Places Xavi Pascual Wants to Go

Visit the only cheesemaker working in Barcelona.

Feast on cuttlefish ink-stained paella by the beach.

Open since 1912, this restaurant is one of the few left that serves chicken with lobster and other Catalan-style surf and turf staples.

Start your day with a Catalan-style “fork breakfast”—complete with booze—at this rustic restaurant.

It’s Christmas every day at Barcelona’s oldest restaurant.

Grab a slice of Catalonia’s famous flatbread in a space with ancient Roman roots.

Behind this unmarked facade lies the original bomba—a crunchy orb of fried mashed potatoes stuffed with minced meat.

This haunted 17th-century pub was moved to a new city when it was already almost 300 years old.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

This sanitized yet surreal depiction of a Greek fertility god looks over a square in one of central London’s residential areas.

These sandstone replicas of a whale spine represent the history and culture of the Canary Islands.

This statue in Holland Park might be one of London’s oldest outdoor statues, but its exact origins are unknown.

A unique hybrid of fountain, stained glass and monument, designed and built by a notable architect-engineer team.

This statue of an everyday cleaning tool sits proud upon a plinth in Manchester's coolest quarter.

The niches over the western entrance of Westminster Abbey honor individuals from the 20th century who gave their lives for their Christian beliefs.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

London’s first road overpass is so old that it was originally built for horse-drawn carriages.

The second largest palm grove in Europe was planted during Moorish times and has been largely unchanged since then.

This star-shaped military outpost is now simply trying to protect itself from neglect.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

A display of everyday life in the area that was unveiled during the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Dine on Porto-style tripe at a restaurant run by the head of a gastronomic brotherhood dedicated to uplifting this humble dish.

Sample some of Iberia’s best tinned fish at this century-old cannery just north of Porto.