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Cala Llenya
Situated 9km northeast of Santa Eulària, Cala Llenya is a serene, pine-fringed sandy bay, around 200m wide. Its popular with French, German and local families – though it never seems to get too crowded. Easterly breezes mean the water can get wavy here.
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Rialia Museo de la Industría
Learn about Portugaletes industrial history at this small waterfront museum. Exhibits, which include paintings and machinery parts, chart the towns development and the effect early industrialisation had on the areas landscape and social make-up.
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Museo León y Castillo
This museum is devoted to the city’s most famous resident, a late-19th-century politician. The building, his former home, is lovely with its galleried wooden balconies; in contrast, the exhibits, ambassadorial credentials and the like may fail to thrill.
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Museo Fallero
Each Fallas festival , only one of the thousands of ninots, the figurines that pose at the base of each falla (huge statues of papier mâché and polystyrene), is saved from the flames by popular vote. Those reprieved over the years are displayed here.
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Jardins de Mossèn Costa i Llobera
Towards the foot of the part of Montjuïc below the castle, above the thundering traffic of the main road to Tarragona, the Jardins de Mossèn Costa i Llobera have a good collection of tropical and desert plants – including a veritable forest of cacti.
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Iglesia de San Isidoro
Plaza de la Constitución occupies a barely perceptible rise close to the heart of old Oviedo, capped at one end by the Iglesia de San Isidoro , and fronted by an eclectic collection of old shops, cafés and the 17th-century ayuntamiento (town hall).
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Museu de Cera
Inside this late-19th-century building, you can stand, sit and lounge about with Frankenstein, Che Guevara and lots of Spanish figures you probably wont recognise. Unintentionally funny, the price tag is steep for often poorly executed representations.
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Teatro Guimerá
One of the city’s architectural highlights is the 19th-century Teatro Guimerá, fronted by a suitably theatrical giant mask sculpture. The sumptuous interior is reminiscent of Madrid’s Teatro Real, with semicircular balconied seating and plenty of gilt.
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Museu Regional d’Artà
In the heart of the old town, Plaça dEspanya plays home to this musuem, where those interested in ancient and traditional Mallorcan culture will get a small thrill out of the mismatched archaeological, ethnological and natural history curios on display.
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Gaselec Museum
On the other side of the park is this intriguing oddity, the passion of the former president of the local gas and electric company. It houses a museum of Ancient Egypt completely composed of reproductions, including King Tut’s mask and sarcophagus.
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Edifici de Gas Natural
While only 100m high, this shimmering glass waterfront tower (designed by Enric Miralles) is extraordinary for its mirrored surface and weirdly protruding adjunct buildings, which could be giant glass cliffs bursting from the main tower’s flank.
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Claustro de San Francisco
The capitals of the 63 arches of the lovely 14th-century Claustro de San Francisco are carved with a fascinating collection of people, animals, imaginary creatures and Galician plants – well worth a visit, and the attendant may give you a free tour.
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Can Planes
Can Planes houses the Museu dArt Contemporani , a changing display of works by Mallorquin and foreign artists residing on the island. Upstairs, the Museu de Sa Jugueta Antiga is a touching collection of old toys, some with a bullfighting theme.
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Bodegas Sandeman
Three or four daily tours (no bookings needed) each in English, Spanish and German, and one in French, all including tastings; the website has up-to-date schedules. In honour of their Scottish creator, Sandeman sherries carry the black-caped Don logo.
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Son Catlar
This is the largest Talayotic settlement in the Balearic Islands, with five talayots and ruined dwellings covering around 6 hectares. Find it south of Ciutadella (from the ronda ring road follow the road for Cala Macarella and after 2.8km veer right).
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Torre de la Calahorra
At the south end of the Puente Romano stands this squat tower, erected under Islamic rule. It now houses the Museo Vivo de Al-Andalus, a museum highlighting the cultural achievements of Al-Andalus. You need the audioguide to make the most of it.
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Museo de Arte Flamenco
Fabulously laid-out over two floors in the HQ of Málagas oldest and most prestigious peña (private flamenco club), this collection of fans, costumes, posters and other flamenco paraphernalia is testimony to the citys illustrious flamenco scene.
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Museo Tiempo de Dinosaurios
Opposite the tourist office, this museum, which is full of dinosaur bones and fossils, is one for children, children at heart and cavemen. The Maestrazgo’s remote hills have been a treasure trove for palaeontologists. The film is in Spanish only.
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Museu Romàntic
Housed in a late-18th-century Can Llopis mansion, this faded museum recreates with its furnishings and dioramas the lifestyle of a 19th-century Catalan landowning family. Closed for renovations during our visit, the museum was due to reopen in 2016.
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Puerto de las Palomas
The A319, heading northeast from Cazorla, enters the natural park after 7km, at Burunchel, then winds 6km up to the 1200m Puerto de las Palomas pass. The mirador here affords wonderful views, opening out northwards down the Guadalquivir valley.
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