Spain sights

A sacral masterpiece and gigantic structural ruin. The temple of atonement dedicated to the Holy Family, with its huge towers winding parabolically towards the sky is a symbol of modernism and the worl...

A full collection of Gaudí's ingenious works. Antoni Gaudí's most famous house is aptly known in the vernacular as La Pedrera, the quarry: a building hewn from natural stone without supporting walls, w...

Barcelona's showpiece street to saunter down - bordered by nice little shops, gorgeous historic palaces and various street perfomers, this famous main street is the city's heart. Barcelona's ambling bou...

Barcelona's best monuments of the Catalan art nouveau style. These are two of the finest contributions to Barcelona's architecture by the Catalan art nouveau architect Lluís Domènech i Montaner. The Pa...

The crowning jewel of Catalan Gothic architecture . Work to build this huge cathedral began in the 11th century: on the foundations of an early Christian basilica which had been destroyed by the Moors.

The symbolic emblem of Madrid - the traffic-plagued marble fountain of the goddess of fertility. The plaza is a crossroads where the twelve-lane Calle de Alcalá meets the equally wide Paseo de Recoleto...

A royal residence. In the mid-18th century, Philipp V wanted Italian architects to build a new royal palace and bring some of the glamour of Versailles to Madrid - there is a lavish baroque splendour a...

A district that has become known as Barcelona's fishing village and, with its narrow little alleys and washing lines hanging between the houses, is reminiscent of the Old Town in Naples. It was built ...

The most delightful Gothic church in Barcelona. Many regard this as Barcelona's most beautiful church. The pure Catalonian Gothic style of the house of God fascinates by its artistic simplicity: no pom...