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Església de Sant Vicenç
This Romanesque church within Cardonas castle complex has an elegant stone-walled interior. The vaulted crypt, dedicated to St James, is a stopping point for pilgrims plying the French Way of St James route to Santiago de Compostela. Buy tickets to the church in the tourist informa
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Església de Sant Mateu dAubarca
Tiny Sant Mateu dAubarca is one of the most isolated villages in Ibiza, and the focus of the regions farming community (there are several local vineyards). Its worth dropping by its fortified church, which dates from the late 18th century, and has a triple-arched front porch and tw
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Monestir de Sant Pere de Galligants
This beautiful 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque Benedectine monastery has a sublime bell tower and a lovely cloister featuring otherworldly animals and mythical creatures on the capitals of its double columns – there are some great ones in the church too. Its also home to the Muse
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Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre y Pinturas Contemporánea
This tiny village is a hub of contemporary art and sculpture thanks, primarily, to a former mayor who helped to initiate an annual sculpture and art symposium back in the 1970s. As well as the artwork exhibited in a downstairs gallery in the tourist office, there are sculptures on
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Museo de la Ciudad
Explore the towns fascinating history at the city museum, housed in a centuries-old palace, with pieces dating back to Paleolithic times. The sections on the Tartessians and their Roman successors are highlights: the former includes a unique collection of large earthenware vessels
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Huerta de los Frailes
Just south of the monastery, Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo, is the Huerta de los Frailes , which merits a stroll, while the Jardín del Príncipe , which leads down to the town of El Escorial (and the train station), contains the Casita del Príncipe , a little neoclassical gem built
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Museu de Menorca
This 15th-century former Franciscan monastery has been in its time a nautical school, a public library, a high school and a children’s home. Its well-documented collection covers the earliest history of the island, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Menorca, and includes paintings, some
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Museo de Ronda
The city museum has artefacts and information especially related to both Roman and Islamic funerary systems. Of even more interest to some will be the palatial setting. Built for Abomelic, ruler of Ronda in 1314, the palace retains its fountains and internal Patio Mudéjar courtyard
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Museo del Patriarca
This bijou gallery is a must if you’re interested in ecclesiastical art. It’s particularly strong on Spanish and Flemish Renaissance painting, with several canvases by Juan de Juanes, Ribalta and El Greco. The adjacent church has a soberly handsome cloister, some high-quality Renai
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Museo del Bandolero
This small museum is dedicated to the banditry for which central Andalucía was once renowned. Old prints reflect that when the youthful bandoleros (bandits) were not being shot, hanged or garrotted by the authorities, they were stabbing each other in the back, literally as much as
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Monestir de la Puríssima Concepció de les Caputxines
Behind the forbidding walls of this convent lives a small community of Clarisan nuns. By tradition they still wash and iron delicate clothing, especially first communion and baptism outfits, for a modest fee. If you happen to see the church doors open (check the mass times posted o
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Centro Botín
Italian architect Renzo Piano is behind the distinctly contemporary concept of this ambitious arts and cultural centre – social hub, local learning centre and international art gallery all rolled into one – which is being constructed amid the Jardines de Pereda, overlooking the Bah
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Església de Sant Andrèu
Within the remarkably colourful frescoed walls of this 12th- and 13th-century church, gaze upon the haunting form of the Crist de Salardú. This gaunt wooden sculpture of Jesus on the cross dates to the 13th century. Until 1649, Sant Andreus sturdy belltower was a castle keep, thoug
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Església de Betlem
Just north of Carrer del Carme, this church was constructed in baroque style for the Jesuits in the late 17th and early 18th centuries to replace an earlier church destroyed by fire in 1671. Fire was a bit of a theme for this site: the church was once considered the most splendid o
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Arc de Sant Benet
Pause for a photo-op at this elegant 18th-century arch in front of the Monestir de Sant Feliu de Guíxols. Today the gateway stands alone, the walls connecting it to the monastery complex long demolished. If Sant Benet at the top of the gate looks suspiciously polished, its because
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Cala Xarraca
Four kilometres along the road north from Sant Joan, a signposted side road loops past some villas to quiet Cala Xarraca, a thin strip of coarse sand and pebbles no more than 150m long, with a few sunbeds and umbrellas to rent. The solitary bar-restaurant sells full meals and tapas
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Ayuntamiento
Contains a large, very fine Roman mosaic of the gorgon Medusa.
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Museo Ralli
This superb private art museum exhibits paintings by primarily Latin American and European artists in bright well-lit galleries. Part of a nonprofit foundation, its exhibits include sculptures by Henry Moore and Salvador Dalí, vibrant contemporary paintings by Argentinian surrealis
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Jardín de la Marquésa
Northwest of town, on the road to Bañaderos, this lovely botanical garden is owned by the Marquésa de Arucas (along with the Hacienda del Buen Suceso). Lushly planted with more than 2500 different perennials, trees and cacti, there are ponds, places to sit and a greenhouse with ban
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Villa Romana de Veranes
The Villa Romana de Veranes is 12km southwest of Gijón, about 500m north off the AS18 road to Oviedo. The main remaining building, which was transformed into a church in the Middle Ages, is thought by some to have been an early Christian church or perhaps even baths. Some original
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