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Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

A seismograph and a bunker from the Cold War still sit under this university building.

Ghostly ship drawings grace the walls of this medieval hospital.

Gustave Eiffel's masterpiece until the Eiffel Tower was built.

A Portuguese museum display features a bizarre assortment of objects.

Sample some of Iberia’s best tinned fish at this century-old cannery just north of Porto.

Dine on Porto-style tripe at a restaurant run by the head of a gastronomic brotherhood dedicated to uplifting this humble dish.

This ship offers visitors the chance to spend the night aboard a former floating hospital for fishermen.

These 400-year-old ruins are all that's left of the monastery where Ines de Castro was assassinated by the King of Portugal.

Taste the precursor of peri-peri chicken at this restaurant just outside of Lisbon.

One of the oldest universities in the world exhibits thousands of specimens from its 700-year-old collection.

A scientific observatory managed the largest Portuguese astronomy research unit.

Bits of flat terrain surrounded by cliffs make one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Azores.

On a trail in Portugal's Barão de São João National Forest, a pile of faces look up at hikers from the forest floor.