Lonely Planet Andalucia

• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2019
• ISBN:
  9781788681681

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet's Andalucia is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Experience the Alhambra's perfect blend of architecture and nature, visit the Spanish Royals' residence at the Alcazar and hike to the rugged cliff-top town of Ronda - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Andalucia and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Andalucia: Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights provide a richer, more rewarding travel experience - covering history, people, music, religion, cuisine, politics Over 50 maps Covers Seville, Huelva, Sevilla, Cadiz, Gibraltar, Malaga, Almeria, Granada, Jaen, Cordoba, Tarifa, Ronda, Baeza, Ubeda, and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Andalucia is our most comprehensive guide to Andalucia, and is perfect for discovering both popular and offbeat experiences. Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's Spain for an in-depth look at all the country has to offer. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

Cádiz Province & Gibraltar

Cádiz

The Sherry Triangle

Jerez de la Frontera

El Puerto de Santa María

Sanlúcar de Barrameda

Cádiz’ White Towns

Arcos de la Frontera

Grazalema

Zahara de la Sierra

Parque Natural Sierra de Grazalema

Olvera

Southeast Cádiz Province & the Costa de la Luz

Vejer de la Frontera

Los Caños de Meca

Zahara de los Atunes

Tarifa

Bolonia

Parque Natural Los Alcornocales

Gibraltar

Cádiz Province & Gibraltar

Why Go?

If you had to pick just one region to attempt to explain Andalucía in its full, complex beauty, it’d probably be Cádiz. Lying in wait across Spain’s southernmost province are craggy mountains, olive trees, fortified sherry, festivals galore, flamenco in its purest incarnation, the font of Andalucian horse culture, and a blond-sand coastline, the uncommercial Costa de la Luz, sprinkled with surfer-cool towns like Tarifa. And then – just when you thought you were getting a handle on it – there’s the idiosyncratic British anomaly of Gibraltar.

Packed in among all this condensed culture are the expansive Sierra de Grazalema and Los Alcornocales natural parks, an unbroken tract of land from Olvera in the north to Algeciras in the south. The same line once marked the ever-changing frontier between Christian Spain and Moorish Granada, and that ancient border remains dotted with castle-topped, whitewashed towns, many with a ‘de la Frontera’ suffix that testifies to their volatile history.

Driving Distances

Best Places to Eat

A Aponiente

A El Jardín del Califa

A Café Azul

A Casa Balbino

A Casa Manteca

A Albores

Best Places to Stay

A V…

A La Casa del Califa

A Hostal África

A Riad

A Parador de Cádiz

A Hostal Alcoba

Cadiz Province & Gibraltar Highlights

1 Tarifa Soaking up the kitesurfing, wind-surfing and beach-lazing scenes.

2 Jerez de la Frontera Unravelling a fashionable world of flamenco, horses, sherry and bodegas.

3 Cádiz Travelling through 3000 years of history as you wander Cádiz’ sea-encircled old city.

4 Vejer de la Frontera Getting lost in white-town ...

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to Andalucía
• Andalucía’s Top 17
• Need to Know
• What’s New
• If You Like
• Month by Month
• Itineraries
• Eat & Drink Like a Local
• Activities
• Travel with Children
• Regions at a Glance
• Sevilla Province
• Seeing Flamenco
• Huelva Province
• Cádiz Province & Gibraltar
• Málaga Province
• Córdoba Province
• Jaén Province
• Granada Province
• Teterías & Hammams
• Almería Province
• Understand Andalucía
• Andalucía Today
• History
• Andalucian Architecture
• Landscape & Wildlife
• Arts & Culture
• Bullfighting
• Directory A-Z
• Transport
• Language
• Map Legend
• Behind the Scenes
• Our Writers