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Exploring Spain
Although many visitors to Spain come for the
beaches alone, increasingly tourists are drawn by the
country’s rich cultural heritage. The most popular
destinations are Madrid and Barcelona, which boast
world-class museums and a wealth of medieval and
modern architecture. For those with time to travel
further afield, Seville, Granada, and Córdoba in the
far south are the best places to see relics of Spain’s
Moorish past. Spain is Europe’s third-largest country, Ciutadella harbor, on the island of Menorca,
so getting around can be time-consuming. However, at twilight Portsmouth Portsmouth
there is a reliable network of trains, as well as Plymouth
good highways and bus services. Bay of Biscay Bordeaux
A8 Gijon
A Coruña Santander
N634 Oviedo Bilbao FRANCE
Sights at a Glance A6 Lugo A66 A8 A8 (Bilbo) San Sebastián Toulouse Marseille
(Donostia)
1 Madrid pp272–82 Santiago de Picos de Europa A1
2 El Escorial Compostela N623 AP68 Pamplona
(Iruña)
Rías
3 Toledo pp286–8 Baixas AP9 AP53 N120 León AP1 A1 A12 N240 ANDORRA
4 Segovia Pontevedra Ourense AP71 A231 AP15
5 Avila Vigo A52 A6 A67 Burgos Logroño N230 Parc Nacional AP7
6 Salamanca Miño A52 Palencia A62 N234 AP68 Huesca N240 d'Aigüestortes Girona
7 Burgos pp289–91 N13 N601 NIII Ebro A23 Monestir de C17
8 León N103 Duero A1 Soria Montserrat Genoa, Livorno,
9 Santiago de Compostela IP4 Valladolid N122 N234 Zaragoza AP2 Lleida A2 Civitavecchia
0 Rías Baixas Zamora A11 Poblet Barcelona
q Oviedo Oporto A6 S P A I N A23 A16
w Picos de Europa Salamanca N232 Tarragona
e Santander A62 A50 Segovia A2
r Bilbao Ávila El Escorial Guadalajara
t San Sebastián
Menorca
y Pamplona Coimbra A23 A66 N1 10 MADRID N320 Teruel AP7 Ciutadella
u Parc Nacional d’Aigüestortes A5 Tajo Cuenca A23 Maó
i Barcelona pp296–305 POR TUGAL A40 Castellon de Mallorca Alcudia
o Monestir de Montserrat Tajo Toledo A3 la Plana Palma de Mallorca and the
pp306–7 A58 A4 AP36 Valencia Mallorca Balearic Islands
p Poblet A8 A1 Cáceres N502 N401 A43 A3
a Tarragona A5
s Zaragoza Badajoz N430 Ciudad A43 Júcar Ibiza
Real
d Valencia LISBON A5 Guadia na Albacete A31 Eivissa (Ibiza)
f Costa Blanca A6 A31 AP7 Formentera
g Mallorca and IP2 A30 Costa
Alicante
the Balearic Islands N 4 3 2 N502 A4 N322 (Alacant) Blanca
h Granada pp310, 312–13 N420 C3314 MEDITERRANEAN
j Málaga A66 Úbeda Segura Murcia
k Costa del Sol N433 Córdoba A7 SEA
l Ronda A2 Guadalquivir N 4 32 Jaén A44 Cartagena
z Córdoba pp314, 316–17 N120 A4 A92 AP7
x Seville pp318–21 A22 Huelva A49 Seville A92 Granada
c Parque Nacional de Doñana Faro Parque Nacional AP4
de Doñana
v Jerez de la Frontera A382 A45 A92
b Cádiz Jerez de la Frontera Ronda A7 A7 Almería
Málaga Motril
AP7
A381
Cádiz Costa del Sol
Santa Cruz Algeciras
de Tenerife N340 GIBRALTAR
Melilla, Nador
Las Palmas de Oran,Ghazaouet
Gran Canaria Ceuta
Tangier MOROCCO Melilla
For hotels and restaurants see pp330–32 and pp333–5
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