Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
Castillo de Coca is one of the most beautiful medieval fortresses in Spain, a fairy-tale 15th-century Mudéjar castle in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, whose walls and towers are built not of grey stone but of warm red brick decorated with intricate geometric patterns, blind arches, and glazed tiles in the Mudéjar style, […]
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Updated June 19, 2026 by europeexplored
Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Lago de Sanabria is the largest glacial lake in the Iberian Peninsula. It is located in Spain, in the northwestern province of Zamora, in the mountainous area of Sierra Cabrera and Sierra Segundera. It is a part of the Sanabria Lake Natural Park. The lake […]
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Updated June 19, 2026 by europeexplored
\n \n Updated: September 8, 2020 | \n By Claire \n | \n More \n \n Parque Warner Madrid brings the magic of Hollywood movies to life just 22 kilometres southeast of central Madrid. This world-class theme park, one of the best in Spain, transports visitors through five distinct themed areas inspired by Warner Bros. […]
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Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
Tossa de Mar is one of the most popular and beautiful resorts on the Costa Brava, a historic fishing village-turned-holiday destination on the Catalan coast whose superbly preserved medieval walled old town (Vila Vella), with its castle and lighthouse perched on a rocky headland overlooking turquoise coves, is the only surviving fortified medieval town on […]
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Updated June 19, 2026 by europeexplored
Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Pyrenees – wild, scenic and beautiful. This mountain range forms a natural border between France and Spain and in spite of many civilisation shoots it is still among the best preserved nature areas in Europe. However its steep cliffs, snowy peaks and deep valleys attract […]
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Updated June 19, 2026 by europeexplored
Updated: May 30, 2020 | By Claire | More Sevilla is a capital and largest city of Andalusia, which is one of 17 autonomous communities in Spain. It is said that Sevilla is the most Spanish city of all cities in Spain. The city had a great history, therefore it has much to offer to […]
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Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
The Aqueduct of Segovia is one of the greatest surviving monuments of Roman engineering, a colossal double-tiered arcade of 167 granite arches soaring 28 metres above the Plaza del Azoguejo in the heart of the Spanish city of Segovia, constructed without a single drop of mortar nearly 2,000 years ago and still standing in magnificent […]
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Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
Mulhacén is mainland Spain\’s highest peak, a 3,479-metre giant in the Sierra Nevada range of Andalusia, and remarkably, one of the most accessible major summits in Europe. Unlike the technical climbs of the Alps, Mulhacén can be hiked in a single (long) day by any reasonably fit walker, with the reward of panoramic views stretching […]
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Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
Las Médulas is one of the most extraordinary human-altered landscapes in the world, a UNESCO World heritage site in the province of León, Spain, where the largest open-pit gold mine in the Roman Empire transformed a mountain into a surreal landscape of jagged red-orange peaks, deep ravines, and chestnut groves that looks more like a […]
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Updated June 10, 2026 by europeexplored
The Sil Canyon (Cañón del Sil) is one of the most spectacular river canyons in Spain, a deep, dramatic gorge carved by the Río Sil through the Ribeira Sacra wine region of Galicia in northwestern Spain, where the river’s vertical limestone walls rise up to 500 metres above the water and are terraced with ancient […]
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