Attractions in Spain

The story of Casa Amatller - A chocolate fortune, a Flemish gable and a home frozen in 1900

Next door, the crowds queue for a dragon. Here, a chocolate maker's family left their slippers, cameras and teacups exactly where they were.Casa Amatller is the house that chocolate...

First visit to Park Güell? The Monumental Zone, the dragon stairs and the best entrance

What do a failed housing estate, a mosaic dragon and a bench that snakes for more than 100...

Aqualava or Aquapark Costa Teguise? The water parks in Lanzarote compared

On an island shaped by volcanoes, even the swimming pools are warmed from below. That's not a metaphor...

Best time to visit Barcelona Cathedral - Free worship hours, the rooftop terraces and the thirteen geese

Thirteen white geese patrol a Gothic cloister in the middle of a city of almost two million people....

Is the Casa de los Balcones worth it? Carved pine balconies, a Canarian courtyard and La Orotava’s old town

Look up before you look in. The finest woodwork on the street hangs above your head, carved from...

Is Oasis Park Fuerteventura worth it? Camels, elephants and a giant cactus garden in the south

There are more camels here than anywhere else in Europe. The elephants and hippos you'll meet later are the only ones in the Canary...

Visiting the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia - Oceanogràfic, Hemisfèric, Science Museum and Calatrava’s white giants

After a terrible flood in 1957, the city moved its river out of town. The dry bed it left behind now holds some of...

Loro Park tickets and tips - Orcas, penguins in real snow and the world’s largest parrot collection

It opened in 1972 with 150 parrots on a small plot of land. Today the same park keeps penguins on a man-made iceberg, under...

Marineland Mallorca before you go - Shows, animals, tickets and getting there

Dolphins have been the stars of this seaside park since 1970. More than half a century later, they still draw the biggest crowds of...

7 things not to miss at Safari Zoo Mallorca - The safari drive, Daisy the elephant and the monkey zone

Somewhere on a three-kilometre track in the east of the island, a baboon may decide your wing mirror looks interesting. Keep the windows up...

First visit to Barcelona Zoo? Gorillas, Komodo dragons and a Sahel savannah in Ciutadella Park

Most big-city zoos sit on the edge of town. This one has been tucked inside a 19th-century park in the old centre since 1892,...

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