National Geographic offers a century of incomparable travel expertise to the high end of the travel market with this extraordinary series of world tours. These information-packed guides offer savvy advice and the in-depth information that sophisticated travelers demand. Each guide features: Detailed background and site descriptions; mapped walking and driving tours; full-service sidebars with fascinating vignettes on history, culture, and contemporary life; a 60-page directory of visitor information, including notable hotels and restaurants, entertainment, and shopping; and foldout end flaps, printed with maps and quick reference information, that serve as handy bookmarks.

Fiona Dunlop's peripatetic life has led her from the Australian beaches of her birth to an upbringing in London, University in Sussex, and subsequent jobs in Italy and Monte Carlo. During 15 years spent in Paris, she was strongly involved in the arts before immersing herself in journalism. She has written widely for numerous international art and interior design magazines and national newspapers (Observer, Sunday Times, The Times, Art International, Interni, House and Garden, among others), as well as indulging her taste for the tropics and ancient cultures by long research periods in developing countries. These have produced travel guides to India, Indonesia, Singapore & Malaysia, Vietnam, Mexico, Costa Rica, and, most recently, southern Africa. Her National Geographic Traveler: Portugal will be published in fall 2005. Since 1980, Fiona Dunlop has regularly visited Andalucia to write articles and books in what she considers to be the optimum conditions, combining sol y sombra (sun and shade) with delectable tapas.