 495maps 494tourist information 494travel to/from 495

pintxos 11, 407, 409, 425, 11, see also tapas

Pizzaro, Francisco 557Plaça Reial 243, 243planning 20-1, see also

individual locationscalendar of events

28-32children 61-3first time visitors 22food 40-51

highlights 8-9, 38-8, 50-1

itineraries 33-9regions 64-8repeat visitors 24

Plasencia 560-1Playa del Silencio 307,

488, 472 Plaza de Toros 97Plaza Mayor 147, 803Poblenou del Delta 359politics 776-7Poncebos 500Pontedeume 522-3Pontevedra 530-2, 531population 777postal services 820Potes 501-3Pradollano 15, 15Praia As Catedrais 307,

525, 307 prehistoric sites 778Priego 227public art, see also statues

& monumentsEl Niño de las

Pinturas 667frog sculpture 150MUES (Málaga) 687Museo al Aire Libre 99Museo de Escultura al

Aire Libre y Pinturas Contemporánea 374

public holidays 820-1public transport 831-2Puebla de Sanabria 174-5Puente Colgante 416Puente Romano 802Puente de la Reina 446Puerto Lápice 217Puigcerdà 334-5Pyrenees, the 326-43, 441-

4, 16, 330-1hiking 16, 53, 327

QQueralbs 332

Rradio 815rafting 60

Campo 383Riu Noguera Pallaresa

338Real Monasterio de San

Lorenzo 136refugios 55, 331, 814Reinosa 467-8

religion 777religious art museums

Convento de Santa Clara 149

Museo Conventual de las Descalzas 696

Museo da Catedral 509-10

Museo das Peregrinacións e de Santiago 511

Museo de Arte Sacro (Teruel) 394

Museo de Bordados del Paso Azul 773

Museo de Bordados del Paso Blanco 773

Museo del Retablo 187Museo de Semana

Santa (Medina de Rioseco) 169

Museo de Semana Santa (Zamora) 172

Museo Diocesano (Albarracín) 396

Museo Diocesano (Cuenca) 225

Museo Diocesano (Jaca) 377

Museo Diocesano de Arte Sacro 433-4

Museo Diocesano (Zaragoza) 366

Museo Fallero 735Museu Diocesà 336

religious festivals, see also Semana Santa

Corpus Christi (Toledo) 211

Dia de Sant Jordi 272Feria de la Virgen de la

Luz (Tarifa) 701Feria del Corpus Cristi

(Granada) 668Festes de Santa

Eulàlia 272Festividad de Santa

Marta 183Fiesta de la Virgen de

Guadalupe 558-9Fiesta de San Isidro 102Fiesta de San Jorge

(Cáceres) 552Fiesta de San Mateo 449 Fiesta de San Vicente

Ferrer 738 Fiesta de Santa

Orosia 378Fiesta de Santa Teresa

(Ávila) 145Fiestas del Apóstol

Santiago 511Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000

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- SFiestas de la Virgen

Blanca 434Fiestas de San Juan

y de la Madre de Dios 199

Fiestas de San Juan y San Pedro 159

Fiestas del Pilar 368La Revetlla de Sant Joan

(Verbenas de Sant Joan) 272

Los Empalaos 562Romería de la Virgen de

la Cabeza 718Semana Santa Marinera

(Valencia) 738Virgen del Carmen

(Nerja) 698Rello 195Requena 748-9Reyes Católicos (Catholic

Monarchs) 784Ría de Arousa 526-30Ría de Pontevedra 533-4Ría de Vigo 534Rialp 338Rías Altas 517Rías Baixas 526-37, 527Ribadavia 541-3Ribadeo 525-6Ribadsella 483-5Ribeira Sacra 543-4Ribera del Duero 192-8Ribes de Freser 332-3Río Borosa 716Ripoll 329-32Riumar 359road trips 33-9, 630

Ciudad Rodrigo 154rock art, see cave artrock climbing 54

El Chorro 695Pedraforca 335

Roman history 779-80Roman ruins 25, 779

Acueducto de los Milagros 567

Arco de Trajano 567Arco Romano

(Medinaceli) 201Casa del Mitreo 567Casa dos Mosaicos 545Casa Romana 183Circo Romano 567Málaga 685-7Numancia 200Puente Romano (La

Vera) 561-2Puente Romano (Mérida)

566-7

Roman Walls (Barcelona) 237

Roman Walls (Lugo) 544Teatro Romano 565Temple Romà

d’August 237Templo de Diana 567Uxama 198Villa Romana La

Dehesa 200Villa Romana La

Olmeda 178Yacimiento Romano de

Cáparra 563Romanesque

churches 177Romería de la Virgen 29Romería del Rocío 607Roncal 443Roncesvalles 442-3Ronda 635-9, 636Ruesta 374ruins, see also archae-

ological museums, archaeological sites, Roman ruins

Aljibe Fondero 394Ávila 142Cartagena 770Castillo de la Peña

Feliciano 373Gold Mines (Cabo de

Gata-Níjar) 723Itálica 602Julióbriga 467La Almoina 731L’Alcúdia 764Monasterio de San Juan

de Duero 198Templo de Debod 100

Ruíz, Raúl 667Running of the Bulls

30, 438

SSacromonte 665safety 821-2saffron 226Sagunto 749Sahagún 185-6Salamanca 14, 146-52, 148,

14, 803Salardú 343Saldes 335Sallent de Gállego 379Sanfermines 429, 428-9San Lorenzo de

El Escorial 136-7San Martín de Elines 468San Millán de Cogolla 451

San Sebastián 11, 417-27, 418-19

accommodation 422-3courses 421drinking 424-6entertainment 426events 421festivals 421food 423-4nightlife 424-6shopping 426sights 417-21tourist information 426tours 421travel to/from 426-7travel within 427

San Vicente de la Barquera 474-5

Sanlúcar de Barrameda 619-21

Sant Feliu de Guíxols 304Sant Joan les Fonts 328Sant Martí d’Empúries 319Sant Mateu 751-2Sant Sadurní d’Anoia 353Santa Cruz de la

Serós 376-7Santa Pau 328 Santa Teresa 146Santander 458-64, 460Santiago de Compostela

19, 67, 505, 507-14, 508accommodation 505climate 505food 505, 522highlights 506travel seasons 505

Santiago (St James) 783Santillana del Mar 469-70Santo Domingo de la

Calzada 451-2Santo Domingo de

Silos 191-2Santoña 465-6Santuario de

Arantzazu 431Santuario de Loyola 430Sanxenxo 533-4scams 821scuba diving, see divingSegóbriga 230Segovia 158-63, 160-1Segura de la Sierra 716-17Selva de Oza 375Semana Santa (Holy Week)

14, 29, 15Antequera 697Ávila 145Cartagena 771

Cuenca 225Granada 668León 179Lorca 773Málaga 688Murcia 768Seville 592Valencia 738Zamora 172

Senda del Oso 490-1Senda Ecológica 210Sepúlveda 195-6Serra del Cadí 335Serranía de Cuenca 227Setenil de las Bodegas 632Seville 18, 67, 575-600,

578, 584-5, 18accommodation 574,

592-3activities 591climate 574courses 591drinking 597entertainment 597-8events 591-2 festivals 591-2food 574, 593-7highlights 576-7nightlife 597shopping 598sights 575-91tourist offices 598-9tours 591travel seasons 574travel to/from 599travel within 599-600

sherry 46, 617, 619, 621-2, 625

shopping, see markets, individual locations

language 838Sierra de Aralar 441Sierra de Béjar 157-8Sierra de Francia 155-6Sierra de Guadarrama

139-40Sierra de Urbión 201Sierra Nevada 15, 677-9,

678, 15Sierra Pobre 140Sigüenza 228-30, 229Siresa 376Sitges 349-53, 350skiing 58

Aragón 375Baqueira-Beret-Bonaigua

Ski Resort 343Benasque 383La Molina 336

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skiing continuedMasella 336Núria 333Pallars Sobirà 338Sierra de

Guadarrama 139Sierra Nevada 677Taüll 340-1Val d’Aran 341-3

snorkelling 59, see also diving

snowboarding 58Solán de Cabras 227Somontano 390Soria 198-200Sort 338Sos del Rey Católico 372-4,

387, 386Sotres 500-1south coast of Andalucía

68, 653-726, 654-5accommodation 653climate 653food 653highlights 654-5travel seasons 653

Spanish Civil War 233, 789-92

Spanish colonialism 787Spanish Inquisition 785-6spas, see also bathhouses,

hammamsLanjarón 679

sports venuesEstadio San Mamés 407

stand-up paddling 60statues & monuments

Buddhist stupa 692Carlos III (Bourbon

King) 86Don Quijote 217Madrid bear 86Puerta de Alcalá 94-5Woody Allen 478

surfing 59Cedeira 523courses 737Los Caños de Meca 635San Sebastián 421San Vicente de la

Barquera 475 Santander 461

synagogues, see also Jewish history

Córdoba 646

Sinagoga de Santa María La Blanca 210

Sinagoga del Agua 711-12Sinagoga del

Tránsito 207Sinagoga Major 237-41

Ttabancos 625Talavera de la Reina 214-15Tamariu 310tapas 46, 47 see also

pintxosGranada 671 Madrid 112Málaga 690Murcia 769

Tarazona 371-2Tarifa 700-3Tarragona 355-9, 356-7Taüll 340-1taxes 820taxis 831-3telephone services 20, 822Teruel 392-6, 393teterías 673, 674, 675theatre

Almagro 220Seville 597

theft 821-2theme parks, see

amusement parksthermal pools 540, see

also bathhouses, hammams

time 822tipping 820toilets 822-3Toledo 65, 205-14, 208-9

accommodation 211, 213activities 210courses 210events 211 festivals 211food 213-14history 205shopping 214sights 205-10tourist offices 214tours 211travel to/from 214travel within 214walking tour 212, 212

Tomatina 30, 748, 31Tordesillas 170Torla 380-2Toro 170-3Torquemada, Tomás de 785

Torre Alháquime 630Torre de Bujaco 550-1Torre de Hércules 519Torremolinos 692-3tortilla de patates 48tortoises 324Tortosa 360-1Tossa de Mar 303-4tourist information 823,

see also individual locations

tours 156, see also bicycle tours, walking tours, individual locations

boat tours 405, 421, 723,bus tours 211, 271, 390food 101, 156, 421street art 667wildlife-watching 493

train travel 826-7, 831, 832-3

tickets 827, 833train routes 832

trams 832travel to/from Spain 825-8travel within Spain 828-33trekking, see hikingTresviso 500Trevélez 682Triana 589Trujillo 555-8Tui 539-40Tuixent 335Túneles de Alfonso VIII 224TV 815

UÚbeda 711-14Ubrique 630Ujué 445Uña 227Unesco World

Heritage sitesAltamira 470, 473, 472Aranjuez 137Atapuerca 192Catedral (Burgos) 186Centre del Romànic de la

Vall de Boí 340Covalanas 473Cuenca 222-8Elche 764Misteri d’Elx 764Monte Castillo 473Puente Colgante 416Reial Monestir de Santa

Maria de Poblet 348San Lorenzo de El

Escorial 136-7

San Millán de Cogolla 451

Siega Verde 154Segovia 158-63

Urriés 374

Vvacations 820-1Val d’Aran 341-3Valdepeñas 219Valencia 68, 729-47,

732-3, 736accommodation

738-41, 741climate 727courses 737discount cards 729, 731drinking 744-5entertainment 745-6events 737-8 festivals 737-8food 44-5, 741-4history 729nightlife 744-5shopping 746sights 729-35tourist information 747tours 736-7travel seasons 727travel to/from 747travel within 747walking tour 740, 740

Valencia de Alcántara 555Valle de Ansó 374-6 Vall de Boí 340Vall de Ebo 763Valle de Echo 374-6Vall de Núria 332-3Valle de Tena 379-80Valle de Zuriza 376 Valle del Ambroz 562-4Valle del Baztán 441-2Vall del Pop 763 Valle del Roncal 443-4Valladolid 165-9, 166-7Válor 680veganism 48-9vegetarianism 48-9Vejer de la Frontera 632-4Velázquez, Diego Rodríguez

de Silva 89, 801Veleta 679Verín 547vermouth 117Vías Verdes 57

Vía Verde del Aceite 651Vía Verde de la

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-Z Vía Verde de la

Subbética 651Vic 343-4Vielha 342viewpoints

Ávila 142Cap de Sant Sebastià

309-10Mirador de Colom 241Mirador de Madrid 95Mirador del Valle 207Salamanca 149Segovia 159Torre de Collserola

(Barcelona) 265Vigo 535-7Vilafranca 751Vilafranca del Penedès

353-5Villaluenga del Rosario 630Villanueva de los

Infantes 216Villaviciosa 483Villena 762-3visas 20, 824Vitoria 432-6, 433Viveiro 525Volcà de la Garrinada 327Volcà del Montsacopa 327volunteering 824

Wwalking 52-7, see also hiking

Camino de Santiago 231Costa Brava Way 320Montserrat 345-6Parque Nacional de

Ordesa y Monte Perdido 379

Serra del Cadí 335walking tours, see also

individual locationsAstorga 183Barcelona 244, 271,

244Bilbao 405, 406Cáceres 552Granada 668Madrid 96, 101, 96Salamanca 149Valencia 736, 740, 740

water 818water parks

Aqualandia 757watersports, see diving,

kayaking, kitesurfing, surfing

La Herradura 683weather 20, see also

individual regionsweights 815whale-watching

Tarifa 700white towns 630, 630wildlife 492-3, see also

individual specieswildlife sanctuaries

Casa y Cercado del Lobo 476

Centre de Reproducció de Tortugues de l’Albera 324

Cercado Osero 490wildlife-watching 173-4

El Rocío 606-7windmills 217, 216-17windsurfing 60, 701

Costa Tropical 683

wine 45-6, see also sherry, wine festivals, wine museums

Aragón 389Campo de Cariñena 372Castilla y León 194Castilla-La Mancha 219Catalonia 352Costers del Segre 352DOC regions 194Galicia 528La Rioja 18, 452-6 18, 45Peñafiel 194 Penedès 352, 353-5Priorat 352Ribeiro 541-3Sant Sadurní

d’Anoia 353sherry 46Somontano 390Valdepeñas 219Vilafranca del Penedès

353-5wine tasting 27

wine festivals 29-30, 41Batalla del Vino 452Feira do Viño do

Ribeiro 542Feria de la Manzanilla 620Fiesta de San Mateo 449Fiesta del Albariño 528

wine museumsCentro Temático del Vino

Villa Lucia 454-5Museo de la Viña y el

Vino de Navarra 444Museo del Vino

(Cariñena) 372Museo del Vino

(Requena) 748

Museo Etnográfico e do Viño 527

Vinseum 353-4Vivanco 454

WOMAD 552women travellers 824work 824

XXàbia 755-6Xàtiva 761-2

YYanguas 201-2

ZZafra 570-2Zahara de la

Sierra 629, 631Zamora 171-3Zapatero, José Luis

Rodríguez 796Zaragoza 364-70, 364Ziga 441zip-lining 375zoos

Bioparc 735Biopark 693Centro de Lobo Ibérico

de Castilla y León 173Parque de la Naturaleza

Cabárceno 464-5Zoo de Barcelona 248-9

Zubizuri 407Zugarramurdi 442Zuheros 651-2Zurbarán, Francisco de 801

862

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BeachBird SanctuaryBuddhistCastle/PalaceChristianConfucianHinduIslamicJainJewishMonumentMuseum/Gallery/Historic BuildingRuin

Sento Hot Baths/Onsen

ShintoSikhTaoistWinery/VineyardZoo/Wildlife SanctuaryOther Sight

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Drinking & NightlifeCafe

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SkiingSnorkellingSurfingSwimming/PoolWalkingWindsurfingOther Activity

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Isabella NobleAndalucía, Cantabria & Asturias, Extremadura English-Australian-Spanish, Isabella has lived and travelled in Spain since 1994. Her in-depth investigations of distant northern regions far from her Andalucian home began at the age of 12. Now based in London, Isabella writes on Spain, India, Southeast Asia and beyond for Lonely Planet, Telegraph Travel (where she’s the Northern Spain expert) and others. Highlights this trip: tapas-touring in Cáceres, rediscovering

Cantabria’s prehistoric cave paintings and ‘researching’ Galician wines. Find Isabella on Twitter and Instagram (@isabellamnoble).

John NobleAndalucía, Galicia John, originally from England’s Ribble Valley, has lived in an An-dalucian mountain village since 1995. He has travelled lengthily all over Andalucía and most of the rest of the Spain and helped write every edition of Lonely Planet’s Spain and Andalucía guides. The diversity of Spain’s many distinct regions is endlessly fascinating and John loves returning to the green pastures, spectacular coastlines, old stone architecture, warm hospitality and distinctive culture of the

far northwest, Galicia – in many ways, almost a different country from the rest of Spain, where the food and wine seem to be getting better and better with every trip!

Josephine QuinteroMálaga Province Josephine has lived in a small village just outside Málaga since 1992. As well as continually ‘discovering’ the Costa capital, Josephine loves strolling along the beachside promenades throughout the coastal resorts. A highlight this trip was discovering a Roman sulphur spring that has escaped being commercial-ised and enjoying inspirational art during an open studio weekend in the picturesque mountainside village of Gaucín.

Brendan SainsburySeville, Granada Province, Aragón, Castilla La Mancha Originally from Hampshire, England, Brendan first went to Spain on an Inter-rail ticket in the 1980s. He went back as a travel guide several years later and met his wife-to-be in a small vil-lage in rural Andalucia in 2003. He has been writing books for Lonely Planet for over a decade, including three previous editions of the Spain guide. For this trip, Brendan loved going underground in Zaragoza, reading Don Quijote in La Man-

cha, and walking (and running) ridiculous distances when he ran out of buses.

Regis St LouisBarcelona Regis fell in love with Barcelona a decade ago, after arriving in the city and being awestruck by its wild architecture, culinary creativity and warm-hearted people. Since then he has returned frequently, learning Spanish and a smattering of Catalan, and delving into the endless layers of Barcelona’s deep cultural her-itage. Favourite memories from his most recent trip include fêting the arrival of three bearded kings during Día de los Reyes, catching a surreal circus arts show

in a seaside suburb, and exploring far-flung corners of Montjuïc at sunrise. Regis authored three editions of Barcelona, and he has contributed to Spain, Portugal and dozens of other Lonely Planet titles. When not on the road, he lives in New Orleans.

Andy SymingtonValencia, Murcia Andy hails from Australia but has been living in Spain for fifteen years, where, to shatter a couple of stereotypes of the country, he can frequently be found huddled in sub-zero temperatures watching the tragically poor local football team. He has authored and co-authored many Lonely Planet guidebooks and other publications on Spain and elsewhere; in his spare time he walks in the mountains, embarks on epic tapas trails, and co-bosses a rock bar.

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OUR STORYA beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies. Lonely Planet was born.

Today, Lonely Planet has offices in Franklin, London, Melbourne, Oakland, Beijing and Delhi, with more than 600 staff and writers. We share Tony’s belief that ‘a great guidebook should do three things: inform, educate and amuse’.

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OUR WRITERSAnthony HamMadrid, Castilla y León In 2001 Anthony fell in love with Madrid on his first visit to the city. Less than a year later, he arrived on a one-way ticket, with not a word of Spanish and not knowing a single person. After ten years living in the city, he recently returned to Australia with his Spanish-born family, but he still adores his adopted country as much as he did on the first day he arrived and returns often. When he’s not writing for Lonely Planet, Anthony writes about Spain, Australia

and Africa for newspapers and magazines around the world (www.anthonyham.com).

Sally DaviesBarcelona Sally landed in Seville in 1992 with a handful of pesetas and five words of Spanish and, despite a complete inability to communicate, promptly snared a lucrative number handing out leaflets at Expo ’92. In 2001 she settled in Barce-lona, where she is still incredulous that her daily grind involves researching fine restaurants, wandering about museums and finding ways to convey the beauty of this spectacular city.

Bridget GleesonBasque Country, La Rioja, Navarra Based in Buenos Aires, Bridget is a travel writer and occasional photographer. Before her years in South America, she lived in Italy and travelled extensively in Spain; along the way, thanks to her madrileño friends, she’s learned how to use vosotros and tio, how to make a proper tortilla, and how to stay out all night.

Anita IsalskaCatalonia Formerly Lonely Planet’s digital editor, Anita surprised no one when she swapped office life for travelling the world with her trusty laptop. Spain has long been an obsession, from hikes in the rugged north via Madrid all-nighters to the full quota of Costas, but it’s Catalonia that keeps luring her back. Anita is a freelance copywriter and journalist for a host of international publications, specialising in budget travel, offbeat adventures and food. Check out some of

her work on www.anitaisalska.com.Read more about Anita at:

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