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Jardins del Laberint d’Horta
Laid out in the twilight years of the 18th century by Antoni Desvalls, Marquès d’Alfarras i de Llupià, this carefully manicured park remained a private family idyll until the 1970s, when it was opened to the public. Many a fine party and theatrical performance was held here over th
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Casa Museu Dalí
Located by a peaceful cove in Port Lligat, a tiny fishing settlement a 20-minute walk from Cadaqués, the Casa Museu Dalí was the residence and sanctuary of Salvador Dalí. This splendid whitewashed structure is a mishmash of cottages and sunny terraces, linked together by narrow lab
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Bobastro
Bobastro was the hilltop redoubt of 9th-century rebel Omaribn Hafsun, a sort of Islamic Robin Hood, who led a prolonged revolt against Cordoban rule. Ibn Hafsun at one stage controlled territory from Cartagena to the Strait of Gibraltar. Its thought that Ibn Hafsun converted from I
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Castell de Bellver
Straddling a wooded hillside, the Castell de Bellver is a 14th-century circular castle (with a unique round tower), the only one of its kind in Spain. Jaume II ordered the castle built atop a hill known as Puig de Sa Mesquida in 1300 and it was largely complete 10 years later. The
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Centre de Reproducció de Tortugues de lAlbera
For 21 years, this little wildlife sanctuary has been a haven for Hermanns tortoises, and a force for educating people about these little armoured tanks of the Pyrenees. Theres an introductory film (Catalana, Spanish, English, French or German) explaining menaces to the regions tor
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Pico del Teide
The cable car provides the easiest way to get up to the peak of El Teide. If you don’t mind paying up, the views are great – unless a big cloud is covering the peak, in which case you won’t see a thing. On clear days, the volcanic valley spreads out majestically below, and you can
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Ajuntament
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Parque de María Luisa
The lungs of central Seville are the dreamy Parque de María Luisa, which is a delightful place to escape from the noise of the city, with duck ponds, snoozing sevillanos and paths snaking under the trees. If you’d rather continue your cultural education than commune with the flower
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Fundación César Manrique
Only 6km north of Arrecife, this gallery was home to Manrique, who enjoys a posthumous status on the island akin to that of a mystical hero. He built his house, Taro de Tahiche, into the lava fields just outside the town. The subterranean rooms are actually huge air bubbles left be
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Santuari de la Mare de Déu des Puig
South of Pollença, off the Ma2200, one of Mallorcas most tortuous roads bucks and weaves up 1.5km of gasp-out-loud hairpin bends to this 14th-century former nunnery, which sits atop 333m Puig de Maria . If you come pilgrim style, the stiff hike through woods of holm oak, pine and o
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Parque de Atracciones
This amusement park in the Casa de Campo has the usual collection of high-adrenaline rides, shows for the kids and kitsch at every turn. In the Zona de Máquinas are most of the bigger rides, such as classic roller-coasters, the Lanzadera (which takes you up 63m and then drops you i
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Casa Amatller
One of Puig i Cadafalch’s most striking bits of Modernista fantasy, Casa Amatller combines Gothic window frames with a stepped gable borrowed from Dutch urban architecture. But the busts and reliefs of dragons, knights and other characters dripping off the main facade are pure capr
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Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Almudena
Paris has Notre Dame and Rome has St Peter’s Basilica. In fact, almost every European city of stature has its signature cathedral, a stand-out monument to a glorious Christian past. Not Madrid. Although the exterior of the Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Almudena sits in harmony w
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Museu Diocesà
Contains centuries of religious art.
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Parc Natural dels Aiguamolls de l’Empordà
The remnants of the mighty marshes that once covered the whole coastal plain here are preserved in this natural park, a key site for migrating birds. The March–May and August–October migration periods bring big increases in the numbers of wading birds. Keen twitchers may drop their
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Platjes
A series of pleasant beaches stretches northeast from the Port Olímpic marina. They are largely artificial, but this doesn’t stop an estimated seven million bathers from piling in every year! The southernmost beach, Platja de la Nova Icària , is the busiest. Behind it, across the A
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Palau de la Generalitat
Founded in the early 15th century, the Palau de la Generalitat is open on limited occasions only (the second and fourth weekends of the month, plus open-door days). The most impressive of the ceremonial halls is the Saló de Sant Jordi , named after St George, the regions patron sai
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Parc Natural de S’Albufera
The 688-hectare Parc Natural de S’Albufera, west of the Ma12 between Port d’Alcúdia and Ca’n Picafort, is prime birdwatching territory, with 303 recorded species (more than 80% of recorded Balearic species), 64 of which breed within the park’s boundaries; more than 10,000 birds ove
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MUHBA Refugi 307
Part of the Museu dHistòria de Barcelona (MUHBA), this is a shelter that dates back to the days of the Spanish Civil War. Barcelona was the city most heavily bombed from the air during the Spanish Civil War and had more than 1300 air-raid shelters. Local citizens started digging th
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Parque Nacional de Timanfaya
The Montañas del Fuego (Mountains of Fire), at the heart of this eerie 51-sq-km park, are appropriately named. When you reach the lookout at a rise known as the Islote de Hilario, grab some pebbles and see just how long you can hold them in your hands. At a depth of a few centimetr
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