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If you are coming to Spain for the first time, be warned:
this is a country that fast becomes an addiction. You might intend to come just
for a beach holiday, or a tour of the major cities, but before you know it
you'll find yourself hooked by something quite different - by the celebration
of some local fiesta, perhaps, or the amazing nightlife in Madrid, by the
Moorish monuments of Andalucia, by Basque cooking, or the wild landscapes and
birds of prey of Extremadura. And by then, of course, you will have noticed
that there is not just one Spain but many. Indeed, Spaniards often speak of Las
Espaņas (the Spains) and they even talk of the capital in the plural - Los
Madriles, the Madrids.
The cities - above all - are compellingly individual. Barcelona, for many, has
the edge: for Gaudi's splendid modernista architecture, the lively promenade of
Las Ramblas, designer clubs par excellence, and, not least, for Bara - the
city's football team. But Madrid, although not as pretty, claims as many
devotees. The city and its people, immortalized in the movies of Pedro
Almod-var, have a vibrancy and style that is revealed in a thousand bars and
summer terrazas. Not to mention three of the world's finest art museums. Then
there's Sevilla, home of flamenco and all the clichZs of southern Spain;
Valencia, the vibrant Levantine city with an arts scene and nightlife to equal
any European rival; and Bilbao, a new entry on Spain's cultural circuit, due to
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Spanish Tourist Office: http://www.spain.info
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