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Museu Ramon Llull
Today, in the Museu Ramon Llull , you can see all sorts of curios, from farm implements to old photos of the Santuari de Nostra Senyora de Cura monastery.
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Col·legi de les Teresianes
This striking work by Gaudí has exposed brick pillars and steep catenary arches, each of which is unique. It was built in 1889 for the Order of St Teresa.
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Iglesia del Sacramento
Just down the hill from the Plaza de la Villa is the 18th-century baroque remake of the Iglesia del Sacramento, the central church of the Spanish army.
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Torreon de Ventoso
One of the better-kept historic buildings in Puerto, this tower once formed part of the town’s Augustine convent and was used to keep watch over the port.
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Museo Etnolóxico
The Ethnological Museum is worth a visit for its Galician folk history collection, and just up the street is the 12th-century Romanesque Igrexa de Santiago .
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Playa de la Puntilla
The closest beach to El Puerto centre is pine-flanked Playa de la Puntilla, a 1.5km walk southwest – or take bus 1 or 2 (€1.05) along Avenida Aramburu de Mora.
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Torre Pirulico
A recently restored coastal watchtower dating to Nasrid times in the 13th century; you can climb to the top. Its 1.3km south of the Castillo de Macenas.
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Torre del Tajo
The high point of the 7.2km Sendero del Acantilado hike is the 16th-century Torre del Tajo with its tranquil mirador (lookout) perched above the Atlantic.
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Mercat Claustre del Carme
Just off Plaça dEspanya is the Mercat Claustre del Carme, where former church cloisters have been imaginatively converted into a market and shopping centre.
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Plaza de España
It’s hard to know what to make of this curiously unprepossessing square. The squares centrepiece is a 1927 statue of Cervantes with, at the writer’s feet, a bronze statue of his immortal characters Don Quijote and Sancho Panza. The 1953 Edificio de España (Spain Building) on the no
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Playa Santiago
At Playa Santiago, splashing in the waves, rambling along the rocky shore and marvelling over the peaceful ocean view is likely to take up most of your time.
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Icarus
This splendid waterside bronze figure of a pin-headed Icarus bearing a surfboard as he emerges from the water is by contemporary sculptor Esperanza dOrs.
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Sa Plaça
At Sineu’s heart is Sa Plaça, a busy square fronted by several bars and the crumbling sandstone, late-Gothic facade of the 16th-century Església de Santa Maria.
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Sala Pelaires
An arm of the Centre Cultural Contemporani Pelaires and Palmas first contemporary gallery, this is a wonderful place to see works by top Spanish artists.
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Playa de Oyambre
Of several beaches around Comillas, the long, sandy Playa de Oyambre, 5km west, is decidedly superior. Two year-round camping grounds operate behind it.
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Playa de la Mujer
A couple of kilometres north of Los Molinos, along a rough track, lies the Playa de la Mujer, an enticing stretch of sand, particularly popular with surfers.
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Iglesia de Santa María de Mesa
Zahara village centres on Calle San Juan, towards the eastern end of which stands the 18th-century baroque Iglesia de Santa María de Mesa in pastel pink.
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Cerrada de Elías
One of the highlights of the Río Borosa walk, where the path takes to a wooden walkway above the waters of the river as it passes through a narrow gorge.
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Centro de Información Xudía de Galicia
Above the tourist office on the lovely main square, this centre has exhibits, in Galician, on the Jews of Galicia since their expulsion from Spain in 1492.
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Font del Sepulcre
Just in front of the Fundació Sa Nostra, this Gothic baptismal font is left over from a long-disappeared church. Inside it is a 12th-century Muslim-era well.
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