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Your holiday starts the moment you open the guide ...'The best guide available. Packed to the brim with colour photos, maps and essential information' - Reader review. Capture the essence of Northern Spain. From the remote beauty of the Picos de Europa to the busy port of Santander and cosmopolitan Bilbao. This title includes photos, illustrations, unique 3D models and birds-eye-view maps of all the major sites that ensure you don't miss a thing. Clue up on the basics, from the most comfortable places to stay (whatever your budget) to the best bars and restaurants. Discover where the locals go, enjoy relaxing entertainment, amazing sites and retail therapy, exciting sports, scenic walks or drives, thematic tours and colourful festivals. This title includes all you need for an unforgettable trip. It is winner of the "Guardian" & "Observer" 'Best Guide Books' and "Wanderlust" Magazine Silver Award for 'Top Guidebook'.
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EYEWITNESS TRAVEL NORTHERN SPAIN RESTAURANTS HISTORY R W LKING • CHURCHES WA MOUNTAINS • HOTELS CATHEDRALS • BEACH RESORTS MUSEUMS • NATIONAL PARKS THE GUIDES THAT SHOW YOU WHAT OTHERS ONLY TELL YOU EYEWITNESS TRAVEL NORTHERN SPAIN EYEWITNESS TRAVEL NORTHERN SPAIN CONTENTS HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE 6 Produced by Hachette Livre Polska sp. z o.o., Warsaw, Poland SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER Paweł Pasternak CONTRIBUTORS Agnieszka Drewno, Zuzanna Jakubowska, Renata Szmidt, Carlos Marrodán Casas CARTOGRAPHY Magdalena Polak PHOTOGRAPHERS Dorota and Mariusz Jarymowicz ILLUSTRATORS Michał Burkiewicz, Paweł Marczak EDITOR Maria Betlejewska TYPESETTING AND LAYOUT Elżbieta Dudzińska Reproduced by Colourscan, Singapore. Printed in Singapore by KHL Printing Co. Pte. Ltd. First published in Great Britain in 2007 by Dorling Kindersley Limited 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL Copyright ©2007 Dorling Kindersley Limited, London A Penguin Company ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED, STORED IN A RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, OR TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS, ELECTRONIC, MECHANICAL, PHOTOCOPYING, RECORDING OR OTHERWISE WITHOUT THE PRIOR WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE COPYRIGHT OWNER. A tympanum of the Iglelsia de San Saturnino in Pamplona INTRODUCING NORTHERN SPAIN PUTTING NORTHERN SPAIN ON THE MAP 10 DISCOVERING NORTHERN SPAIN 12 A PORTRAIT OF NORTHERN SPAIN 14 NORTHERN SPAIN THROUGH THE YEAR 30 THE HISTORY OF NORTHERN SPAIN 34 A CIP CATALOGUE RECORD IS AVAILABLE FROM THE BRITISH LIBRARY ISBN 978 1 4053 1788 7 Front cover main image: La Ainsa in the Pyrenees The information in every DK Eyewitness Travel Guide is checked regularly. Every effort has been made to ensure that this book is as up-to-date as possible at the time of going to press. Some details, however, such as telephone numbers, opening hours, prices, gallery hanging arrangements and travel information are liable to change. The publishers cannot accept responsibility for any consequences arising from the use of this book, nor for any material on third-party websites, and cannot guarantee that any website address in this book will be a suitable source of travel information. We value the views and suggestions of our readers very highly. Please write to: Publisher, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, Dorling Kindersley, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, Great Britain. Vineyards near the Miño river in Galicia Fishing boats in the port of Luarca on the Asturian coast SURVIVAL GUIDE PRACTICAL INFORMATION 240 TRAVEL INFORMATION 248 INDEX 256 The town of Laspuña near Ainsa, surrounded by imposing massifs ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 267 NORTHERN SPAIN CENTRAL AND EASTERN PYRENEES 170 AREA BY AREA NORTHERN SPAIN AT A GLANCE 46 TRAVELLERS’ NEEDS WHERE TO STAY 196 GALICIA 48 WHERE TO EAT 212 SHOPPING IN NORTHERN SPAIN 228