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Museo Antonio Manuel Campoy
On the drive up from the coast, in the foothills 6km north of Vera, you pass by Cuevas del Almanzora, a busy but generally unremarkable agricultural town. The handsome Castillo Marqúes de Los Vélez lords over the town from a hilltop, housing a basic archaeology museum as well as th
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Porta del Temple & Temple
East of the Basílica de Sant Francesc along Carrer del Temple, you can make out what was once a medieval Arab gate, the Porta del Temple. Stroll through the gate and down a quiet lane, at the end of which is the atrium of an early Gothic chapel, known as the Temple, built by the Kn
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Archivo de Indias
Housed in the former Casa de la Contratación (Contracting House) on the western side of Plaza del Triunfo, the Archivo de Indias has, since 1785, been the main archive of Spains American empire, with 80 million pages of documents dating from 1492 to the end of the empire in the 19t
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Nacimiento del Guadalquivir
An interesting detour from Empalme del Valle will take you past Vadillo Castril village to the Puente de las Herrerías bridge (7km) and then 11km on southward by unpaved road to the Guadalquivir’s source. From here you can, if you like, continue a further 9km east then south (unpa
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Museu Arqueològic de Son Fornés
On the eastern exit of town heading for Lloret de Vistalegre (the Ma3220), this museum is housed in a cactus-fronted former mill and explains the history of the Son Fornés talayot (watchtower), inhabited from around 900 BC to the 4th century AD. The talayot is one of the most impor
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Concatedral de Santa María
This 15th-century Gothic cathedral creates an impressive opening scene for the Ciudad Monumental. Inside, youll find a magnificent carved 16th-century cedar altarpiece , fine noble tombs and chapels, and a small ecclesiastical museum . Beautiful colourful murals (including dragons)
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Museo Arqueológico Nacional
Reopened after a massive overhaul of the building, the showpiece National Archaeology Museum contains a sweeping accumulation of artefacts behind its towering facade. Daringly redesigned within, the museum ranges across Spains ancient history and the large collection includes stunn
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Catedral Santa María de la Huerta
This magnificent cathedral dates from 1158 but was rebuilt in the 15th to 16th centuries. It reopened in 2011 after 30 years of restoration work. Elements from its French-Gothic roots can be observed in the frescoes in the high altar, Mudéjar influences can be seen in the intricate
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La Madraza de Granada
La Madraza was founded in 1349 by Sultan Yusuf I as a school and university. It still belongs to Granada University. Since extensive excavations and remodeling in the early 2010s, it is now possible to view its interesting sometimes contradictory mix of Arabic, Christian, Mudéjar a
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Teleférico
One of the world’s most horizontal cable cars (it never hangs more than 40m above the ground), the Teleférico putters out from the slopes of Parque del Oeste. The 2.5km journey takes you into the depths of the Casa de Campo , Madrid’s enormous green open space (although more a dry
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Mosteiro de San Paio de Antealtares
Across the plaza from the Puerta Santa is the long, stark wall of the Mosteiro de San Paio de Antealtares, founded by Alfonso II for Benedictine monks to look after St James relics, and converted to a nunnery in 1499. Climbing the steps at the top of the plaza youll find the entran
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Església de Sant Miquel
Lording over the heart of the town is the baroque façade of the Església de Sant Miquel which got its present makeover in 1762. Above the Renaissance portal stands a relief of St Michael, sticking it to a discomfited-looking devil underfoot. Across the road and directly in front of
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Segóbriga
These Roman ruins may date as far back as the 5th century BC. The best-preserved structures are a Roman theatre and amphitheatre on the fringes of the ancient city, looking out over a valley. Other remains include the outlines of a Visigothic basilica and a section of the aqueduct,
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Playa de las Arenas Blancas
Playa de las Arenas Blanca is located on the western side of the island and accessible via a short access road from the main highway. There are, indeed, a few whitish grains of sand here; however, they quickly melt into volcanic rock at the water’s edge. Despite this slight abuse
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Cueva del Pindal
The World Heritage–listed Cueva del Pindal contains 31 Palaeolithic paintings and engravings of animals, including rare depictions of a mammoth and a fish. Its not in the same league as the Altamira or Tito Bustillo caves, but it was the first cave with prehistoric art to be discov
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Museo de Almería
This modern museum focuses chiefly on two prehistoric Almerían cultures of major importance – Los Millares (3200–2250 BC; probably the Iberian Peninsulas first metalworking culture), and El Argar (2250–1550 BC), which ushered in the Bronze Age. The numerous well-displayed finds fro
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Domus de Sant Honorat
The remains of a Roman domus (town house) have been unearthed and opened to the public. The house (and vestiges of three small shops) lay close to the Roman forum and the owners were clearly well off. Apart from getting something of an idea of daily Roman life through these remains
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Cistercian Route
A combined ticket gives access to three monasteries on the Cistercian Route, plus discounts on other regional museums. Tackling all three in a single day-trip from Tarragona is doable if you start early, but it requires careful timing: some visits are by irregular guided tours only
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Font de Canaletes
The section of La Rambla north of Plaça de Catalunya is named after the Font de Canaletes, an inconspicuous turn-of-the-20th-century drinking fountain, the water of which supposedly emerges from what were once known as the springs of Canaletes. It used to be said that barcelonins d
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Carrer de la Verge
Running parallel to the harbourfront, this tiny 400m-long lane is named after the Virgin Mary, though these days its dedicated more to bacchanalian pleasures than religious devotion. Carrer de la Verge forms Ibizas main gay village, with around 20 or so bars (many are cavelike spac
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