Madrid, Spain
The Lady of Elche
An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.
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Madrid, Spain
An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.
Monistrol de Montserrat, Spain
Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.
Porqueres, Spain
A darkly erotic open-air statuary in Catalonia.
Titulcia, Spain
Mysterious Spanish catacombs of unknown origins.
Setenil de las Bodegas, Spain
A Spanish town built into the cliffs.
Figueres, Spain
Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.
Malaga, Spain
Bold black and white motifs of life and death add a dramatic flair to this 17th-century crypt.
Girona, Spain
These fly sculptures are scattered around the city and represent the patron saint of Girona.
Mollina, Spain
More than 70 detailed dioramas—including some rather nontraditional ones—fill this charming museum.
Peñíscola, Spain
The blowhole bursts spectacularly right next to the buildings in a medieval seaside town.
Alicante, Spain
Down this yellow brick road, visitors are treated to toadstool houses and massive mushroom sculptures.
Almuñécar, Spain
The extensive relics of an ancient Roman and Phoenician fish processing plant hide in a town park.
Barcelona, Spain
Saint Joseph was said to heal the deaf and blind, but it was a much smaller miracle that got him canonized.
Barcelona, Spain
An eclectic collection of thousands of items owned by the sculptor Frederic Marès.
Almuñécar, Spain
Despite its grandiose name, this enigmatic first-century void under the town is no cave, and it's possibly not a palace either.
Cáceres, Spain
The largest medieval water tank on the Iberian Peninsula is preserved beneath the Cáceres Museum.
Castellón, Spain
A whimsical garden of outsider art in the Spanish countryside.
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
A complimentary beverage is offered to the bodega's resident rodents every day.
Madrid, Spain
The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.
Barcelona, Spain
A vista of the city and sea from atop the little-known viewing deck on an unassuming Columbus statue.
Barcelona, Spain
Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.
Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.
Barcelona, Spain
This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.
Vilanova de Sau, Spain
A Romanesque tower appears when water levels drop.