Lonely Planet Catalonia: Chapter from Spain Travel Guide Book

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This eBook offering is an excerpt of Lonely Planet's latest Spain guide book and includes:

• Catalonia chapters
• Understanding Spain
• Catalonia maps

From metropolitan Barcelona spreads a land of such diversity that you could spend weeks dissecting it. The stunning cove beaches of the Costa Brava are the jewel in the tourism crown, but urban fun is to be found in the medieval city of Girona and workaday Figueres.
This guide is the result of research by dedicated authors and local experts who immersed themselves in Catalonia, finding unique experiences, and sharing practical and honest advice, so you come away informed and amazed. This guide includes up-to-date reviews of the best places to stay, eat, sights, cultural information, maps, transport tips and a few best kept secrets - all the essentials to get to the heart of Catalonia.

Coverage includes:

• Understanding Spain : Spain Today, History, Architecture, Spain's Food & Wine, Spain's Passions
• Costa Brava, Tossa de Mar, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Platja d'Aro & Palamos, Palafrugell & around, Castell de Pubol, Girona, Verges, Torroella de Montgri, L'estartit & the Illes Medes, L'escala, Castello d'empuries, Roses & around, Cadaques & around, Cadaques to the French Border, Figueres & around, Besalu, The Pyrenees, Olot, Parc Natural de La Zona Volcanica de La Garrotxa, Ripoll & around, Vall Alto Del Ter, Vall de Nuria & Ribes de Freser, Cerdanya, Serra Del Cadi, La Seu d'urgell, Vall de La Noguera Pallaresa, Northwest Valleys, Parc Nacional d'aiguestortes I Estany de Sant Maurici & around, Val d'aran, Central Catalonia, Vic, Manresa, Cardona, Solsona, Conca de Barbera, Lleida, Montsec, Costa Daurada, Vilanov a I La Geltru, Altafulla, Tarragona, Port Aventura, Reus & around, Tortosa and Ebro Delta.

Lonely Planet's Spain guide is researched and written by: Anthony Ham, Josephine Quintero, Stuart Butler, Damien Simonis, Brendan Sainsbury, John Noble, Zora O'Neill, Miles Roddis