Spain

Gypsies, flamenco, horses, bulls—Andalusia is the Spain of story and song, the one Washington Irving romanticized in the... (more)

Could anything go wrong in a destination that gets, on average, 300 days of sunshine a year? True, the water is only warm enough... (more)

Capital of Catalonia, 2,000-year-old Barcelona commanded a vast Mediterranean empire when Madrid was still a dusty Moorish outpost... (more)

Northern Spain is a misty land of green hills, low russet rooflines, and colorful fishing villages, and is home to the formerly... (more)

For all the variety in the towns and countryside around Madrid, there's an underlying unity in Castile—the high, wide meseta... (more)

The long curve of the Mediterranean from the French border to the mouth of the Turia River encompasses the two autonomous communities... (more)

The stretch of Andalusian shore known as the Costa del Sol runs west from the Costa Tropical, near Granada, to the tip of Tarifa... (more)

The very name Extremadura, widely accepted as "the far end of the Duero," expresses the wild, remote, and isolated character of... (more)

Spain's most Atlantic region is en route to nowhere, an end in itself. Stretching northwest from the lonesome Castilian plains... (more)

Swashbuckling Madrid celebrates itself and life in general around the clock. A vibrant crossroads, Madrid—the Spanish capital... (more)

The snowcapped Pyrenees that separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of the European continent have always been a special... (more)

Spain's southeastern corner is a holiday-brochure cliché of contrasts, best known for its sand, sunshine—and planes... (more)