Read Your Way Round Spain Essay, Research Paper

Read your way round Spain The Rough Guide to Spain This updated tenth edition has had a complete makeover with a glossy new colour introduction that gives you a flavour of the country’s highlights. Soon all Rough Guides will have this new format, which lists 44 things not to miss. From paella to Picasso, Seville’s Feria de Avril to Spanish league football, and the Guggenheim to Goya, this taster is sure to whet the appetite. The region-by-region chapters contain a vast amount of detail; with historical vignettes and recommendations of where to stay and eat, and what to do. An excellent travelling companion. Madrid – Cadogan GuideThis brand new guide to the ’stay up late’ capital of Europe could fill every minute of your trip.Readable and easy to use, it sets out 12 daily itineraries, classed by interest (couples, Goya, locals). It describes the city’s history, from its origin as an Arab fortress in AD860 to rule by Hapsburgs, Bourbons and Franco.The authors admit that Madrid is ‘architecturally impoverished’, but this honesty points up their praise for its fabulous art and ‘ability to show you a good time’.Eyewitness Travel Guides – SpainThis is a guidebook that makes you want to flip through it. The colourful, eyecatching pages are liberally sprinkled with photos, floorplans and cutaway sections of major buildings and 3-D aerial views of districts to make it an easily digestible guide full of snippets of information. There are no long chunks of boring text but the information is all there in a user-friendly format, making it both accessible and informative. Almost like a good-quality children’s book in layout, the guide includes city maps along with a blow-by-blow rundown on the major sights.