Places samalot Wants to Go

A Volkswagen Beetle decorated with millions of beads connects Mexico's past and future.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

This tiny, tucked-away eatery reflects the history of Mexico's Lebanese immigrants.

Down this yellow brick road, visitors are treated to toadstool houses and massive mushroom sculptures.

The streets of a sleepy Spanish town proudly exhibit some of the world's finest graffiti.

Beautiful tiles decorate many of the town's surfaces and stand testimony to its glorious artistic history.

Peek into a cave of giant, glimmering crystals.

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

This mansion oasis contains gardens, sculptures, and fountains just off the busy Plaça Kennedy in Sant Gervasi.

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

An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.

Famed architect Antoni Gaudi built this generous thank you gift to a friendly host who housed him during a job.

A curious carving hides on a marble column in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

This enchanting natural park is a magical example of a temperate rainforest in Europe.

Blue-green pools and smooth stones comprise one of Spain’s most idyllic hidden wonders.

This quaint Spanish village agreed to be painted blue as a marketing stunt but found that they preferred it that way.

This magical space partly designed by Antoni Gaudi is one of the best examples of romantic gardening in the Mediterranean.

A charming Spanish village sits atop this natural limestone overpass.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

Considered the birthplace of the Copper Age and Bronze Age, the river is tinted red from 5,000 years of mining.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

Natural stone arches form a walkable "cathedral" at low tide, then disappear entirely when the water returns.