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Andalusia or Andalucía?

The autonomous region of Andalusia (Andalucía in Spanish) is in the southern part of Spain. It spans from Atlantic coast in the west to the sheltered coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the east and from Málaga's Costa del Sol to the borders of Castilla – La Mancha the famous flat lands and Don Quixote windmill country.  With an average of 300 plus days of sunshine a year the coastal area is an all year round destination. Not so in the inland provinces of Cordoba, Jaen and Sevilla which ha ve baking hot summers that can reach +40c and cold winters which can be 0c or less overnight. The Mezquita, Córdoba Andalusia is divided into eight provinces, each with a provincial city of the same name. Some of them are far more famous than others: Almería , Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga and Sevilla. The three land-locked provinces are Córdoba, Jaé n and Sevilla, the rest are coastal. Each province and city is full of culture, history, traditions, fabulous monuments and cre...

DK Eyewitness Travel Spain Guidebook

I´ve just received my review copy of DK Eyewitness Travel - Spain. I´m so glad it came on Saturday because I didn´t put it down all morning. I even used it with my Spanish student in her English speaking lesson, we had great fun sharing where we´ve been and even more so where we want to go from the bright colourful pages of this guidebook.

It´s not a how-to-get-there guide but a great flick through 720 page picture book as well as being packed with lots of information. I love the style and feel, it´s sumptuous and inviting and I want to go everywhere I´ve seen in it. Now!

This is the latest, only just out, revised edition of a book that was first published in the UK in 1996.

It´s fun, informative and will be well dipped into by your truly. Want your own? They are now available from Amazon.



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