Book excerpt: Insight Guide to Spain is a pictorial travel guide in a magazine style providing answers to the key questions before or during your trip: deciding when to go to Madrid, choosing what to see, from exploring Barcelona to discovering Cadiz or creating a travel plan to cover key places like El Retiro Park, the Gothic Quarter in Barcelona. This is an ideal travel guide for travellers seeking inspiration, in-depth cultural and historical information about Spain as well as a great selection of places to see during your trip. The Insight Guide Spain covers: Madrid, Madrid Province, Castilla y Leon, Castilla-La Mancha, Extremadura, Seville, Cordoba, Granada, Andalusia, Valencia and Murcia, Barcelona, Catalonia, Aragon, Navarre and La Rioja, The Basque Country, Cantabria and Asturias, Galicia, The Canary Islands, The Belearic Islands. In this travel guide you will find: IN-DEPTH CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL FEATURES Created to explore the culture and the history of Spain to get a greater understanding of its modern-day life, people and politics BEST OF The top attractions and Editor's Choice highlighting the most special places to visit around Spain CURATED PLACES, HIGH QUALITY MAPS Geographically organised text cross-referenced against full-colour, high quality travel maps for quick orientation in Andalusia, Catalonia and many more locations in Spain. COLOUR-CODED CHAPTERS Every part of Spain, from Galicia to the Madrid Province has its own colour assigned for easy navigation TIPS AND FACTS Up-to-date historical timeline and in-depth cultural background to Spain as well as an introduction to 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 Spain, how to get there and how to get around, as well as Spain's climate, advice on tipping, etiquette and more. STRIKING PICTURES Features inspirational colour photography, including the stunning Guggenheim Museum and the spectacular El Teide.