Northern Spain

This Cadogan classic takes readers to "Green Spain, " the rugged northern coast where Spain was born that offers no end of delights: wild mountains, frenzied festivals, ornate stork-topped cathedrals, La Rioja's wine country, and some of the world's finest seafood. of color photos. 30 maps.

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Explores La Rioja, famed for its vanilla-like wine - the magnificent Pyrenees - Cantabria, with its international arts festival - the lively summer resort of Santander - the prehistoric art of the Puento Viesgo Caves - Spain's finest Visigothic architecture in Castilla-Leon - the Basque lands of Navarra and Euzkadi - provides expert guidance on canoeing, fishing and diving in the rapids of the Asturias and around the Bay of Biscay - golfing in Gijon 'If Pontevedra has a drawback it tends to be olfactory, a strong smack-in-the-gob pong which wafts in when the wind's up from the massive paper mill to the south. Usually it doesn't hit you until you start down the ria, and usually it puts people off from exploring further; this coast, in spite of its green garden charm and sandy coves, has scarcely any tourist facilities. Persevere.'