Alaior, Spain
Torre d'en Galmes
This remarkable prehistoric town is full of watchtowers and houses that have withstood thousands of years.
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Alaior, Spain
This remarkable prehistoric town is full of watchtowers and houses that have withstood thousands of years.
Teguise, Spain
The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.
Lugo, Spain
Remarkably intact Roman stone fortifications have encircled this Spanish city for centuries.
Toledo, Spain
A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.
Cartagena, Spain
An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.
Barcelona, Spain
The former 1920s mansion of a prominent Catalan developer was used as the Soviet Embassy during the Spanish Civil War, and there is still a bunker below the garden.
A Coruña, Spain
The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.
Belchite, Spain
A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, Spain
Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.
Campillo de Dueñas, Spain
This awesome Spanish castle is so fantastical it was actually used on Game of Thrones.
Tarragona, Spain
Stunning Roman aqueduct used for 1900 years and still standing.
Seville, Spain
The final resting place of the great navigator, or maybe his brother.
Madrid, Spain
The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.
Segovia, Spain
One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'
Ávila, Spain
These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.
Madrid, Spain
Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.
Zugarramurdi, Spain
A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.
Sant Quirze Safaja, Spain
An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.
Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.
Barcelona, Spain
A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.
Ronda, Spain
Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.
Vatican City
Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.
Vatican City
This equestrian statue of Constantine the Great has been the subject of criticism for centuries.
Vatican City
If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.