Insight Guides Pocket Andalucia & Costa del Sol

216 Pages·2018·22.69 MB·English

by  Insight Guides

HOW TO USE THIS E-BOOK
Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning
advice for your visit to Andalucía & the Costa del Sol, and is also the perfect on-
the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect
Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and
History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Andalucía & the Costa del Sol,
and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth
visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the
Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best
restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your
trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked
references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to
read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you
have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to
the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Andalucía & the Costa del Sol are numbered
and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference
[map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any
map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of
Andalucía & the Costa del Sol. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-
screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality,
visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital
form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of
formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the
extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is
carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very
latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive
to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to
the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say
a place is special, we really mean it.
© 2018 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Andalucía & the Costa del Sol’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Tour of Andalucía
Introduction
West to Tarifa
East to Almería
Beyond the Costa
A Brief History
Traders and Colonisers
Roman Rule
Moors and Christians
The Golden Age
French Ascendancy
Troubled Times
The Second Republic
Changing Fortunes
Historical landmarks
Where To Go
Málaga
West of Málaga
Torremolinos
Benalmádena-Costa
Fuengirola
Mijas
Marbella and Puerto Banús
Ojén
Estepona
Gibraltar
Algeciras
Tarifa
East of Málaga
Málaga to Nerja
Nerja
Costa Tropical
Almería
Across the Mountains to Cádiz
Antequera and El Torcal
Ronda
The White Towns
Cádiz
El Puerto de Santa María
Jerez de la Frontera
Parque Nacional de Doñana
Great Cities of Andalucía
Sevilla
Carmona
Córdoba
Alcalá la Real
Baeza and Úbeda
Granada
Guadix
Las Alpujarras