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PortAventura theme park, near Barcelona in north-east Spain, crams thrilling rides, shows, restaurants and shops into its impressive site on the Costa Dorada. The park is divided into five…
Acknowledged by the straight and gay press as Spain's wildest party, the Sitges Carnival will entertain even the most demanding visitor. Its most popular days see the streets of the fishing…
Acknowledged by the straight and gay press as Spain's wildest party, the Sitges Carnival will entertain even the most demanding visitor. Its most popular days see the streets of the fishing…
Holy Week (Semana Santa) in Seville allows the visitor a precious glimpse into the soul of Spain. Thousands of people, young and old, religious and secular, pour onto this ancient city's…
Every year Seville celebrates La Feria de Abril (April Fair) with round-the-clock flamenco parties and a dynamic programme of typically Andalusian cultural events.
The Pamplona Bull Run (encierro) is the highlight of the spectacular Fiesta de San Fermín. Every morning, hundreds of intrepid locals and visitors risk their lives to outpace galloping bulls…
PortAventura theme park, near Barcelona in north-east Spain, crams thrilling rides, shows, restaurants and shops into its impressive site on the Costa Dorada. The park is divided into five…
The innovative Guggenheim Bilbao has played a huge part in transforming this industrial Basque city into a modern tourist destination. Designed by North American architect Frank Gehry, its…
The Prado Museum in the Paseo del Arte, contains an unrivalled Spanish art collection, including Goya's The Third of May and Velázquez' Las Meninas. It also has several Italian and Flemish…
A main player on Ibiza party-island since 1973 (before most clubbing kids were born), Pacha hosts famously wild parties. With a capacity of over 5000, it's quite easy to lose yourself (if you…
Barcelona's unmissable Picasso Museum houses an exhaustive collection of the Spanish master's early work, sprawling across adjoining gothic palaces in the Old Town. Find youthful sketches from…
La Sagrada Família in the Eixample district is a crazed, towering cathedral and lifetime obsession of Gaudí, a unique symbol of the Catalan capital and a work in progress. Climb up inside its…
The Doñana National Park in Andalucía is a patchwork of marshlands, lagoons, scrublands and mobile sand dunes. Branching into both Huelva and Seville provinces, the park provides a perfect…
Santiago de Compostela Cathedral
The grand Santiago de Compostela Cathedral is the final destination of the world's most famous Christian pilgrimage, the Camino de Santiago. Dominating Obradoiro Square, the cathedral's façade…
Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
The Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial is a striking 16th-century monument at the foot of Mount Abantos. The extensive grounds include the Royal Pantheon, where the remains of late…
A modern-art extravaganza, the Reina Sofía Museum in Paseo del Arte is home to Picasso's world-renowned Guernica, as well as works by Dalí, Miró and Juan Gris. The museum grew substantially…
Until the early 1980s, Tarifa, the most southern tip of Europe, was just another unknown Andalusian coastal village. Now, its unremitting wind has turned the town into a windsurfers' Mecca…
A beautiful theatre (bar perhaps some parts of its new interior), the Gran Teatre del Liceu was originally constructed in 1847, funded by its Catalonian patrons. It is the most important opera…
Camp Nou in Les Corts is a large-scale temple to football and an impressive piece of architecture. Now architect Norman Foster plans to transform the building into a pulsating…
The ancient Spanish city of Ronda is split in two by the Guadalquivir River and the deep Tajo gorge. Wander through Roman and Moorish remains in the centre, then head out to the Cave of Pileta…