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                                Madrid (see pp272–82)
                                is home to some of
                                Europe’s greatest art
                                galleries. The Museo
                                del Prado has out-
                                standing collections of
                                paintings by Velázquez
                                and Goya, whose
                                statue stands outside
                                the main entrance.
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 A Coruña  Santander
 Oviedo
  Lugo   Bilbao
 Santiago de  (Bilbo)
 Compostela
 León             Pamplona
                  (Iruña)
    Burgos
 Braganca
 Valladolid     Zaragoza     Lleida
                                                Barcelona (see pp296–305)
                                     Barcelona  is famous for its Modernist
 Oporto                                         buildings, which include
                                                Gaudí’s unfinished master-
 Salamanca                                      piece, the Sagrada Família.

  Coimbra  Madrid    Teruel
                                                     Menorca
       SPAIN
 Toledo   (see pp266–335)                      Mallorca
 PORTUGAL
 (see pp336–63)             Valencia
                                     Ibiza
  Lisbon  Merida   Ciudad Real   Albacete
 Evora
                           Alicante
                           (Alacant)

 Córdoba
  Seville
    Granada
 Faro
  Málaga

                                             The Balearic Islands (see p309)
                                             are often associated with mass
                                             tourism, but away from the busy
                                             resorts, there are hundreds of
                                             unspoiled coastal villages and
              Granada (see pp310 and 312–13), in the foothills    beautiful coves to be discovered.
              of the snowcapped Sierra Nevada, is unmissable
              for its Moorish heritage. Its greatest monument
              is the stunning Alhambra palace.




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