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Fuente del Rey
Southwest of the centre an entire plaza-cum-park is reserved for this splendid 19th-century fountain, with its three-tiered basin continually filled with water splashing from 130 spouts. It would be equally at home in the gardens of Versailles. If you take the stairs to the left of
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Museu Krekovic
This museum looks on to the somewhat dishevelled Parc Kristian Krekovic, east of the centre, and is dedicated to the work of eccentric Bosnian artist Kristian Krekovic (1901–85), who spent the last 25 years of his life in Mallorca after a long period studying the Incas and Peruvian
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Museu del Perfum
Housed in the back of the Regia perfume store, this museum contains everything from ancient Egyptian and Roman (the latter mostly from the 1st to 3rd centuries AD) scent receptacles to classic eau de cologne bottles – all in all, some 5000 bottles of infinite shapes, sizes and hist
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Seminario Mayor
Modernista architects Joan Martorell and Lluís Domènech i Montaner both had a hand in this large, elaborate, former seminary, with Domènech i Montaner contributing its medieval flavour. Its now an international Spanish-language-and-culture study centre, the Centro Internacional de
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Patio de Armas
You enter Jerez Alcázar via the Patio de Armas. On the left is the beautiful mezquita (mosque), converted to a chapel by Alfonso X in 1264. On the right, the 18th-century Palacio Villavicencio, built over the ruins of the old Almohad palace, contains works of art, but is best known
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Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Vallbona de les Monges
A dozen monges (nuns) still live and pray at this 12th-century institution, the only womens monastery along the Cistercian Route. The monastery has undergone years of restoration, which has finally cleared up most of the remaining civil-war damage. Queen Violant of Hungary, a queen
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Iglesia de Santa María de los Reales Alcázares
Úbedas grand parish church, founded in the 13th century on the site of Muslim Úbedas main mosque, is a conglomerate of Gothic, Mudéjar, Renaissance, baroque and neoclassical styles. The main portico, facing Plaza Vázquez de Molina, is a beautiful late Renaissance composition dating
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Palacio Villavicencio
You enter Jerez Alcázar via the Patio de Armas. On the left is the beautiful mezquita (mosque), converted to a chapel by Alfonso X in 1264. On the right, the 18th-century Palacio Villavicencio, built over the ruins of the old Almohad palace, contains works of art, but is best known
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Museu Etnogràfic
The Museu Etnogràfic concentrates on Ibizas rural heritage and occupies a stunning old casament (farmhouse). In its porxo (long room) are carpentry tools and musical instruments including drums made from pine and animal skins. Other exhibits include billowing wedding dresses, cerem
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Carmen Museo Max Moreau
Most of the Albayzíns cármenes are true to their original concept – quiet, private houses with high walls that hide beautiful terraced gardens. But you can get a rare (and free) glimpse of one of these secret domains at the former home of Belgium-born portrait painter and composer
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Ateneo Científico, Literario y Artístico de Madrid
This venerable club of learned types was founded in 1821, although the building took on its present form in 1884. Its library prompted Benito Pérez Galdós to describe it as the most important ‘intellectual temple’ in Madrid and a reference point for the thriving cultural life of th
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Pinta
Crowned with a spectacular seaside fortress, Baiona (Castilian: Bayona) is a popular resort that balances coast and culture. Its shining moment came on 1 March 1493, when one of Columbus’ small fleet, the Pinta, stopped in for supplies, bearing the remarkable news that the explorer
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Museo Histórico Municipal
The citys history museum features three components: an archaeology survey; two floors devoted to local painter Adolfo Lozano Sidro (1872–1935), whose realistic illustrations covered the spectrum of social life in his era; and a stylistically varied set of landscape paintings.
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Museo Taurino
Salamanca lies in one of Spains bullfighting heartlands and this small museum is packed with bullfighting memorabilia.
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Ermita de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles
On the Peña de Arias Montano, the 16th-century Ermita de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles contains a small carving of the Virgin that is considered the patron of the whole Sierra de Aracena. Outside the chapel are stalls selling local honey and cheeses and a hiking information s
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Portinatx lighthouse
There many lighthouses dotted around the coast of the Balearic Islands, but this majestic structure is the largest; its lantern is 2.25m in diameter). From Portinatxs Platja Es Port (where theres parking), theres a beautiful waymarked trail to the lighthouse; the path follows the r
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Jewish Square
Besalú’s thriving Jewish community fled the town in 1436 after relentless Christian persecution. They left behind a miqvé (ritual bath) dating from the 12th century, a rare survivor of its kind in Spain, which was only rediscovered in 1964. It sits down by the river inside a vaulte
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Old Ciutadella
The narrow cobbled lanes between Plaça d’es Born and Plaça de ses Palmeres hold plenty of interest, with whitewashed buildings abutting elegant noble palaces and ornate churches like baroque 17th-century Església del Roser . Església dels Socors is home to the Museu Diocesà , a fin
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Temple del Sagrat Cor
The Church of the Sacred Heart, looming above the top funicular station, is meant to be Barcelona’s answer to Paris’ Sacré-Cœur. The church, built from 1902 to 1961 in a mix of styles with some Modernista influence, is certainly as visible as its Parisian namesake, and even more vi
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El Mirador del Castillo
A byproduct of Mojácar’s revival as an arts colony, the villa called El Mirador del Castillo occupies the very top of the hill. Today its a hotel and cafe-bar (both open Easter to October), and a mirador (lookout) to end all miradors, with panoramas stretching from the sea to a lan
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