Tag: UNESCO World Heritage
Seville Cathedral, the world’s largest Gothic cathedral - Columbus’s tomb, the Giralda ramps and a courtyard of orange trees
Legend says the canons who planned it wanted a building so vast that anyone who saw it finished would take them for madmen. Six...
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...
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...
Royal Alcázar of Seville tickets and tips - Mudéjar courtyards, Game of Thrones gardens and the best time to go
Spain's kings still stay upstairs when they come to town. Downstairs, you can wander through a thousand years of courtyards, fountains and orange trees.The...
Córdoba highlights - From the Mezquita to flower-filled patios
A thousand years ago, caliphs ruled half of Spain from these streets. Today the locals compete over who has the prettiest patio.Córdoba is one...
What to see in Santiago de Compostela - Cathedral squares, market stalls and the end of the Camino
For more than a thousand years, people have walked for weeks to reach one granite square. You can get there by train in an...