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This local emblem is the oldest and largest dragon tree in the Canary Islands.

A magnificent, long-abandoned castle built in the wake of the reconquest of Spain.

The Roman city was the birthplace of various emperors and is home to one of the empire's most impressive architectural feats.

A whimsical garden of outsider art in the Spanish countryside.

This surreal-looking tree pruned more than 1,000 years ago is still producing olives for oil.

Geological storytelling.

The largest prehistoric cemetery on the Balearic Islands dates back over 2,500 years.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

Now a pile of ruins and rubble, this was a lovely mountain town as recently as 1960.

A breathtaking and biodiverse wilderness in the mountain setting of Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls."

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.

You can soak in three relaxing pools filled daily by the tide.

This abandoned, turn-of-the-century astronomy hub is now the subject of more photographs than it ever took.

12th-century holy complex shares land with a natural park full of heavenly waterfalls and raptors.

A celebration of solstice followed by a fiery purging of evils.

Seaside ruins of a settlement that date back to the first century B.C.

This beautifully verdant lagoon is tucked below a massive volcano in a crater atop a black pebble beach.

Stuck in the middle of a modern Madrid city block are the remains of a 19th century sports complex.

This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.

This enchanting hamlet carved into the rock looks like something straight out of Tolkien's Rivendell.

An out-of-place grove of sequoias thrives in northern Spain.

This remarkable prehistoric town is full of watchtowers and houses that have withstood thousands of years.

A historic Christian shrine nestled within a spectacular natural cave.