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Cala dHort
Nestled beneath the steep wooded hills of Ibizas isolated southwest corner, opposite is Es Vedrà, the cove beach of Cala d’Hort enjoys a privileged, isolated location. The beach itself consists of a strip of sand and pebbles, with quieter areas to the north and south. There are thr
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Parque do Castro
Head directly south (and uphill) from the Old Town for a wander in this verdant park with nearly 100 camellia trees. You can inspect the partly reconstructed Castro de Vigo dating back to the 3rd century BC, and poke around the hilltop Castelo do Castro , which formed part of Vigos
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Casa Museo Victor Hugo
French author Victor Hugo spent the summer of 1843 in Pasajes, lodging at this typical waterfront house and working on his travelogue En Voyage, Alpes et Pyrénées . The second floor retains a smattering of period furniture and various prints and first editions; the first floor is h
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Baños Arabes
Enjoy the pleasant walk here from the centre of town. Backing on to Ronda’s river, these 13th- and 14th-century Arab baths are in good condition, with horseshoe arches, columns and clearly designated divisions between the hot and cold thermal baths. Theyre some of the best-preserve
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Església de Sant Jordi
Located incongruously in the suburbs south of Ibiza Town, the fortress-like Església de Sant Jordi is well worth a quick diversion. Theres been a chapel here since the 13th century, though the present structure – its colossal walls topped with full battlements to deter pirates – da
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Bodega Rubicón
This bodega is housed in part of a former 17th-century cortijo (farm), which now also includes a good restaurant (mains €10-12). Wines available for tasting in the bodega include the exceptional award-winning muscatel. You can also take a look at the modest, but interesting, museum
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Arab City Wall
One block east of the Església de Sant Jeroni, you strike a portion of the 12th-century Arab city wall (with some heavy blocks from the Roman wall at the base), beyond which is a park named after the city gate that once stood here: Porta d’es Camp (Gate of the Countryside). The Mus
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Museo Sierra
This stately house dates from the 19th century and was built by Segundo Sierra-Pambley, who founded one of the first schools in the region in 1887. The rooms cover two floors with original furniture (much of it French) and unexpected treasures, like 19th-century schoolbooks, childr
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Muelle Uno
The citys long beleaguered port area underwent a radical rethink in 2013 and was redesigned to cater to the increase in cruise passengers to the city. Wide quayside walkways now embellish Muelle 1 and Muelle 2, which are lined by palm trees and backed by shops, restaurants, bars an
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Palacio de Orleans y Borbón
From central Plaza del Cabildo, cross Calle Ancha and head up Calle Bretones, which becomes Calle Cuesta de Belén. At the top youll come to this beautiful neo-Mudéjar old-town palace, built as a 19th-century summer home for the aristocratic Montpensier family. Its now Sanlúcar’s to
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Construcción Vaćia
At the base of Monte Urgull is Jorge Oteiza’s Construcción Vaćia (Empty Space) sculpture. Oteiza (1908–2003) was a renowned painter, sculptor and writer who was born and brought up close to San Sebastián. The work, which won an award at the Sao Paulo Biennale some fifty years ago,
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Torre da Homenaxe
About 15km further on, you enter the historic crossroads town of Monforte de Lemos. Once an important rail junction, Monforte is neither as compact nor as pristine as other stops on the route, the medieval Torre da Homenaxe , a defensive tower left as the last vestige of the castle
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Molí de Dalt
Sant Lluís, a bright, white, grid-pattern inland town, was built by the French during their brief occupation of the island between 1756 and 1763. Stop to visit the Molí de Dalt, the towns last surviving working windmill, constructed during the French era. Within it, there’s a small
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Museu Martí Vicenç
A short way up the Calvari steps is the Museu Martí Vicenç. The weaver and artist Martí Vicenç Alemany (1926–95) bought this property, once part of a giant Franciscan monastery that also included the nearby former Església de Monti-Sion , in the 1950s. His works, mostly canvases an
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Museu Monogràfic de Pol·lentia
This one-room museum has fragments of statues, coins, jewellery, household figurines of divinities, scale models of the Casa dels Dos Tresors and Theatre and other odds and ends dug up at the ruins of the Roman town of Pol·lentia. Its well presented but labels are only in Catalan,
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Parque Botánico José Celestino Mutis
On the way back to the N-442 sits this beautifully landscaped botanical garden on a hillside with plants and trees from both New World and Old. The large park makes for a delightful ramble, featuring palm-lined canals, pools, a greenhouse containing tropical plants and a fine obser
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Fàbrica del Sol
A relic from the industrial era, this striking Modernista building with its red brick and yellow details today houses an environmental education center, with exhibitions on sustainable energy sources. You can wander around the building (and check out the solar panels on the roof),
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Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción
Built in 1874, this handsome church is strikingly Mediterranean in style. Smaller but of equal interest is the Ermita de las Nieves , a tiny chapel just back from the water in Puerto de las Nieves. Here you can see a renowned 16th-century Flemish triptych painted by Joos van Cleve
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Convento y Museo de las Úrsulas
A late-Gothic nunnery founded by Archbishop Alonso de Fonseca in 1512, the religious museum is fairly modest with some interesting paintings by Juan de Borgoña, who completed the stunning altar in Avilas Catedral del Salvador , but do take a look at the magnificent marble tomb with
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Centre Cultural Contemporani Pelaires
This private cultural centre is as interesting for its architecture as for its content (changing art exhibitions). The building, Can Verí, is a beautiful 17th-century town house that was also used for a while as a convent. This narrow pedestrian lane is rather chichi, home to galle
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