San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
Royal Library of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
This influential Renaissance-era library was once the haunt of kings and monks.
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San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
This influential Renaissance-era library was once the haunt of kings and monks.
Madrid, Spain
Inside this church are the alleged remains of the patron saint of lovers, epileptics, and beekeepers.
Llanes, Spain
Stormy conditions send jets of seawater bursting through holes in the cliffs.
La Palma, Spain
This mountaintop observatory is home to one of the world's largest reflective telescopes.
Manzanares el Real, Spain
A magnificent, long-abandoned castle built in the wake of the reconquest of Spain.
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
A complimentary beverage is offered to the bodega's resident rodents every day.
Portugalete, Spain
Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.
Santa Margalida, Spain
The largest prehistoric cemetery on the Balearic Islands dates back over 2,500 years.
Toledo, Spain
The ruins of an ancient stadium that hosted gripping chariot and horse races.
Aranda de Duero, Spain
A network of hundreds of interconnected wineries in caves hides under the town center.
Ribadesella, Spain
A magnificent place to see authentic paleolithic cave paintings that are an astounding 33,000 years old.
Granada, Spain
Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.
Nuévalos, Spain
12th-century holy complex shares land with a natural park full of heavenly waterfalls and raptors.
Porto do Son, Spain
Seaside ruins of a settlement that date back to the first century B.C.
Kortezubi, Spain
An archeological treasure trove stumbled upon by a couple of children.
Brihuega, Spain
This enchanting hamlet carved into the rock looks like something straight out of Tolkien's Rivendell.
Alaior, Spain
This remarkable prehistoric town is full of watchtowers and houses that have withstood thousands of years.
Monistrol de Montserrat, Spain
Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.
Córdoba, Spain
Spain's unique Mosque-Cathedral has been a place of worship for both Muslims and Christians throughout its history.
Madrid, Spain
This fascinating and poignant museum chronicles every imaginable aspect of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.
Cartagena, Spain
An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.
Toledo, Spain
A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.
Tinajo, Spain
Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.
Cardona, Spain
This ancient Spanish castle sits high upon a hilltop.