The cathedrals, monasteries, castles and palaces of the Duero River region of Castille and Leon embody the essence of Spain. Robert White explores the Duero region's rich Romanesque, Muslim and Gothic... This description may be from another edition of this product.
I found this book a bit heavy on the historic side of things when I first read it. Originally I was looking for a more practical guide to the river and it's communities as part of a canoe trip from Aranda de Duero in Spain to Oporto in Portugal. However, it's been a few years since I completed that adventure and now I'm settling down in the Duero region so the book has become a much more interesting part of my library. This is an incredible part of the world and this book is a good source of information - although an update wouldn't go amiss at this stage...
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