Download or read book Travels Through History Northern Spain written by Julian Worker and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a travelogue about the cities of northern Spain. I travelled to Pamplona, Burgos, San Sebastian, Valladolid, Segovia, Leon, Gijon, Oviedo, Santiago de Compostela, Pontevedra, A Coruna, and Vigo on board the fast, modern trains of the Spanish railways. I describe the history of these places along with the sights seen plus some food and drink options available to all. The cities range from the familiar such as Pamplona with its bull running and Leon with its world-famous cathedral to those not so well-known cities such as Pontevedra with its pedestrianised centre and A Coruna where I saw the world’s oldest lighthouse. There are extra stories about two pilgrimages of my own - to see the modern architecture of Santiago Calatrava in Valencia and to watch Lionel Messi play football in Barcelona.
Download or read book Insight Guides Northern Spain Travel Guide eBook written by Insight Guides and published by Apa Publications (UK) Limited. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insight Guides: all you need to inspire every step of your journey. An in-depth book, now with free app and eBook. Home to spectacular mountains, lush green valleys and a scenic coastline, Northern Spain is fast becoming a haven of green tourism. This new edition covers all the highlights, from the cultural Bilbao and elegant San Sebastian to the wine-growing region of La Rioja and the Picos de Europa mountain range Over 346 pages of insider knowledge from local experts In-depth on history and culture, from festivals and food and wine to the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela Enjoy special features on Basque games, the Guggenheim in Bilbao, country museums and the region's distinctive granary stores Includes innovative extras that are unique in the market - all Insight Guides to countries and regions come with a free eBook and app that's regularly updated with new hotel, bar, restaurant, shop and local event listings Invaluable maps, travel tips and practical information ensure effortless planning Inspirational colour photography throughout Inventive design makes for an engaging reading experience About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.
Download or read book DK Eyewitness Northern Spain written by DK Eyewitness and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you want to spend an afternoon gallery hopping in Bilbao or eating sublime tapas in San Sebastián. Or taking a restorative hike along the Camino de Santiago. Northern Spain offers enough bucket-list experiences to fill a lifetime. Whatever your dream trip involves, this DK Eyewitness travel guide is the perfect companion. Our updated guide brings Northern Spain to life, transporting you there as no other travel guide does with expert-led insights, trusted travel advice, detailed breakdowns of all the must-see sights, photographs on practically every page, and our hand-drawn illustrations, which take you inside the region's buildings and neighborhoods. You'll discover: - Our pick of Northern Spain's must-sees and top experiences - The best spots to eat, drink, shop and stay - Detailed maps and walks that make navigating the region easy - Easy-to-follow itineraries - Expert advice: get ready, get around and stay safe - Color-coded chapters to each part of Northern Spain - A lightweight format, so you can take it with you wherever you go Touring the country? Don't forget to check out DK Eyewitness Spain. Explore easy-to-read maps, tips, and tours to inform and enrich your trip. We have published guides to more than 200 destinations worldwide, from pocket-sized city guides to country guides.
Download or read book The Basque Country and Navarre written by Stuart Butler and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this guidebook to the Spanish and French Basque Country and Navarre, Murray Stewart covers the principal cities - rejuvenated Bilbao, beautiful San Sebastian, verdant Vitoria and lively Pamplona - and also delves deeper into the region's interior, capturing the quirkiness that make it so special
Download or read book Everything But the Squeal written by John Barlow and published by . This book was released on with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *** EVERYTHING BUT THE SQUEAL *** Makes you want to get on the next flight to Santiago and eat cocido! Rick Stein, TV chef "Delicious" - Time Magazine "Fascinating" - The Economist "Enjoyable and witty" - Waterstones "Mouthwatering" - LA Times "Raucous, affectionate" - Irish Times "Fascinating and hilarious" - Toronto Star *** John Barlow, a self-confessed glutton, finds himself in a meat-lover’s dream. Galicia, in the misty north-western cormer of ‘green’ Spain, is a place where they revere and consume every part of the pig. This starts Barlow thinking about the nature of our relationship with food – what’s delicious, what’s not, and what sort of obligation we have to the animals we eat. Over the course of one glorious year, Barlow tries the patience of his vegetarian wife as he goes the whole hog and vows to eat every part of a Galician pig - everything but the squeal. In his travels he takes part in a thousand-year-old antthrowing festival of Laza, makes pig-bladder puddings for carnival, and manages to taste every other part of the animal, from snout to tail. All washed down with local wine! In the tradition of Bill Bryson, Calvin Trillin and Anthony Bourdain, Everything but the Squeal is an adventure in extreme eating, a hilariously quirky travel book, and a perceptive look at how what we eat makes us who we are. First pubished by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in the USA. *** Reviews With good humor and shameless enthusiasm, he has written a delicious meat note. Verdict: Read. Time Magazine ...the attraction of Mr Barlow’s book is that he goes well beyond the business of eating. He gives us a fascinating journal of his Galician wanderings. The Economist Like Bill Bryson, Mr. Barlow has canny comic timing. What both writers get by on is cerebral charm that can verge on slapstick. New York Times An enjoyable and witty journal of gourmet wanderings in Galicia. Waterstone's Books Quarterly Perhaps even more satisfying than his madcap extreme eating and cooking experiences are Barlow's quotable observations about Galicians. New York Post A mouthwatering adventure. LA Times A raucous, affectionate road trip, on which you don’t know where the next meal is coming from. Irish Times Fascinating and hilarious. Toronto Star Charmingly informative and witty. Publishers Weekly Barlow is a very fine writer, and exhibits genius in figuring out new ways to describe food. Edmonton Journal One of the funniest and most moving stories of the so-called ‘new Spain’. La Nación (Argentina) A most compelling and delicious book... This is a fine and noteworthy addition to any serious Spanish food library, and a must-read for anyone contemplating a trip into this green corner of Spain. Hollywood Reporter Barlow is a companionable guide expounding upon history, traditions and the personalities of Galicia. His writing style is quick, lively and filled with delicious details. He takes readers on a sublime journey of the senses. Publishers Weekly (starred review) Barlow is a writer first and foremost, not just another foodie looking for a publisher to pick up his tapas tab. He embraces his adopted culture with affectionate and knowing ribbing... A savory travelogue with insights that go beyond taste and texture. Kirkus keywords: spain and spanish food, galicia and north west spain, humorous travel books about spain, northern spain and food like cocido, rick stein, the pilgrims way in santiago de compostela, memoirs of an englishman abroad
Download or read book Travels with My Donkey written by Tim Moore and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2014-05-06 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "'A donkey?' blurted my family as one. For a moment it didn't seem they'd ever be able to list all the reasons that made this so entertainingly ludicrous. . . .Yes, I'd never ridden a donkey on a beach or petted one at a city farm, never even pinned a cardboard tail to one's throat after the cake and ice cream....A donkey would be my hairy-coated hair shirt, making my pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela a truer test of the will, a trial." With these words, having no knowledge of Spanish and even less about the care and feeding of donkeys, Tim Moore, Britain's indefatigable traveling Everyman, sets out on a pilgrimage to the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela with a donkey named Shinto as his companion. Armed only with the Codex Calixtinus, a twelfth-century handbook to the route, and expert advice on donkey management from Robert Louis Stevenson, Moore and his four-legged companion travel the ancient five-hundred-mile route from St. Jean Pied-de-Port, on the French side of the Pyrenees, to the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela, which houses the remains of Spain's patron saint, St. James. Over sun-scorched highways, precipitous bridges, dirt paths shaded by leafy trees, and vineyards occasionally lashed by downpours, Moore and Shinto pass through some of the oldest towns and cities in northern Spain in colorful company, both past and present. Pilgrims real and imagined have traveled this route throughout the ages, a diverse cast of wayfarers spanning Charlemagne, St. Francis of Assisi, Chaucer's Wife of Bath, and New Age diva, Shirley MacLaine. Moore's present-day companions are no less florid or poignant. Clearly more interested in Shinto than in Moore, their fellow walkers are an assortment of devout Christian pilgrims, New Age spirituality seekers, travelers grieving over a lost love affair, Baby Boomers contemplating the advent of middle age, and John Q. Public just out for a cheap, boozy sun-drenched outdoor holiday. As Moore pushes, pulls, wheedles, cajoles, and threatens Shinto across Spain toward the crypt of St. James in a quest to find the spiritual pilgrim within, the duo overnights in the bedrooms, dormitories, and---for Shinto---adjacent grassy fields of northern Spain's hostels, inns, convents, seminaries, and farmhouses. Shinto, a donkey with a finely honed talent for relieving himself at the most inopportune moments, has better luck in the search for his next meal than Moore does in finding his inner St. Francis. Undaunted, however, Man and Beast finally arrive at the cathedral and a successful end to their journey. For readers who delighted in his earlier books, Travels with My Donkey is the next hilarious chapter in the travels of Tim Moore, a book that keeps the bones of St. James rattling till this day.
Download or read book My Midsummer Morning Rediscovering a Life of Adventure written by Alastair Humphreys and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2019-05-30 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Financial Times Summer Book of 2019 Seasoned adventurer Alastair Humphreys pushes himself to his very limits – busking his way across Spain with a violin he can barely play.
Download or read book DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Northern Spain written by DK Publishing and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Green Spain, as Northern Spain is often known, offers the visitor a great variety of landscapes: lush forests, deep-green valleys, soaring high mountain scenery, and exquisite beaches. For those looking for more thansun and sand, cultural highlights such as Santiago de Compostela, and the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao are contrasted with the wonderful national parks that canbe found in the Central and Eastern Pyrenees. But the best beaches and most charming villages are not neglected. Everything is depicted in the glorious visual style for which Eyewitness Travel Guides are known. Over 700 photographs & illustrations The Flavors of Northern Spain - local produce and classic dishes Cutaways and floorplans of all the major sights Comprehensive selection of hotels and restaurants Sights, beaches, markets and festivals listed town by town Walks, scenic routes and thematic tours Full-color detailed maps of towns and regions
Download or read book DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Northern Spain written by DK Travel and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-03-21 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the historic cathedrals and architecture, stroll through wineries, and see beautiful beaches in northern Spain. Discover DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Northern Spain. + Detailed itineraries and "don't-miss" destination highlights at a glance. + Illustrated cutaway 3-D drawings of important sights. + Floor plans and guided visitor information for major museums. + Guided walking tours, local drink and dining specialties to try, things to do, and places to eat, drink, and shop by area. + Area maps marked with sights. + Detailed city maps include street finder indexes for easy navigation. + Insights into history and culture to help you understand the stories behind the sights. + Hotel and restaurant listings highlight DK Choice special recommendations. With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Northern Spain truly shows you this region as no one else can.
Download or read book Go West written by Andy Mckettrick and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-13 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What springs to mind when you think of Spain? Lying around the pool, Karaoke bars with a pint for a Euro and a cheap full English breakfast? I know that for some people, that sounds like the dream holiday. Me? I'd rather stab pencils in my eyes whilst listening to Susan Boyle's greatest hits! What you should be doing is jumping in your van and heading for La Costa Verde. Enjoy Cantabrian stews and a hundred different cheeses. Try traditional cider and a glass of Rioja in a medieval village. Stroll along one of the beautiful deserted beaches or hike through the Picos de Europa. That's what springs to mind when I think of Spain! In this book, through experience, I'll attempt to tell you everything you need to know about visiting Northern Spain in a motorhome. So, forget mini-England. Forget Benidorm and Torremolinos. Next time you arrive in Spain, don't go south, Go West! You won't regret it! Andy
Download or read book Moon Camino de Santiago written by Beebe Bahrami and published by Moon Travel. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 779 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 1,200 years old, 500 miles long, and rich with tradition and sacred history: Embark on the trip of a lifetime with Moon Camino de Santiago. Inside you'll find: Strategic trekking guides for walking the Camino, including where to start to get the Compostela certificate and excursions to gateway cities like Santiago, Léon, and Pamplona Unique ideas for enriching your experience: Admire folkloric art and Romanesque churches, stroll through the stone archways and winding alleys of medieval cities, and soak up mountain views as you cross over the Pyrenees and descend into green valleys. See the archaeological site where Europe's oldest humans were uncovered and breathe in the salty ocean air as you finish your journey at the shores of the Atlantic Savor the local flavors: Enjoy authentic jamón serrano, tapas, and Galician wine, or grab fresh cheese and bread for a picnic lunch The best detours, festivals, and villages along the way: Linger in Estella, witness the running of the bulls in Pamplona, visit the monastery in Nájera, or sip wine in Cacabelos Essential planning information on when to go, how to get there, where to eat, and where to stay, from pilgrim dorms to private hotels, plus tips on hazards, precautions, and gear Valuable insighton the history and context of the pilgrimage from expert Beebe Bahrami, who has walked the Camino many times since 1995 Full-color photos and detailed maps throughout, plus a handy fold-out map of the entire route Thorough background information on the sacred sites and history of the Camino, as well as the landscape, culture, and local etiquette Handy tools including Spanish and French phrasebooks, visa information, volunteer opportunities, and tips for seniors, women traveling alone, religious and secular travelers, and LGBTQ travelers Start your transformative journey with the expert insight, unique suggestions, and practical advice of Moon Camino de Santiago.
Download or read book Insight Guides Northern Spain Travel Guide eBook written by Insight Guides and published by Apa Publications (UK) Limited. This book was released on 2023-03-01 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Insight Guide is a lavishly illustrated inspirational travel guide to Northern Spain and a beautiful souvenir of your trip. Perfect for travellers looking for a deeper dive into the destination's history and culture, it's ideal to inspire and help you plan your travels. With its great selection of places to see and colourful magazine-style layout, this Northern Spain guidebook is just the tool you need to accompany you before or during your trip. Whether it's deciding when to go, choosing what to see or creating a travel plan to cover key places like Picos de Europa, the Guggenheim Museum, it will answer all the questions you might have along the way. It will also help guide you when you'll be exploring Bilbao or discovering San Sebastian on the ground. Our Northern Spain travel guide was fully-updated post-COVID-19. The Insight Guide NORTHERN SPAIN covers: Eastern and Central Pyrenees, The Basque Country, Cantabria, Picos de Europa, Asturias, Castilla Y León, Galicia. In this guide book to Northern Spain you will find: IN-DEPTH CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL FEATURES Created to explore the culture and the history of Northern Spain to get a greater understanding of its modern-day life, people and politics. BEST OF The top attractions and editor's choice featured in this Northern Spain guide book highlight the most special places to visit. TIPS AND FACTS Up-to-date historical timeline and in-depth cultural background to Northern Spain as well as an introduction to Northern Spain's food and drink and fun destination-specific features. PRACTICAL TRAVEL INFORMATION A-Z of useful advice on everything from when to go to Northern Spain, how to get there and how to get around, as well as Northern Spain's climate, advice on tipping, etiquette and more. CURATED PLACES, HIGH-QUALITY MAPS Geographically organised text cross-referenced against full-colour, high-quality travel maps for quick orientation in León, Navarra and many more locations in Northern Spain. COLOUR-CODED CHAPTERS Every part of the destination, from Pamplona to Galicia has its own colour assigned for easy navigation of this Northern Spain travel guide. STRIKING PICTURES This guide book to Northern Spain features inspirational colour photography, including the stunning Santiago de Compostela and the spectacular Ordesa National Park.
Download or read book Finding List of History Travel Political Science Geography Anthropology written by Buffalo Public Library (Buffalo, N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tales of the Alhambra written by Washington Irving and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-21 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rough draughts of some of the following tales and essays were actually written during a residence in the Alhambra; others were subsequently added, founded on notes and observations made there. Care was taken to maintain local coloring and verisimilitude; so that the whole might present a faithful and living picture of that microcosm, that singular little world into which I had been fortuitously thrown; and about which the external world had a very imperfect idea. It was my endeavor scrupulously to depict its half Spanish, half Oriental character; its mixture of the heroic, the poetic, and the grotesque; to revive the traces of grace and beauty fast fading from its walls; to record the regal and chivalrous traditions concerning those who once trod its courts; and the whimsical and superstitious legends of the motley race now burrowing among its ruins.
Download or read book The Renaissance Architectvre of Central and Northern Spain written by Austin Whittlesey and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Eve of Spain written by Patricia E. Grieve and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2009-04-20 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally, Grieve focuses on the misogynistic elements of the story and asks why the fall of Spain is figured as a cautionary tale about a woman's sexuality.
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Travel Online written by Samantha Cook and published by Rough Guides. This book was released on 2004 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Travel Online shows you how to make the Web work for you as you plan, book and enjoy your next trip - anywhere in the world. In plain English it explains how to use the web to research a destination or interest, find cheap tickets for flights, buy you holiday online with complete security, choose a hotel, find out about visa and vaccinations and even how to stay in touch when you''re out on the road. Drawing on Rough Guides'' unrivalled expertise in travel, this book will help you find the perfect short break or the holiday of a lifetime - whatever your budget.
