Andalucia (Footprint Travel Guide) (Footprint Handbook)

by Andy Symington (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $4.36

  Totally updated, this guide to one of the sunniest parts of Europe features current information on where to dine, stay, and play--from the paradores to paella stalls. Includes fascinating historical background on the Roman baths, the Moorish mezquitas, and more.

• Used

  Paperback
  2007

  $7.93

  This title provides information about: spas, snowboarding and sierras to heaven; anarchic festivals and equestrian ballet; moorish mesquitas, Roman amphitheatres and Renaissance palaces; death in the afternoon; penitents, poets and pagans; wildlife havens, wild west trails and windswept beaches; and, extra virgens and ecclesiastical excess. Andalucia has been thoroughly revised and up-dated for this fifth edition. It is a practical guide to the region and includes detailed coverage of the 'big three' cities of Granada, Seville and Cordoba. It also covers all the basics from where to stay and where to eat to cycling, walking and how to get around. The key features: planning a visit and get the best from cheap flights; ancient cities: Granada, Sevilla and Cordoba; towering countryside: the Sierra Nevada with the pueblos blancos; places to sleep and eat from paradores to paella stalls; activities: details for those who want to climb a rock face, stroll in the sierras, ski, bird watch (or just sit on a beach!); special features on fiestas and festivals; dip into Andalucia's rich history, from Roman baths to Moorish mequitas; and, chapter on Gibraltar and links to Morocco