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Església de San Bartolomé
The large Església de San Bartolomé s Modernista facade was designed by a student of Antoni Gaudí, who is also responsible for the even more strikingly Modernista frontage of the Banco de Sóller (nowadays Banco de Santander), right beside the church.
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Castell Sant Antoni
‘Castle’ is a grand word for this insensitively ‘restored’ fort with its excess of crude concrete. All the same, it’s worth a brief visit. You can browse around at will and learn about the history of Fornells from the well-documented informative panels.
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Castillo de San Felipe
This modest castle located beside Playa Jardín, plays host to a variety of temporary art exhibitions and regular theatre and dance performances. It was closed for refurbishment at research time, however; check at the tourist office for an update.
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Balcón de Zabaleta
Canyonlike streets lead south from Plaza de la Corredera to the Balcón de Zabaleta. This little mirador is like a sudden window in a blank wall, with stunning views over the southern part of town and up to the Castillo de la Yedra and mountains beyond.
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Arkeologi Museo
Through the use of numerous flashing lights, beeping things, and spearheads and old pots, this museum reinforces the point that the inhabitants of this corner of Spain have lived here for a very long time indeed. Labelling is in Spanish and Basque only.
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Xoriguer Gin Distillery
At this showroom, you can taste and buy the distinctively aromatic Menorcan gin. From the range of sample liqueurs, try a shot of camomile-based Hierbas de Menorca, Palo with its bitter gentian flavour or Calent, cinnamon-scented and traditionally served hot.
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Botanicactus
Just outside town is Botanicactus, which claims to be Europes largest botanical garden, bristling with palms, bamboo groves, cypress, carob and orange trees and 12,000 cacti. Come to wander among its 1000-plus species of Mediterranean, exotic and wetland plants.
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Bodega Valle de Laujar
This established bodega is a good choice for tasting local wines (free) and watching the bottling operations. Plenty of wine and other Alpujarras products (jams, cheeses, sausages, honey) are for sale, too. Its on the western access road into Laujar from the A348.
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Atalaya Lookout
Find your way up to the towns Atalaya lookout, with its small church, surprisingly elaborate cemetery and dramatic coastal vistas. Luarcas mariners guild met for centuries at the nearby Mesa de Mareantes , where the towns history is now told in colourful tiles.
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Real Clericía de San Marcos
Visits to this colossal baroque church and the attached Catholic university are via obligatory guided tours (in Spanish), which run every 45 minutes. You can also climb the Scala Coeli (tower), some 166 steps, including the bell tower, with superb panoramic views.
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Museo Provincial
This museum has the finest collection of 5th-century-BC Iberian sculptures in Spain. Found in Porcuna, they show a clear Greek influence in their fluid form and graceful design.
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Muralla
Albarracíns highest point, the Torre del Andador (Walkway Tower) dates from the 9th century; the surrounding walls are more recent and date from the 11th or 12th century. Its a stiff climb to the summit, but worth every gasp for the views down over the town.
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Museo Bonsai
The charming Museo Bonsai , devoted to the Japanese miniature-tree art, is in Parque Arroyo de la Represa just northeast of the old town. Stroll through this fascinating, open-air art gallery - and take as many photos as you like. Its wheelchair accessible.
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Parque Nacional de las Islas Atlánticas de Galicia
The Parque Nacional de las Islas Atlánticas de Galicia is a national park comprising four small archipelagos off the Rías Baixas. The Illas Cíes off Vigo are the main attraction. The park also includes the Ons, Sálvora and Cortegada archipelagos further north.
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Museo del Tanit
Set in an 18th-century Canarian house, this rambling place has exhibits covering just about every aspect of island life from the past 200 years. English explanations are available. Its badly signposted – to get close, first follow signs for centro urbano.
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Convento de Santa Catalina
The closed order in this convent are still active. On 15 February each year the remarkably well preserved body of Sister María de Jesús de León Delgado, who died in 1731, is rather ghoulishly put on display. The convent also contains a small religious museum.
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Centro de Interpretación Somiedo y El Oso
Fundación Oso Pardo runs the Centro de Información del Oso in Pola de Somiedo, which organises bear-themed hikes (half-/full day adult €11/19, child €6/3) through the Somiedo park. They are not specifically aimed at spotting bears, though you might get lucky.
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Charco de San Ginés
This attractive small lake with its colourful boats and resident seagulls could have been as overwrought as picture-perfect Portofino. Instead, the buildings and restaurants here are a beguiling combo of mildly down-at-heel and freshly whitewashed (with blue trim).
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Església de Sant Joan
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Església de Sant Jeroni
South along Carrer del Temple you run into this largely baroque church, part of a convent complex founded in the 15th century. If you manage to get inside (the convent is still home to a handful of cloistered nuns) you will be able to see its Gothic cloister.
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