1027 Best Sights in Spain

This sleek, modern winery is an architectural wonder of glass and steel with floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook the vineyards and a state-of-the-art multilevel wine cellar. The two-hour morning tour ends around 2 pm—the perfect time to settle in for lunch at the upstairs restaurant. The tasting menu pairs the three-course menu with four signature wines for around €70 and is highly recommended.

Set in a 16th-century stone palace, this illustrious winery has been making wine since the 17th century and crafts textbook Albariños. The 1583 Albariño de Fefiñanes sees three months in Bordeaux barrels. Guided tours including tastings range from €13 to €25. Reservations recommended.

Set on an expanse of lush vineyards, this is the first chateaux-style winery in Galicia, with a characteristically blue facade and a breadth of award-winning Albariños.

One of the largest of Mallorca's wineries, Bodegas José L. Ferrer, can be visited for tastings. Ferrer wines consistently do well at international competitions in France and Germany; Pedra de Binissalem, its ecological red, is a subtle blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and the local varietal Manto Negro—well worth a try.

A 20-minute drive south of Alquézar drops you at this family-run wine estate that's been in business for over a century. Plan to spend about two hours here between the winery tour and tasting, in which you'll sample bold new world–style wines—Gewürztraminer, Cabernet Sauvignon, etc.—that are a hallmark of the Somontano D.O. Be sure to call ahead or email to book.

This sprawling, prestigious bodega offers visits, tours, and tastings (prebook online) as well as a wine bar and restaurant. The standard fee includes a tasting of three wines. Segway and hot-air-balloon tours with partner companies can also be arranged ahead of time. 

The Fundació Robert Graves opened this museum dedicated to Deià's most famous resident in the house he built in 1932. The seaside cottage is a shrine: Graves's furniture and books, personal effects, and the press he used to print many of his works are all preserved.

Full of half-timber stone houses, this is one of the valley's best-preserved villages. From Ávila, follow N110 into the town. If you enjoy mountain scenery, detour from the village of Jerte to Hervás, traveling a narrow road that winds 35 km (22 miles) through forests of low-growing oak trees and over the Honduras Pass.

Built in 1904 to facilitate transportation of mining extractions from the railway to the ships, this striking red iron pier runs almost 900 meters from Almería station into the sea. Fully restored in 2023, it’s now one of Spain’s most iconic industrial landmarks and a lovely walkway with panoramic views over Almería and the Mediterranean.

Built between 1901 and 1903 by Lluís Domènech i Montaner, originator of Barcelona's Palau de la Música Catalana, this former hotel has an alabaster facade sculpted like a wedding cake, with floral motifs, angelic heads, and coats of arms. The original interiors are gone, however. The building is owned and used by the Fundació La Caixa, a cultural and social organization funded by the region's largest bank. Don't miss the permanent exhibit of paintings by the Catalan impressionist Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa.

Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron (who designed London's Tate Modern) converted an early-20th-century power station into a stunning arts complex that arguably turns Madrid's "Golden Triangle" of art museums into a quadrilateral. Belonging to one of the country's wealthiest foundations (La Caixa bank), the structure seems to float above the sloped public plaza, with a tall vertical garden designed by French botanist Patrick Blanc on its northern side contrasting with a geometric rust-color roof. Inside, the soaring exhibition halls display ancient as well as contemporary art including pieces from La Caixa's proprietary collection.

Encircled by high pine-topped cliffs, this rocky cove connects to various coastal walking paths and a narrow road that twists its way down from the village. Year-round, clear turquoise water makes it great for snorkeling and swimming. The Instagram-popular Ca's Patró March seafood restaurant, hewn into the rocks, overhangs the sea and stirring views. Book a table at the water's edge well ahead ( 971/639137); it's often booked out weeks in advance. There is also a simple beach bar. Amenities: food and drink; free parking. Best for: snorkeling; swimming.

A tiny horseshoe curve of fine white sand, framed by almost vertical pine-covered cliffs, is where Menorca's only ever-flowing river, the Algendar, reaches the sea through a long limestone gorge. The surrounding area is under environmental protection—the handful of resort hotels and chalets above the beach (usually booked solid June–September by package-tour operators) were grandfathered in. Cala Galdana is family-friendly in the extreme, with calm, shallow waters and a nearby water park—a playground for the kids. A favorite with Menorcans and visitors alike, it gets really crowded in high season, but a 20-minute walk through the pine forest leads to the otherwise inaccessible little coves of Macarella and Macarelleta, remote beaches famous with naturists and boating parties. Amenities: food and drink; lifeguards; showers; water sports. Best for: swimming; walking.

The thermal baths in the town of Caldes de Boí include, between hot and cold sources, 40 springs. The caves inside the bath area are a natural phenomenon, with thermal steam seeping through cracks in the rock. Take advantage of the baths' therapeutic qualities at either Hotel Caldas or Hotel Manantial—services range from a mere inhalation (€7.50) to a bath with hydromassage and color therapy (€25) to a mud bath with medical checkup (€40.50). Arthritic patients are regulars.

Locals will tell you that this street boasts more bars per square foot (nearly 100 in total) than anywhere else on earth. Alternative facts aside, there's a bar for every taste here, from tile-walled tabernas to louche cocktail lounges to newfangled fusion spots. Start with a caña (half-pint) or glass of vermú at a timeworn standby like El Doble (No. 58) or Fide (No. 8) before sampling traditional tapas at Taberna Alipio Ramos (No. 30) or La Máquina (No. 39). More eclectic, refined bites can be found at the tuna-centric DeAtún (No. 59), cheffy Sala de Despiece (No. 11), and modern Basque Arima (No. 51).

Near Plaza de Zocodover, this is the town's narrow and busy pedestrian thoroughfare. It's lined with bars and shops and shaded in summer by awnings. It was repaved in 2021.

This is Seville's classy main shopping street. Near the southern end, at No. 85, a plaque marks the spot where the Cárcel Real (Royal Prison) once stood. Miguel de Cervantes began writing Don Quixote in one of its cells.

With a trailhead at the ski area of Núria, at an altitude of 2,000 meters (6,562 feet), the dramatic—and occasionally heart-stopping—\"engineers' path\" is best done in summer. The three-hour trek, aided at one point by a cable handrail, leads to the remote highland valley of Coma de Vaca, where a cozy refuge and hearty replenishment await. Call ahead or book online to make sure there's space, and check weather conditions. In the morning you can descend along the riverside Gorges de Freser trail, another three-hour walk, to Queralbs, where there are connecting trains to Ribes de Freser.

Essentially the Palacio Real's backyard, the Campo del Moro has enough shaded footpaths for a 45-minute stroll. The lone entrance is (rather inconveniently located) at the bottom of Cuesta de San Vicente on Paseo de la Virgen del Puerto. Enjoy the lush copses, narrow trails, and great lawn leading up to the palace. The park closes at 6 pm October–March and at 8 pm April–September.

This gem of Palma's early Moderniste architecture, designed in the 1890s by Nicolau Lliteras, is on the corner of Carrer de Jaume II.

Designed by Lluís Forteza Rei in 1909, this Art Nouveau delight has twisted wrought-iron railings and surfaces inlaid with bits of polychrome tile, which are signature touches of Antoni Gaudí and his contemporaries. A wonderful carved stone face in a painful grimace, flanked by dragons, ironically frames the stained-glass windows of a third-floor dental clinic. There's a chocolate shop on the ground floor.

A minute's walk from the Plaça de la Constitució, along Sóller's main shopping arcade, brings you to this charming museum, where Modernist style comes to life. In the lovingly restored family rooms on the first floor of this imposing town house, you can see how Sóller's well-to-do embraced the art deco style: the ornate furniture and furnishings, the stained glass and ceramic tile, and the carved and painted ceilings all helped announce their status in turn-of-the-century Mallorcan society. Upstairs, Can Prunera also houses a small collection of paintings by early modern masters, including Man Ray, Santiago Rusiñol, Paul Klee, and Joan Miró. The garden is an open-air museum in its own right, with sculptures by José Siguiri, Josep Sirvent, and other Mallorcan artists.

In July and August, a guided train tour departs from the Jaca RENFE station, heading to the valley and Canfranc's magnificent Belle Époque train station, which has a bewitching history and was used as a location in the 1965 film Doctor Zhivago. At the time of writing the summer guided tour had not been announced, but a non-tourist train runs year-round between Jaca and Canfranc. The Canfranc station, right at the border of France, had been famously abandoned since 1970 and was slowly falling to pieces until the Barceló group opened a 104-room luxury five-star hotel in the building early this year. Unfortunately, many of the areas are now restricted to hotel guests. If you're staying elsewhere, the Canfranc tourism office also offers guided tours of some areas to visitors. 

The winding road north from Port de Pollença to the island's tip is spectacular. Stop at the Mirador de la Cruete (or Colomer), where the rocks form deep, narrow inlets of multishaded blue. A stone tower called the Talaia d'Albercutx marks the highest point on the peninsula. Continue around hairpin bends—and past superb coastal views—to reach Cala Formentor beach. The drive is certainly not for the fainthearted, but the beach at the end is one of Mallorca's best, with fine white sand and calm turquoise water, backed by a forest of pine trees that offer shade.

This Romanesque hermitage looks as if it had been left behind by some remote order of hermit-monks who meant to take it on a picnic in the Pyrenees. The tiny chapel, possibly—along with Sant Llàtzer—Barcelona's smallest religious structure, and certainly one of its oldest, was originally built in the 12th century on the main Roman road into Barcelona, the one that would become Cardo Maximo just a few hundred yards away as it passed through the walls at Portal de l'Àngel.

Bernat Marcús, a wealthy merchant concerned with public welfare and social issues, built a hospital here for poor travelers; the hospital chapel that bears his name was dedicated to the Mare de Déu de la Guia (Our Lady of the Guide). As a result of its affiliation, combined with its location on the edge of town, the chapel eventually became the headquarters of the Confraria del Correus a Cavall (Brotherhood of the Pony Express), also known as the troters (trotters), which made Barcelona the key link in overland mail between the Iberian Peninsula and France.

This seamen's chapel, built in 1759, is one of Triana's most important monuments and home to the Brotherhood of Triana, whose Semana Santa processions are among the most revered in the city. There's also a small museum dedicated to the Brotherhood.

Catholic monarchs Isabel of Castile and Fernando of Aragón are buried at this shrine. The couple originally planned to be buried in Toledo's San Juan de los Reyes, but Isabel changed her mind when the pair conquered Granada in 1492. When she died in 1504, her body was first laid to rest in the Convento de San Francisco (now a parador) on the Alhambra hill. The architect Enrique Egas began work on the Capilla Real in 1506 and completed it 15 years later, creating a masterpiece of the ornate Gothic style now known in Spain as Isabelline. In 1521, Isabel's body was transferred to a simple lead coffin in the Capilla Real crypt, where it was joined by that of her husband, Fernando, and later her unfortunate daughter, Juana la Loca (Joanna the Mad), and son-in-law, Felipe el Hermoso (Philip the Handsome). Felipe died young, and Juana had his casket borne about the peninsula with her for years, opening the lid each night to kiss her embalmed spouse good night. A small coffin to the right contains the remains of Prince Felipe of Asturias, a grandson of the Catholic Monarchs and nephew of Juana la Loca who died in his infancy. The crypt containing the five lead coffins is quite simple, but it's topped by elaborate marble tombs showing Fernando and Isabel lying side by side (commissioned by their grandson Carlos V and sculpted by Domenico Fancelli). The altarpiece, by Felipe Vigariny (1522), comprises 34 carved panels depicting religious and historical scenes; the bottom row shows Boabdil surrendering the keys of the city to its conquerors and the forced baptism of the defeated Moors. The sacristy holds Fernando's sword, Isabel's crown and scepter, and a fine collection of Flemish paintings once owned by Isabel.

Up the hill from the Hotel Alhambra Palace, this turn-of-the-20th-century carmen (private villa) and its gardens—the only area open to tourists—are like a Generalife in miniature.

This street is lined with many Georgian homes. To get here, walk up Carrer d'Alfons III and turn right at the ajuntament.