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Costa Verde Mar Cantabrico
0 miles 50 Gijón
Cangas Santander
San
Oviedo de Onís Laredo Castro- Sebastián
Urdiales
ASTURIAS Covadonga Cuevas de Santillana Bilbao Gernika
del Mar
Altamira
Lugo Parque Nacional de Santuario de Loiola
los Picos de Europa CANTABRIA
Santiago de Arantzazu Oñati
Compostela GALICIA CASTILLA Y LEÓN
Vitoria
Haro
Wild Spain: Cantabria, Asturias Bilbao and the
and Galicia Basque Lands
• Visit enchanting fishing Parque Nacional de • Be dazzled in Bilbao by

villages-cum-resorts, los Picos de Europa. the spectacular Museo
and the Cantabrian • Hang out in bustling Guggenheim, then shop
capital of Santander. Gijón, then head east at the city’s chic boutiques.
• Wander the perfectly along the craggy Costa • Visit the city of Gernika-
preserved historic town Verde to discover idyllic Lumo’s poignant ancient
of Santillana del Mar, and villages and secret coves. oak, one of few places to
see prehistoric cave art • Spend a day in Roman- survive the 1937 bombing.
at Cuevas de Altamira. walled Lugo, heading • Meander the wild and
• Hike the lofty peaks and on to stone-and-granite beautiful Costa Vasca,
valleys of spectacular Santiago de Compostela. sampling the day’s catch at
enchanting seaside towns.
Lleida
• Soak up the beach glamour
Barcelona of San Sebastián and enjoy
Calatayud CATALUÑA some of the best tapas in
Sitges
the world.
Tarragona
Alcañiz • Inland, visit scenic Santuario
de Loiola and hilltop
Tortosa
Guadalajara ARAGÓN Mediterranean Santuario de Arantzazu.
MADRID Sea • Stroll around delightful
Vitoria, the Basque capital.
Madrid Teruel Peníscola
• Explore the historic wine-
Cuenca producing town of Haro,
Aranjuez
taking in a few bodegas.
Toledo PAÍS
VALENCIANO
Valencia
Requena
Barcelona and the Mediterranean
Tormelloso Coast by Train
• Get lost in Barcelona’s surrounded by the sea,
Ciudad Real
CASTILLA-LA MANCHA Gothic Quarter, then head to dazzling
Xábia
admire Gaudí’s fairy- Valencia, fusing old
tale architecture, and new with flair.
Hellín
Elda shop and eat to • Spend a day in vibrant
Alicante your heart’s content, Alicante (Alacant), chock-
Linares MURCIA then relax on the full of fantastic art
fabulous city beaches.
Córdoba Murcia museums, and with a
ANDALUCÍA • Stroll around Sitges, castle atop a crag boast-
Huéscar Lorca one of the prettiest ing great coastal views.
Écija Montilla Cartagena (and liveliest) towns • Tour traditional Murcia,
Sevilla Aguilar Priego de Córdoba on the Med, then head
Carmona Águillas to Tarragona to visit a taking in its Baroque
Montefrío architecture and old-
Granada slew of Roman remains.
Mojácar 0 kilometres 100 world spirit. Then on
• Relax in lovely Peníscola, to old Cartagena,
0 miles 100 piled up on a promon- stuffed with Punic
Málaga Almeriá tory almost completely and Roman remains.
Motril
Marbella
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