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San Sebastián (see pp136–9), the most elegant holiday resort in
the Basque Country, is situated around a beautiful horse shoe bay.
Visitors flock here for the fine food, street life, sandy beaches and
the International Film Festival.

The Monasterio de San Juan de la
Peña (see pp180–81) is built beneath
a vast wall of rock; its two churches
Viveiro
house a pantheon of the early kings
Ferrol Ribadeo Avilés Gijón of Aragón, as well as Romanesque
A Coruña Santander cloisters with capitals bearing
Vilalba Llanes sculpted biblical scenes.
ASTURIAS Santillana San Sebastián
Santiago de AND CANTABRIA del Mar Bilbao
Compostela Lugo (See pp84–121) THE BASQUE
Reinosa COUNTRY
Padrón GALICIA Miranda de (See pp122–147) Pamplona
(See pp52–83) Ebro Vielha
Quiroga
NAVARRA Jaca Sort
Vigo Ourense AND LA RIOJA CENTRAL AND Figueres
(See pp148–173) EASTERN PYRENEES
Huesca (See pp174–197)
Tudela Girona

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Pamplona (see pp156–7), the capital
of Navarra, is best known for its
annual fiesta, Los Sanfermines,
immortalized by Ernest Hemingway. The Parque Nacional de Ordesa y Monte Perdido (see
The highlight of each day of riotous pp186–9) in the Aragonese Pyrenees is a haven for walkers
celebration is the Encierro, in which and hikers. The rocky massifs are enchanting, and in the
bulls stampede through the streets. mountain valleys many species of flora and fauna can be seen.

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