Santiponce, Spain
Amphitheatre of Italica
The Roman city was the birthplace of various emperors and is home to one of the empire's most impressive architectural feats.
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Santiponce, Spain
The Roman city was the birthplace of various emperors and is home to one of the empire's most impressive architectural feats.
Puente Viesgo, Spain
The walls of these four caverns are filled with art that dates back to the earliest human presence in Europe.
Yaiza, Spain
This beautifully verdant lagoon is tucked below a massive volcano in a crater atop a black pebble beach.
Toledo, Spain
The ruins of an ancient stadium that hosted gripping chariot and horse races.
Manzanares el Real, Spain
This species of wild goat stars in witchy legends and frolics among the park's eerie rock formations.
Vallehermoso, Spain
On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.
Alaior, Spain
This remarkable prehistoric town is full of watchtowers and houses that have withstood thousands of years.
Kortezubi, Spain
An archeological treasure trove stumbled upon by a couple of children.
Santa Margalida, Spain
The largest prehistoric cemetery on the Balearic Islands dates back over 2,500 years.
Tenerife, Spain
According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.
Madrid, Spain
Strange masks and obscure costumes are housed in this old Madrid corrala.
Madrid, Spain
Part of the medieval watchtower is displayed in an otherwise ordinary parking garage.
Portugalete, Spain
Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.
Porto do Son, Spain
Seaside ruins of a settlement that date back to the first century B.C.
Cádiz, Spain
The ruins of a 2,000-year-old Roman fishing village perched on one of the best beaches in Spain.
Ribadesella, Spain
A magnificent place to see authentic paleolithic cave paintings that are an astounding 33,000 years old.
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Thanks to an acoustic anomaly, this unassuming stone bench has heard one hundred years of secrets.
Cabezón de la Sal, Spain
An out-of-place grove of sequoias thrives in northern Spain.
Cartagena, Spain
An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.
Madrid, Spain
A reproduction of the famous prehistoric cave paintings is hidden underground at the National Archaeological Museum.
Barcelona, Spain
A bookstore dedicated to the intersection of comedy and art.
A Coruña, Spain
The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.
Yeres, Spain
Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.
Toledo, Spain
A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.