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Mercado Central
Valencia’s vast Modernista covered market, constructed in 1928, is a swirl of smells, movement and colour. Don’t miss the fish, seafood and offal annexe. A tapas bar in the middle of the market lets you sip a wine and enjoy the atmosphere.
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Playa del Silencio
This is one of Spains most beautiful beaches: a long sandy cove backed by a natural rock amphitheatre. Its 15km west of Cudillero: head to Castañeras on the N632 and follow the signs through the village. The last 500m down to the beach is on foot.
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Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe
This interactive science museum, stretching like a giant whale skeleton within the City of Arts & Sciences, has plenty of touchy-feely things for children and machines and displays for all ages. Each section has a pamphlet in English summarising its contents.
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La Lonja
Now an exhibition hall, this finely proportioned Renaissance-style building, just east of the basilica, was constructed in the 16th century as a trading exchange. The coloured medallions on its exterior depict kings of Aragón, but it is the soaring columns within (rising to what re
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Casa de las Quinteras Centro Etnográfico
Exhibits about rural island life are displayed in several small stone houses, including a blacksmiths forge, traditional clothing, ceramics and some quaint oddities like an ancient gramophone made out of a block of wood. There’s an excellent craft shop on-site.
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Museo de la Rioja
In both Spanish and English, this superb museum in the centre of Logroño takes you on a wild romp through Riojan history and culture – from the days when dinner was killed with arrows to recreations of the kitchens that many a Spanish abuela (grandmother) grew up using.
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Torres de Quart
Spains most magnificent city gate is quite a sight from the new town. You can clamber to the top of the 15th-century structure, which faces towards Madrid and the setting sun. Up high, notice the pockmarks caused by French cannonballs during the 19th-century Napoleonic invasion.
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Bodegas Barbadillo
Barbadillo was the first family to bottle Sanlúcars famous manzanilla and also produces one of Spain’s most popular vinos . Bodega tours end with a tasting. Also in this 19th-century building is the informative Museo de la Manzanilla , which traces the 200-year history of manzanill
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Bioparc
‘Zoo’ is far too old-fashioned and inept a term for this wonderful, innovative, ecofriendly and gently educational space. Wild animals apparently (fear not: only apparently) roam free as you wander from savannah to equatorial Africa and Madagascar, where large-eyed lemurs gambol ar
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Bodegas Tradición
An intriguing bodega, not only for its extra-aged sherries (at least 20 years old), but also because it houses the Colección Joaquín Rivera, a private Spanish art collection that includes important works by Goya, Velázquez and Zurbarán. Tours (in English, Spanish and German) requir
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Museo de la Historia de Tenerife
The documents, maps, artefacts and descriptions are interesting enough at this museum, but the 16th-century mansion itself is noteworthy with its elaborately carved wooden gallery and lovely patio. Dont miss the two magnificent 18th- and 19th-century carriages housed in a separate
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Museo Arqueológico
The museum displays the rich findings from a settlement that was occupied continuously from Neolithic to late-Visigoth times.
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Castillo de Miramontes
The 360-degree views from the Castillo de Miramontes, a tumbled ruin of Islamic origin on a crag above Andalucías northernmost village, are truly stupendous. To get there, turn west off the N502 at Bar La Paloma in Santa Eufemia, and after 1km turn right at the ‘Camino Servicio RTV
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Iglesia de San Salvador
With its unusual shape, sloping wooden floors, and nautical atmosphere, Getarias striking 15th-century Gothic church is well worth a stop. Features worth noting include the gravestone of the great navigator Juan Sebastián Elcano , who was baptized here, and an underground passage (
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Museo de Navarra
Housed in a former medieval hospital, this superb museum has an eclectic collection of archaeological finds (including a number of fantastic Roman mosaics unearthed mainly in southern Navarra), as well as a selection of art, including Goya’s Marqués de San Adrián . Labelling is in
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Torre de Bujaco
As you head up the steps to the Ciudad Monumental from the Plaza Mayor, turn left to climb the 12th-century, 25m-high Torre de Bujaco, home to an interpretative display on Cáceres history. Up on the rooftop theres a fabulous storks-eye view over the Plaza Mayor. From here, you can
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Museo Insular
This is an excellent museum housed in a former 16th-century monastery. The diverse exhibits range from Guanche skulls to cupboards of sad stuffed birds, pickled reptiles, and an impressive shell and coral collection. There are also galleries dedicated to 20th-century Spanish painti
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Arco de la Estrella
Guarding the entrance to the Ciudad Monumental from the Plaza Mayor is the 18th-century Arco de la Estrella (made wide for carriage access); pass underneath and onto the majestic Plaza de Santa María. The Arco was built by Manuel de Lara Churriguera on the site of its 14th-century
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Playa de la Concha
Fulfilling almost every idea of how a perfect city beach should be formed, Playa de la Concha (and its westerly extension, Playa de Ondarreta), is easily among the best city beaches in Europe. Throughout the long summer months a fiesta atmosphere prevails, with thousands of tanned
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Huerto del Cura
In the Islamic world, a garden is considered a form of Paradise. Elche’s past and culture couldn’t therefore be any more obvious than in these privately owned gardens where humanity and nature have joined forces to produce something that truly approaches that ideal. The highlights
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