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This eBook offering is an excerpt of Lonely Planet's latest Spain guide book and includes:

• Castilla-La Mancha chapters

• Understanding Spain

• Castilla-La Mancha maps

Castilla-La Mancha's landscape has a real Tolkienesque quality: undulating plains of rich henna-coloured earth, neatly striped and spotted with olive groves, and golden wheat fields and grapevines – all stretching to a horizon you never seem to reach.

This guide is the result of research by dedicated authors and local experts who immersed themselves in Castilla-La Mancha, finding unique experiences, and sharing practical and honest advice, so you come away informed and amazed. This guide includes up-to-date reviews of the best places to stay, eat, sights, cultural information, maps, transport tips and a few best kept secrets – all the essentials to get to the heart of Castilla-La Mancha.

Coverage includes:

• Understanding Spain : Spain Today, History, Architecture, Spain's Food & Wine, Spain's Passions

• Toledo, Talavera de La Reina, Montes de Toledo, Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real Province, Albacete, Cuenca, Guadalajara, Pastrana and Sigüenza.

Lonely Planet's Spain guide is researched and written by: Anthony Ham, Josephine Quintero, Stuart Butler, Damien Simonis, Brendan Sainsbury, John Noble, Zora O'Neill, Miles Roddis