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Museo de las Alfombras
This museum celebrates the town’s Corpus Christi festival with its tradition of carpets created from flowers and coloured sands from El Teide. Set in a beautiful galleried mansion dating from 1642, the exhibits explain the history of the tradition, as well as the process. There is
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Plaza del Salvador
This plaza, which has a few popular bars, was once the forum of Roman Hispalis. Its dominated by the Parroquia del Divino Salvador , a big baroque church built between 1674 and 1712 on the site of Muslim Ishbiliyas main mosque. The interior reveals a fantastic richness of carving a
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Museo Carmen Thyssen
Located in an aesthetically renovated 16th-century palace in the heart of the city’s former Moorish quarter, the extensive collection concentrates on 19th-century Spanish and Andalucian art and includes paintings by some of the country’s most exceptional painters, including Joaquín
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Fort de San Juan
The central waterfront zone has undergone a major facelift and you can now enjoy a pleasant 10-minute walk southwest of Plaza España to reach the squat 17th-century Castillo de San Juan (dont be misled by the name, its more of a modest fortress than a castle). Stand in the shadow o
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Santa María de Eunate
Surrounded by cornfields and brushed by wild flowers, the near perfect octagonal Romanesque chapel of Santa María de Eunate is one of the most picturesque chapels along the whole Camino. Dating from around the 12th century its origins – and the reason why its located in the middle
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Coves de Campanet
An eerie forest of wax-like stalactites and stalagmites, the Coves de Campanet arent as flashy as some of Mallorcas other cave systems, and are perhaps more authentic for it. There are guided tours every 45 minutes and visits last just under an hour. Scientists find these caves esp
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Convento del Corpus Cristi
Architecturally nondescript but culturally curious, this church hides behind sober brickwork on the western end of a quiet square. A closed order of nuns occupies the convent building and, when Mass is held, the nuns gather in a separate area at the rear of the church. They maintai
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Es Pujols
Once a sleepy fishing village, Es Pujols is now the closest Formentera comes to a proper beach resort; its very popular with Italians and Germans. Rows of sun-bleached timber boat shelters line the beachfront and theres a little bar zone and club here. If the beaches are too crowde
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Iglesia de la Virgen de la Asunción
This is the site where Columbus and his men supposedly came to pray before setting off for the New World. The original chapel was begun in 1450 but was destroyed by a fire. The 18th-century church here today is constructed in the form of a Latin cross and has three naves and mixes
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Museu de Mallorca
This excellent city museum remains closed for extensive renovations until at least late 2014, when it will reopen in this rambling ensemble of 17th-century mansions on Carrer de la Portella. Until then, it occupies a temporary home at Fundació Sa Nostra , and showcases a collection
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Palacio de los Duques de San Carlos
On a corner of the Plaza Mayor rears the solid presence of the 16th-century Palacio de los Duques de San Carlos, nowadays a convent for the Jerónimo order, but open for visits and for selling its homemade biscuits. Its treasures are the sober classical patio and a grand granite st
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Playa de la Barca
The beach that most people visualise when they think of Sotavento is Playa de la Barca, signposted from the FV-2, 2.5km south of Costa Calma. This is the wind- and kitesurfers beach par excellence, with superb facilities for both beginners and pros. At low tide, the powdery white b
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Town Hall
Valencia’s handsome neoclassical ayuntamiento (town hall) dominates the square that takes its name. Within is the Museo Histórico Municipal , a repository of items important to the city’s identity, such as the sword that Jaime I is reputed to have brandished when defeating the Musl
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Virgen de la Peña
If you walk past the ayuntamiento (town hall), you will reach this grotto where the Virgin is said to have appeared to two children who were led here by a dove in 1586. During the annual village procession on 8 September, the effigy of the Virgin is carried 2km up to the Ermita del
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Santuario de La Peregrina
This 13th-century former convent has been stunningly restored with glimpses of elaborate 13th-century frescoes and 17th-century Mudéjar plasterwork; the latter is in the chapel to the right of the main nave. A modern addition to the convent houses some excellent scale models of Sah
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Puerta de la Torre
For fine views over Salamanca, head to the tower at the southwestern corner of the Catedral Nuevas facade. From here, stairs lead up through the tower, past labyrinthine but well-presented exhibitions of cathedral memorabilia, then along the interior balconies of the sanctuaries of
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Plaça d’es Born
Ciutadella’s main square is a gracious affair, with 19th-century buildings like the fortress-like ajuntament and Palau Torresaura . The obelisk at the centre was raised to commemorate those townsfolk who died trying to ward off the Turks on 9 July 1558. For the finest view of the p
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Museo de Prehistoria y Arqueología de Cantabria
Reopened in 2013 after a six-year closure, the prehistory and archaeology museum showcases Cantabrias archaeological wealth, with explanatory matter in French, English and Spanish. The excellent multimedia displays range from early hominid remains to giant steles (stone disks) carv
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Museu i Necròpolis Paleocristians
This vast Roman-Christian city of the dead on the western edge of town consists of over 2000 elaborate tombs. It was used from the 3rd century AD onwards, thus attesting to Rome’s conversion to Christianity. The museum features curious funereal objects and sarcophagi. Entry is free
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Platja de Cala Agulla
At the northern edge of town this horseshoe-shaped beach wraps around a calm, pale-sand bay bathed by turquoise waters and hemmed in by hills blanketed in pine trees. Theres precious little development to be seen from the sand, but the beach itself is packed with umbrellas for rent
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