Places Caytastrophy Wants to Go

Numerous impressive carvings are embedded in the trees lining this street in Marrakech.

One of the two original gateways into the Kasbah, this gateway is a nesting site for storks.

This sanctuary is home to donkeys who finally get to rest after a life of toil.

The largest cactus farm in Africa.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

The oldest monument in Marrakesh and the city's only surviving example of Almoravid architecture.

This amazing oasis of art and plants is hidden on the outskirts of Marrakesh.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

Sink your spoon into a luscious crema Catalana at this former urban dairy farm.

Grab a slice of Catalonia’s famous flatbread in a space with ancient Roman roots.

Behind this unmarked facade lies the original bomba—a crunchy orb of fried mashed potatoes stuffed with minced meat.

Dunk your churros in rich hot chocolate on the city’s old “Chocolate Street.”

This store decorated with Japanese and underground pop culture items has been the centre of Barcelona alternative fashion scenes for more than a decade.

This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

A stately palace has been converted into the world's largest cannabis museum.

This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.