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The Pocket Rough Guide Barcelona is your essential guide to this quintessentially Spanish city; covering all the key sights, hotels, restaurants, shops and bars you need to know about. Slim, stylish and utterly pocketable, it comes with a full-colour pull-out map to help you find your way around - the only map of its kind to be marked with every single listing from the guide.

The magisterial and enigmatic Charles V, Emperor of Europe and the New World, is the central figure in the second volume of Hugh Thomas's great history of the Spanish Empire. It begins with the return of the remnants of Magellan's expedition around the world in 1522 and ends with Charles's death in 1558.

Full-colour throughout, The Rough Guide to Barcelona is the ultimate travel guide to one of the world's most compelling cities. With 30 years experience and our trademark 'tell it like it is' writing style Rough Guides cover all the basics with practical, on-the-ground details, as well as unmissable alternatives to the usual must-see sights. At the top of your to-pack list, and guaranteed to get you...

DK Eyewitness Pocket Map and Guide Madrid divides the city into three main sections. It is packed with details of the best sights, towns, and surrounding areas and provides information on the central highlights of the city area-by-area and also beyond Madrid. There's also a survival guide to the city and practical advice on getting around. Explore Madrid effortlessly using the detailed pull-out map...

DK Eyewitness Top 10 Andalucía and Costa Del Sol is the essential guide to one of Europe's most vibrant destinations. Whether it's the Top 10 ancient sites, atmospheric city walks, charming streets and squares, restaurants and cafes, the liveliest bars and clubs and the best hotels for every budget, the DK Eyewitness Top 10 Andalucía and Costa Del Sol guide has it all.

Dozens of Top 10 lists...

DK Eyewitness Pocket Map and Guide Barcelona is your essential guide to one of the Mediterranean's busiest ports. The book divides Barcelona into three main sightseeing areas and covers the city area by area.

The uniquely visual Seville & Andalusia Eyewitness Travel Guide  is the perfect guide for exploring this diverse region, with clear maps and up-to-date coverage of the best attractions. Discover Seville and Andalusia's highlights with the guide's full colour introduction, showing everything from dramatic coastline and spectacular fiestas to stunning flamenco shows. The new-look guide is also...

The uniquely visual DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Northern Spain is the ultimate companion to this magnificent region. From visiting the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao to tasting the flavours of Northern Spain's local produce and classic dishes, viewing the spectacular Pyrenees mountain scenery to the lush forests and coastline; you'll find detailed information on the best of Northern Spain.

DK Eyewitness Top 10 Madrid Travel Guide will lead you straight to the best attractions this vibrant city has to offer. Whether you're looking for the best restaurants and bars, a hotel to suit your budget, or want to find the best places in Madrid to shop; this guide is the perfect pocket-sized companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists - from the Top 10 tapas bars and the Top 10 nights out to the...

The uniquely visual DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Spain is your indispensible guide to this exciting country. This fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of Spain's must-see sites, plus street-by-street maps of all its grand cities and quaint towns. The new-look guide is also packed with photographs and illustrations leading you straight to the best attractions this...

DK Eyewitness Madrid travel guide will lead you straight to the best attractions this charismatic city has on offer. Packed with photographs, illustrations and maps of Madrid the guide includes in-depth coverage of Madrid's unforgettable sights from the charming Plaza Mayor to the magnificent Palicio Real unearthing the best of the city's stunning architecture, phenomenal musuems and art galleries...

The new-look DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Barcelona & Catalonia - now complete with a free pull-out city map, clearly marked with sights from the guidebook - will lead you straight to the best attractions this region has to offer. You'll find detailed listings of the best hotels, restaurants, bars and shops for all budgets in this fully updated and expanded guide, plus insider tips on everything...

DK Eyewitness Back Roads Spain driving holiday guide will take you via scenic routes to discover charming Spanish villages, local restaurants and intimate places to stay. Unearth the real soul of Spain relying on all the practical information you could need, from road conditions and length of drive to parking information and opening hours. Twenty-five themed drives, each lasting one to seven days...

The DK Eyewitness Pocket Map and Guide Seville & Andalucia will lead you straight to the best attractions this charming region has to offer. Fully illustrated with all the major sights within the region; from the liveliest fiestas to the best restuarants for tapas, this handy pocket sized travel guide includes an ingenious, easy to use, fold-out map so you will never get lost.

Paella is Spain's best-loved dish, as delicious as it is popular. A winning but simple combination of Spanish rice with saffron, paprika, vegetables, meat and fish, it can be cooked easily at home for any number of guests, either on a conventional oven or outdoors on a barbecue, which makes it perfect for summer entertaining. Behind the paella we all know and love, however...

Wallpaper * City Guides not only suggest where to stay, eat, and drink, but what the tourist passionate about design might want to see, whether he/she has a week or 24 hours in the city. Featured are up and coming areas, landmark buildings in an 'Architour', design centres, and the best shops to buy items unique to that city.

Wallpaper * City Guides present travellers with a fast-track ticket to the...

Tightly edited and ruthlessly researched, these guides include the ultimate places to visit and discover the best of design, art and architecture, to sleep, eat, drink, shop, exercise and relax, selected by the experts at Wallpaper* magazine.

A Day at elBulli: An Insight into the Ideas, Methods and Creativity of Ferran Adrià is an exclusive look behind the scenes at elBulli, the best restaurant in the world, and into the mind of Ferran Adrià, the most creative chef working today.

From the authors of the much-loved 1080 Recipes – the Spanish cooking bible by Simone and Inés Ortega – the 1080 Book of Tapas presents the collection of definitive recipes for everyone's favourite type of Spanish food. From gambas al ajillo (garlic prawns) to tortilla española (Spanish omelette), it combines classic tapas dishes from 1080 Recipes with brand new recipes from the...

Wallpaper* City Guides are compiled by the magazine's travel experts, both by in-house editors, and correspondents who actually live in the highlighted cities, providing up-to-the-minute information.