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Palacio de los Duques del Infantado
The main remnant of Guadalajara’s glory days is the fabulous Palacio de los Duques del Infantado , where the Mendoza family held court. It’s one of Spain’s most striking buildings, with its elaborate studded flamboyant Gothic-Mudéjar facade and stunning patio, with carved heraldic
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Museo de Historia de Arrecife
Located on a little islet just off the seafront promenade, this small museum is based in the 16th-century Castillo de San Gabriel. Exhibits include information on the islands geology, flora and fauna as well as pre-Hispanic life and the conquest, but all information is in Spanish o
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Ses Feixes
On the western side of Talamanca beach, the scruffy-looking fields of reeds and scrubs known as Ses Feixes were once Ibiza Towns vegetable garden. These were developed by the Moors over a thousand years ago, and irrigated using innovative water management and crop rotation, produci
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Playa del Sardinero
Surfers emerge in force along Sardinero when the waves are right, mainly in autumn and winter, when they can reach 1.5m. Sardinero is backed by some of Santanders most expensive real estate, including emblematic early-20th-century creations such as the Gran Casino . Buses 1, 2 and
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Iglesia del Santísimo Cristo
In the Iglesia del Santísimo Cristo glass panels reveal excavated bits of Roman Santander under the floor. Displayed nearby are silver vessels containing the skulls of the early Christian martyrs San Emeterio and San Celedonio, Santanders patron saints. The care of these holy relic
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Museo Municipal
Adjacent to the Baza cathedral on Plaza Mayor is the town’s excellent Museo Municipal, fittingly housed in a 16th-century Renaissance building. The exhibits concentrate on finds from nearby archaeological sites; the most remarkable item is a copy of the Dama de Baza, a person-sized
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Galerías de Punta Begoña
This massive brown structure was built in 1919 as a protective sea wall. Its an impressive sight, complete with columns and a balustraded terrace, and while its rarely open to the public, guided visits are sometimes laid on – it depends on the state of the ongoing restoration. Oppo
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Capilla de Santa Cruz
This tiny chapel was built in 1943 to replace its 8th-century predecessor (erected by Pelayos son Favila), which was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War. The 1940s rebuilders discovered that the mound the chapel sits on was an artificial one containing a megalithic tomb 6000 yea
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Bastions
In the Baluard de Sant Jaume , an exhibition of military paraphernalia includes soldiers’ cuirasses that you can try for size (and weight!) and cannonballs to heave. An exhibition within the Baluard de Sant Pere , the next bastion northwards, demonstrates the tricks of artillery wa
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Museu dels Volcans
Found inside the pleasant Parc Nou , a botanical garden of Olot-area flora, the Museu dels Volcans has a schoolroom feel with its detailed displays on volcanoes, types of eruptions and Garrotxas geology. Most enjoyable is the audiovisual presentation including a knee-trembling eart
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Muelle
An odd legacy of the areas mining history, this impressive iron pier curves out into the Odiel estuary 500m south of the port. It was designed for the Rio Tinto company in the 1870s by British engineer George Barclay Bruce. Equipped with boardwalks on upper and lower levels, it mak
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Monasterio de San Juan de Duero
The most striking of Sorias sights, this wonderfully evocative and partially ruined cloister boasts exposed and gracefully interlaced arches; the arches artfully blend Mudéjar and Romanesque influences and no two capitals are the same. Inside the church, the carvings are worth a cl
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Platja Sant Elm
Sant Elm’s main town beach is a pleasant sandy strand (no shade) that faces the gently lapping Mediterranean to the south. Within swimming distance for the moderately fit is Illa Es Pantaleu , a rocky islet that marks one of the boundaries of a marine reserve. To the south of Sant
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Parque Natural Despeñaperros
The Desfiladero de Despeñaperros, a dramatic, deep gorge cutting through the Sierra Morena, is traditionally considered the main gateway to Andalucía from the north. The hilly and beautiful country straddling the gorge is the Parque Natural de Despeñaperros: for information on the
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Madina Yabisa La Cúria
This small display replicates the medieval Arab city of Madina Yabisa (Ibiza Town), prior to the island’s fall to Catalan forces in 1235. Artefacts, audiovisuals and maps transport visitors back in time. The centre is housed in what was, from the 15th century, the Casa de la Cúria
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La Cartuja Monastery
This monastery is an architectural gem founded in the 15th century, set amid lovely gardens beside the A381, 9km from central Jerez. The early Carthusian monks here are credited with breeding the Cartujano at a time when the horse’s popularity had declined. You can look around the
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Museo Gustavo de Maeztu
Adjacent to the tourist office is the Palacio de los Reyes , a rare example of Romanesque civil construction. It houses a museum with an intriguing collection of paintings by Gustavo de Maeztu y Whitney (1887–1947), who was of Cuban-English parentage but emphatically Basque in upbr
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sEstanyol
Something of a secret beach, sEstanyol is a delightful, if tiny, cove, only accessible by a rough road. By the shore theres a chiringuito (beach bar; May to October) for meals, drinks, and occasional after parties – DJ Sven Väth has held sessions here. Offshore youll find excellent
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Sinagoga
Constructed in 1315, this small, probably private or family synagogue is one of the few testaments to the Jewish presence in medieval Andalucía, though it hasnt been used as a place of worship since the expulsion of Jews in 1492. Decorated with extravagant stuccowork that includes
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Jardins de Mossèn Cinto de Verdaguer
Near the Estació Parc Montjuïc funicular/Telefèric station are the ornamental Jardins de Mossèn Cinto de Verdaguer. These sloping, verdant gardens are home to various kinds of bulbs and aquatic plants. Many of the former (some 80,000) have to be replanted each year. They include tu
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