Catedral de Santiago de CompostelaThe grand heart of Santiago, the cathedral soars above town at a glorious mess of spires and palaces. Built piecemeal over several years, its own beauty can be a mixture of their original Romanesque structure (assembled between 1075 and 1211) and later Gothic and baroque flourishes. The grave of Santiago beneath the main altar can be … [Read more...]
20 Best Tourist Attractions in Ibiza Town, Spain
RampartsEntirely surrounding Dalt Vila, Ibiza's colossal protective walls reach greater than 25m in height and comprise seven bastions. Evocatively floodlit at night, these fortifications were built in the Renaissance age to shield Ibizans against the danger of assault by north African American raiders along with the Turkish infantry. In under an hour, it is possible … [Read more...]
21 Best Tourist Attractions in Córdoba, Spain
MezquitaIt is impossible to overemphasise the attractiveness of Córdoba's great mosque, with its unusually calm (despite tourist audiences ) and spacious inside. Among the world's best works of Islamic structures, the Mezquita traces, together with its glistening decoration, in a refined era when Muslims, Jews and Christians lived side by side and improved their town … [Read more...]
25 Best Tourist Attractions in Málaga, Spain
Catedral de MálagaMálaga's elaborate palace was started in the 16th century on the site of the mosque. Of this mosque, simply the Patio de los Naranjos survives, a small courtyard of blossom orange trees. As the huge nave that is colonnaded houses an choir Indoors, the fabulous beamed ceiling soars 40m in to the air. Access is given by aisles to 1-5 chapels with art … [Read more...]
22 Best Tourist Attractions in Bilbao, Spain
Museo Guggenheim BilbaoShimmering ceramic Museo Guggenheim Bilbao is certainly one of architecture's most iconic buildings. It played a major role in assisting together with sensation and into the 21st century -- to lift Bilbao. It sparked regeneration's inspired, stimulated development and placed Bilbao firmly.Museo de Bellas ArtesThe Museo de Bellas … [Read more...]
23 Best Tourist Attractions in Granada, Spain
AlhambraThe Alhambra is Granada's -- and also Europe's -- love-letter to Moorish civilization. Before going onto become the extravagant seat of the Nasrid emirs of Granada set against a background of brooding Sierra Nevada peaks, this reinforced palace elaborate started life. Their showpiece palaces, and the Palacios Nazaríes, are among the finest structures in … [Read more...]
21 Best Tourist Attractions in San Sebastián, Spain
Playa de la ConchaFulfilling almost every idea of the way in which a perfect city shore should be formed, Playa de la Concha (and its westerly extension, Playa de Ondarreta) is readily one of the better city beaches in Europe. With thousands of toned and tanned bodies a fiesta atmosphere prevails, All through the long summer months. The swimming is nearly always … [Read more...]
30 Best Tourist Attractions in Sevilla, Spain
Real AlcázarA union of Mudéjar and also Christian architecture, the Unesco-listed palace complex of Seville is a spectacle. Your website, which was originally developed as a fort in 913, was revamped many times across the 11 centuries of its existence, most reluctantly from the 14th century when King Pedro included that the sumptuous Palacio de Don Pedro, still now … [Read more...]
23 Best Tourist Attractions in Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Palau de l'AlmudainaOriginally an Islamic community, that powerful construction opposite the cathedral was converted into a residence for the Mallorcan monarchs towards the close of the century. At least symbolically resides here. The royal family is rarely in residence, but for the casual ceremony, while they prefer to spend in the Palau Marivent (in Cala Major). … [Read more...]
30 Best Things to Do in Valencia, Spain
Ciudad de las Artes y las CienciasThis stunning complex that is aesthetically conveys a enormous 350,000-sq-metre swath of those Turia river bed. It's inhabited by a string of buildings that are mostly world-famous, locally born architect Santiago Calatrava's work. The principal buildings are a imperial opera house, a science museum, also a 3D theatre and also an … [Read more...]