Spain is one of the world's great holiday countries; but it has much more to offer than its endless beaches and its southern sun. Its tourist attractions lie not only along its coasts but inland: not only world-famous sights like the Alhambra in Granada, Seville Cathedral and the monastery of Montserrat but a variety of beautiful scenery,
numbers of picturesque villages and towns and a profusion of splendid churches and castles, many of them awaiting discovery well away from the beaten tourist track. This guide covers not only the Spanish mainland but also the outlying islands as well as the neighboring territories of Andorra and Gibraltar.
The kingdom of Spain lies in the extreme south-west of Europe, between latitude 36 degrees and 44 degrees north and between longitude 9 degrees west and 5 degrees east. It is bounded on the north by France and the tiny state of Andorra, on the west and north-west by Portugal and on the south by the British territory of Gibraltar, which is claimed by Spain. The Atlantic washes the Spanish coasts on the north, and the Mediterranean to the south. Also part of Spain are the Balearic Islands (Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza, Formentera and various smaller islands), which lie off the Mediterranean coast, and the Canary Islands (the largest of which are Gran Canaria and Tenerife) off the north-west coast of Africa.
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