Tag: Museums
Royal Palace of La Almudaina tickets and tips - The throne room, a marble lion and the new Queen’s Palace
A thousand years ago an Arab governor ruled the island from these walls. Today the King of Spain hosts state receptions here, and you...
Bellver Castle tickets, opening hours and the forest walk up from Palma
Most castles in Europe are square, rectangular or simply follow the shape of their hill. This one is a perfect circle, and it has...
Montjuïc in one day - Castle views, Olympic stadium and the Magic Fountain at dusk
Start at the top, let the hill carry you downhill all day, and finish beside a fountain that dances to music. Few city plans...
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...
Inside Poble Espanyol - 117 buildings from across Spain, craft workshops and flamenco on Montjuïc
Where else can you walk from a whitewashed Andalusian lane to a granite square from the north in ten minutes, without leaving the city?Poble...
Prado Museum in 3 hours - Las Meninas, Goya’s Black Paintings and a route around the crowds
A five-year-old princess in a silver dress stares straight out of the canvas. Look closer, and the painter is watching you too.The Prado Museum,...