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For millennia, southern Spain has been perceived as a promised land. From Phoenician traders to Moorish invaders to today's northern European occupiers of the Costa del Sol, this extraordinarily varied region has offered the lure of beaches and mountains, classic cities and cutesy villages, magnificent deserts, vast forests, and fertile plains-and a balmy climate that is the envy of the rest of the continent. Time Out Andalucia presents the full picture of this country within a province, giving an insider's view of its cultural and natural riches, but not shrinking from telling it like it is when confronting the environmental and aesthetic disasters that have afflicted much of the coastline. Time Out's expertise in city guides is fully exploited in the in-depth coverage of Andalucí a's incomparable cities-light-hearted Má laga, wistful Cá diz, regal Có rdoba, grave Granada, and joyous Sevilla. Yet, the guide also includes unparalleled coverage of Andalucí a's lesser-know corners, such as the provinces of Almerí a, Jaé n and Huelva.

What many visitors expect to find in London - pageantry, history, living tradition - is dramatically at odds with the experience of living here. Yet guidebooks struggle to reflect this. As publisher of the capital's definitive cultural listings magazine, Time Out is uniquely positioned to give you the whole of the bewildering, exhilarating city. You'll of course find terrific coverage of historic London, a city containing six World Heritage Sites, but there are also cultural field reports from all quarters. Sample the cocksure new British cuisine, the bizarre multiart venues of Shoreditch and Soho, or the gorgeous new Haymarket Hotel, perhaps the world's finest boutique hotel. See how the triumphant new Southbank Centre has completed a seamless riverside stroll from foodie fun at Borough Market to the London Eye. You'll even get the most out of hackneyed old Covent Garden, suddenly perking itself up to welcome back the much-missed Transport Museum.