Books by Oliver Smith

Experience Spain

by Josephine Quintero, Regis St. Louis, Duncan Garwood, Lonely Planet, John Noble, Ben Handicott, Kalya Ryan, Catherine Le Nevez, Gregor Clark, Lucy Corne, Anthony Ham, Andrew Bain, Anita Isalska, Brendan Sainsbury, Oliver Berry, Andy Symington, Sally Davies, Sarah Baxter, Lorna Parkes, Isabella Noble, Clifton Wilkinson, Sarah Reid, Oliver Smith

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Inside Lonely Planet's Experience Spain you'll travel through buzzing cities, rural villages, rugged mountains and blissful beaches, discovering the secrets of Barcelona and Madrid's nightlife, eating your way through the streets on a delectable tapas tour, and finding your new favourite hike, festival and siesta spot.

This new part-pictorial, part-guidebook hardback is built around themes that introduce you to the heart of Spain, and is packed with trip-planning tips and information on the most authentic local sights and activities - shining a spotlight on the huge diversity of people, places, culture, food and history that shape this extraordinary country. It's perfect for seasoned travellers and lovers of all things Spanish who want to discover something new and exciting.

- Includes over 75 experiences stretching across Spain
- Multiple ways to navigate the book - thematically, geographically or by interest
- Hundreds of stunning photos on gloss paper stock

Experience Spain is presented across five themes:

- Tradition & Passion: Family, culture and customs
- The Good Things in Life: Chill out in the Spanish sun
- Living History: The story of Spain through cave art, castles and Quixote's windmills
- Art & Modernity: Innovation and Spain today
- Adventure: An active exploration from mountains to coast

Get to the heart of Spain and begin your journey now!

Inside Lonely Planet's Experience Spain:

• Full-colour images throughout
• Inspiration for your next trip, to help tailor it to your personal needs and interests
• Insider tips that reveal sights and cultural attractions beyond the guidebooks
• Covers Spanish icons, modern Spain, the Spanish way of life and more

The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet'sExperience Spain covers both top sights and roads less travelled, and is the perfect place to get inspired and plan an itinerary for an upcoming trip.

Once you've decided where you're headed in Spain, check out the relevant Lonely Planet Spanish destination travel guides for even more detailed planning and on-the-go advice.

About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, on mobile, video and in 14 languages, 12 international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more.

On this Holy Island A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain

by Oliver Smith

A lyrical and insightful narrative that presents a new approach to the idea of pilgrimage, traversing paths both ancient and modern.

Retracing sacred travel made across time, from murmurs of ritual journeys in the depths of Ice Age to new pilgrimages of the 21st century, On This Holy Island is an an epic adventure across sacred British landscapes. We follow Oliver Smith as he climbs into remote sea caves, sleeps inside Neolithic tombs, scales forgotten holy mountains and once even maroons himself at sea.

Following holy roads to churches, cathedrals and standing stones, this evocative and enlightening travelogue explores places prehistoric, pagan and Christian, Smith also reveals how football stadiums and music festivals have become contemporary places of pilgrimage.

Though the routes walked are often ancient, the pilgrims he meets are always modern. But underpinning the remarkable book is a timeless truth: that making journeys has always been a way of making meaning. So often, Smith finds, "the unravelling of a path goes in tandem with the unravelling of the soul."