One-day itineraries to discover the best of every city, airport by airport.
The smallest and westernmost of the Canaries, El Hierro served for centuries as the reference point for cartography, as the zero-degree meridian...
Survived almost intact through eight centuries of history, Girona hides behind its medieval walls one of Europe's best-preserved Jewish...
A devastating fire in 1941 razed much of Santander's historic center: most of what is visible today is postwar reconstruction rather than truly...
On the border with Portugal, Badajoz changed hands between Spanish and Portuguese so many times over the centuries that it preserves...
Founded in 1218, the University of Salamanca is among Europe's oldest and made the city an intellectual center of the Spanish-speaking world. The...
Capital of the ancient Kingdom of Asturias, the only Iberian peninsula territory never conquered by the Moors, Oviedo preserves pre-Romanesque...
Barcelona in a day is explored by following the thread of Antoni Gaudí's architecture, from the Sagrada Família to the modernist homes of the...
Administrative capital of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz was the first Spanish city awarded the title of European Green Capital for its ring...
The Tabernas desert just outside Almería hosted the filming of dozens of spaghetti westerns in the 1960s, transforming the Andalusian landscape...
Seville concentrates in just a few streets of its historic center three sites declared UNESCO World Heritage, a rare case where cathedral, royal...
In the heart of Catalonia's agricultural heartland, Lleida dominates its plain from a fortified hill on which stands an ancient desecrated...
Formerly a declining industrial capital of Basque steelworks, Bilbao reinvented itself from the 1990s around a single museum that became a symbol...
A UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 1993, Minorca alternates prehistoric sites among Europe's oldest with turquoise coves that have remained less...
Second-largest of the Canary Islands but among the least inhabited, Fuerteventura alternates Saharan dunes, colonial villages inland, and...
Birthplace of Pablo Picasso, Málaga has transformed itself over recent decades from a mere stopover for the Costa del Sol into a cultural...
The English word 'sherry' derives from the name of this Andalusian city: here, fortified wines have been produced for centuries, making Jerez...
Spain's capital for a brief period under Philip III, Valladolid preserves a historic center that has served as a model for city planning in Spain...
The largest and most populated Canary Island, Tenerife contains within a few dozen kilometers Spain's highest volcano and a UNESCO World Heritage...
Valencia is the city where paella was born and where an old riverbed has become one of Europe's longest urban parks, today traveled by cyclists...
Crossed by the Ebro, Zaragoza unites on its banks one of Spain's most venerated Marian sanctuaries and an Islamic palace that survived much...
On the tip of Galicia, La Coruña preserves the world's oldest still-functioning Roman lighthouse, along with one of Europe's longest waterfront...
