Madrid, Spain’s capital of art and late nights - A royal palace, three great museums and tapas till midnight
Here, dinner rarely starts before 9pm and the streets are still buzzing long after midnight. Adjust to Madrid's body clock and the city will...
Montjuïc cable car, Barcelona’s sky ride to the castle - Mirador views, the funicular link and the Port Cable Car
Eight seats, a wide window and a few quiet minutes with pine trees, rooftops and the Mediterranean sliding past below your feet.The Montjuïc cable...
Things to do in Tossa de Mar, the only walled medieval town on the Catalan coast
In 1934 Marc Chagall spent a summer on this bay and called it his blue paradise. More than ninety years on, the water is...
Casa Milà, Gaudí’s stone quarry in Barcelona - Warrior chimneys, a whale-ribbed attic and rooftop nights
What do a Rolls-Royce, a lawsuit over unpaid fees and a rooftop guarded by stone warriors have in common? One apartment block on the...
What to see in the Gothic Quarter, Barcelona - Roman columns, a shrapnel-scarred square and Gaudí’s lamp posts
Look up as you pass under the little stone bridge on Carrer del Bisbe. Somewhere in its carvings, a skull pierced by a dagger...
Is Sacromonte worth visiting? Cave houses, zambra flamenco and the best views of the Alhambra
For centuries, people here didn't build their homes. They dug them out of the hillside, whitewashed the doorways and lit the lamps for a...