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Monasterio de la Cartuja
Built between the 16th and 18th centuries by the Carthusian monks themselves, this 16th-century monastery has an imposing sand-coloured stone exterior, but it is the lavish baroque monastery church that people come to see, especially the sagrario (sanctuary) behind the main altar,
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Palacio de Carlos V
This huge Renaissance palace sticks out like a sore thumb in the Alhambra, because it clashes spectacularly with the style of its surroundings; were it in a different setting its merits would be more readily appreciated. Begun in 1527 by Pedro Machuca, an architect from Toledo who
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Anillo Verde
Ringing the city is the Anillo Verde (Green Belt), the pride of Vitoria. A series of interconnecting parks, ponds and marshes linked to one other by cycle paths, this is one of the reasons Vitoria was named the European Green Capital in 2012. The most important of these green areas
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Museo de Pontevedra
Pontevedras eclectic museum is scattered over five city-centre buildings. If time is limited, head for the bright new Sexto Edificio and the adjoining Edificio Sarmiento in a renovated 18th-century Jesuit college. The Sexto Edificio has three floors of Galician and Spanish art from
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Ruinas Romanas de Valeria
The fascinating archaeological site Ruinas Romanas de Valeria is located just outside the village of Valeria, 34km south of Cuenca. It is hardly known to tourists, which equals that rare evocative pleasure of wandering around the site of a former sizeable Roman town without the dis
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Plaza del Pópulo
This handsome square is surrounded by elegant 16th-century buildings. The central Fuente de los Leones is made of carvings from the Ibero-Roman village of Cástulo and is topped by a statue reputed to represent Imilce, a local princess who became one of the wives of the famous Carth
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Fortaleza de la Mota
From a distance the Fortaleza de la Mota looks more like a city than a mere fort, with its high church tower and doughty castle keep rising above the surrounding walls. And in a sense thats what it was, for back in the Middle Ages this fortified hill now looming over the town of Al
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Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró
Inland from the waterfront is a major art stop, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró. Top Spanish architect Rafael Moneo designed the main building in 1992, next to the studio in which Miró had thrived for decades. With more than 2500 works by the artist (including 118 paintings), along
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Campo del Moro
These gardens beneath the Palacio Real were designed to mimic the gardens surrounding the palace at Versailles; nowhere is this more in evidence than along the east–west Pradera , a lush lawn with the Palacio Real as its backdrop. The gardens’ centrepiece, which stands halfway alon
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Recinte Modernista de Sant Pau
Domènech i Montaner outdid himself as architect and philanthropist with the Modernista Hospital de la Santa Creu i de Sant Pau, redubbed in 2014 the Recinte Modernista. It was long considered one of the city’s most important hospitals, and only recently repurposed, its various spac
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Metropol Parasol
Smarting with the audacity of a modern-day Eiffel Tower, the opinion-dividing Metropol Parasol, which opened in March 2011 in the Plaza de la Encarnación, claims to be the largest wooden building in the world. Its undulating honeycombed roof is held up by five giant mushroom-like p
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Monasterio de Santo Toribio de Liébana
Christian refugees, fleeing from Muslim-occupied Spain to Liébana in the 8th century, brought with them the Lígnum Crucis , purportedly the single biggest chunk of Christ’s cross and featuring the hole made by the nail that passed through Christs left hand. The Santo Toribio Monast
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Fuente Pública
Near the foot of Mojácar Pueblo, this pretty public fountain is a village landmark. Locals and visitors still fill containers with the water that tumbles out of 13 spouts into marble troughs and tinkles along a courtyard below colourful plants. A plaque tells us that in 1488 this w
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Nacimiento del Río Mundo
Take a photo of yourself standing in front of the Nacimiento del Río Mundo , send it to the folks back home and they will think that you have sidestepped to Niagara Falls for the day. To get to these amazing waterfalls, follow the signs just before Riópar for around 8km – past the
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Museo del Orinal
Chamber pots, commodes, bed pans… Ciudad Rodrigo’s Museo del Orinal may be located opposite the cathedral, but its theme is definitely more down-to-earth than otherworldly. This city is home to Spain’s (possibly the world’s) only museum dedicated to the not-so-humble chamber pot (o
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Parc Natural de Mondragó
A natural park encompassing beaches, dunes, wetlands, coastal cliffs and inland agricultural land, the 766-hectare Parc Natural de Mondragó is a beautiful area for swimming or hiking, but is best known as a birdwatching destination. Most people who head this way come to take a dip
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Museu de la Xocolata
Chocoholics have a hard time containing themselves in this museum dedicated to the fundamental foodstuff – particularly when faced with tempting displays of cocoa-based treats in the cafe at the exit. The displays trace the origins of chocolate, its arrival in Europe, and the many
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Warner Brothers Movie World
Disney World it ain’t but this movie theme park, 25km south of central Madrid, has much to catch the attention. Kids will love the chance to hang out with Tom and Jerry, while the young-at-heart film buffs among you will be similarly taken with the Wild West or remakes of the studi
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Cementiri del Sud
On the hill to the south of the Anella Olímpica stretches this huge cemetery, the Cementiri del Sud-Oest (or Cementiri Nou), which extends down the southern side of the hill. Opened in 1883, it’s an odd combination of elaborate architect-designed tombs for rich families and small n
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Museo de América
Empire may have become a dirty word but it defined how Spain saw itself for centuries. Spanish vessels crossed the Atlantic to the Spanish colonies in Latin America, carrying adventurers one way and gold and other looted artefacts from indigenous cultures on the return journey. The
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