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Església de Sant Jaume
Despite its baroque facade, this is one of Palmas older surviving Gothic churches. This grey soaring eminence is one of the first four parish churches to be built under the protection of the Royal House of Mallorca from 1327. It is said that the Bonapart family (later Bonaparte) li
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Iglesia y ex
This ruined church is out of bounds, but you can peer through the gap in the wall at the cactuses and other plants busy reclaiming the building’s structure. The cloisters, filled with tropical plants and flowers, which are open to the public, are probably the prettiest in town. The
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Safari
Beyond Cala Millors sprawl is Safari-Zoo, where you see wild animals (including rhinos, hippos, zebras, giraffes, baboons, wildebeest and numerous antelope species) from the comfort of your car or an open-sided tourist train. The animals have plenty of space to roam, unlike those i
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Volcán Teneguía
Volcán Teneguías 1971 eruption was the most recent in the archipelago. A signposted trail from Volcán San Antonio, near the Visitors Centre, leads you here. The easy to moderate walk there and back takes about two hours. If that’s not far enough, you can continue onwards for a furt
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Royal Shipyards
King Alfonso X the Wise commissioned the Royal Shipyards in 1252. In all, 17 naves or bays were built on what were then the sandy banks of the Guadalquivir. After some years as a customs shed, it became an army arsenal and warehouse in the 18th century, then languished until 1993.
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Roman Amphitheatre
Uncovered in 1951, this Roman theatre slap-bang in the city centre had lain hidden for hundreds of years. It was built in the time of Augustus (1st century AD) and remains relatively well-preserved. An adjacent interpretive centre has touch screens and some artefacts dug up from th
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Museo de Valltorta
An informative museum, 2km from Tirig, itself 10km southwest of Sant Mateu. It presents (info in various languages available) a detailed overview of prehistoric art and El Maestrazgo’s World Heritage ensemble of rock paintings. Theres a reproduction of the most interesting piece, a
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Museo de la Basilica Tardorromana
This superbly executed underground museum is integrated into the architectural remains of an ancient basilica discovered during street work in the 1980s, including a bridge over open tombs, skeletons included. The artefacts become a means of branching out into various elements of l
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Iglesia de San Luis
One of Seville’s most impressive churches, Iglesia de San Luis stands 500m south of the Basílica de La Macarena. Designed for the Jesuits by Leonardo de Figueroa in 1731, the baroque San Luis has an unusual equal-armed cross plan, 16 twisting stone pillars and a superb soaring dome
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Es Vedrà
The stunning, vertiginous island of Es Vedrà is one of the most startling sights in the Balearics, emerging abruptly from the Mediterranean like an offshore volcano. A real rock star, its associated with numerous local myths and legends. Because the coastal road is surrounded by hi
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Circo Romano
The 1st-century Circo Romano could accommodate 30,000 spectators. Discovered in the 16th century, its remains represent the only surviving hippodrome of its kind in Spain. In the attached interpretive centre you can read (in Spanish) all about Diocles, a champion auriga (horse and
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Casa del Rey Moro
The terraces give access to La Mina, an Islamic stairway of more than 300 steps cut into the rock all the way down to the river at the bottom of the gorge. These steps enabled Ronda to maintain water supplies when it was under attack. It was also the point where Christian troops fo
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Consolat de Mar
The Consolat de Mar was founded in 1326 as a maritime tribunal. The present building, one of Mallorcas few examples of (albeit impure) Renaissance design, was completed in 1669. It was tacked onto, and faces, a late Gothic chapel completed around 1600 for the members of Sa Llotja.
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Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
A complex of auditoriums, exhibition spaces and conference halls opened here in 1994 in what had been an 18th-century hospice, the Casa de la Caritat. The courtyard, with a vast glass wall on one side, is spectacular. With 4500 sq metres of exhibition space in four separate areas,
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Alcázar de la Puerta de Sevilla
The impressive main gate of Carmonas old town is one element of a fortification that had already been standing for five centuries when the Romans reinforced it and built a temple on top. The Muslim Almohads added an aljibe (cistern) to the upper patio, which remains a hawklike perc
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Iglesia de Santa María de la Asunción
The haughty Gothic jumble that is the Iglesia de Santa María de la Asunción stands out above the harbour and the tangle of narrow lanes that make up the medieval centre of Castro Urdiales. It could be a seaside set for The Name of the Rose . The church shares its little headland wi
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Cascada
Near the Passeig de Pujades entrance to Parc de la Ciutadella is the monumental cascada (waterfall). Created between 1875 and 1881 by Josep Fontserè with the help of an enthusiastic young Gaudí, it is a dramatic combination of statuary, rugged rocks, greenery and thundering water.
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Cripta de Santa Eulalia
This basilica was built in the 5th century in honour of Méridas patron saint, who is said to have been martyred in the 4th century. It was then reconstructed in the 13th century. The modern-day church is closed to the public, but, beside it, a museum and excavated areas allow you
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Corral del Carbón
Tucked away just to the east of Calle Reyes Católicos is this Nasrid-era corn exchange framed by an elaborate horseshoe arch, which began life as a 14th-century inn for merchants. It has since been used as an inn for coal dealers (hence its modern name, Coal Yard) and later a theat
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Cova des Pas de Vallgornera
In Vallgornera (3km east of Cala Pi), half a dozen caves burrow their way through the rock underfoot. Some are truly impressive, with underground rivers and lakes or spectacular stalactites and stalagmites. The most famous cave here, Cova des Pas de Vallgornera, is also the Baleari
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