Places huntberel Wants to Go

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.

The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

This Art Nouveau gate still stands at the former entrance of a 20th-century Spanish writer's colony.

Shrapnel, dynamite, bullets and Franco couldn't destroy this bust, rescued and kept hidden as a family secret for over 40 years.

This grand gate once marked the entrance to a military barracks.

A neighborhood represented by an apparent geocentric and flat-earth model of the Solar System is hidden in the subway of Madrid.

An iconic photograph from the Spanish Civil War saved this shrapnel-scarred historic house from destruction.

Replicas of fossils unearthed during renovation work reveal how this area would have looked millions of years ago.

Guitarist Paco de Lucía overlooks travelers as they pass through this train station dedicated to his legacy.

A towering monument in Spain has proven to be more labor-intensive than initially planned.

Meant to resemble a massive tree, the building is the best example of Spanish organicist architecture in Madrid.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

One of Madrid's oldest trees, with a long and colorful history, resides in El Retiro Park.

A model solar system adds a celestial touch to this suburban park.

Just like in Hollywood, Madrid has also a forgotten walk of fame.

An old, deep well, connected with a miraculous, divine rescue and the patron saint of Madrid.

Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.

A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.