Tag: Historic Landmarks
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...
Camp Nou before you go - The Barça museum, stadium views and what the rebuild means for your visit
Plenty of fans skip it, convinced the whole place is a closed building site. They're wrong, and they miss the moment the stands suddenly...
Alhambra tickets and tips - Nasrid Palaces, the Generalife and how to beat the sell-outs
Its name means "the red one". Yet at sunset its walls glow gold, and the rooms inside are carved as finely as lace.The Alhambra...