Places raquel9e Wants to Go

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

The oldest giants in Catalonia are now displayed in a 14th-century Gothic church.

Possibly the oldest church in Barcelona, this basilica has its pagan and Christian mythologies all mixed up.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

One of Europe's largest supercomputers is housed inside of a disused chapel.

A stately palace has been converted into the world's largest cannabis museum.

This former charity hospital for elderly clergy houses some of Seville’s most treasured paintings.

An eerie collection of the surviving structures from a past celebration of the future.

Spain's stunning solar energy plant.

The world's largest wooden structure.

The effect of this ancient form of image projection situated atop an 11th century Moorish palace is thrilling.

A complimentary beverage is offered to the bodega's resident rodents every day.

This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

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

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

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

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.