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This page provides a list of the main things to see in Spain. "++" identifies the top attractions.
My pictures of Spain
Legenda:
castillo = castle
basilique = basilica
catedral = cathedral
monasterio = monastery


Northwest:
Santiago de Campostela (Galicia): ++catedral (+Goldsmith's portal of 111x and +Gloria Portal of 1188), convento de San Martino Penario, Hostal de los Reyes Catolicos, Praza do Obradoiro,
Santillana del Mar (Asturias): La Colegiata
Oviedo (Asturias): catedral

West:
Guadalupe (Estremadura): +Monasterio
Trujillo (Estremadura): Plaza Mayor
Caceres, (Estremadura): Casa de los Golfines, Santa Maria,
Merida (Estremadura): Teatro romano, Puente romano

Central:
Madrid: ++El Prado, Plaza Mayor, Plaza de la Villa, Puerta del Sol, Palacio Real, Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales, Plaza de Cibeles, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, ++El Escorial, +Torres Puerta de Europa (Plaza de Castilla)
Segovia (Castilla): ++Alcazar, Catedral, aqueducto
Belmonte (Castilla): castillo
Ponferrada (Castilla): castillo
Puebla de sanabria (Castilla): castillo
Astorga (Castilla): Catedral, Gaudi's Palacio Ebiscopal
Leon (Castilla): Basilica, +Catedral
Zamora (Castilla): +Catedral, +San Pedro dela Nave at El Campilo (680 AD)
Ciudad Rodrigo (Castilla): Catedral
++Salamanca (Castilla): Plaza Mayor, Torre del Clavero, +Catedral, Universidad, Casa de las Conchas
Avila (Castilla): ++Walls, San Vicente, Monasterio de Santo Tomas, Catedral (1160)
Coca (Castilla): castillo
Penafiel (Castilla): castillo
Tordesilla (Castilla): Convento de Santa Clara
Valladolid (Castilla): Catedral, Colegio de San Gregorio
Medina de Rioseco (Castilla): Santa Maria de Mediavilla
Fromista (Castilla): Iglesia de San Martin
Palencia (Castilla): Catedral
Frias (Castilla): Puente medieval
Covarrubias (Castilla): Iglesia colegial
Burgos (Castilla): +Arco de Santa Maria, Monasterio de las Huelgas, Cartuja de Miraflores, +Catedral (1224, +puerta sarmential, +Judgement of the world in portal)
Lerma (Castilla): old town, Monasterio de Santo Domingo de Silos
Burgo De Osma (Castilla): Catedral
Molina de Aragon (Mancha): old town
Guadalajara (Mancha): +Palacio de los Duques
Cuenca (Mancha): +Casa Colgadas, Catedral
Toledo (Mancha): Iglesia de Santo Tome (+El Greco's painting), ++Catedral (++stain glass window, retablo), Alcazar (16th c), Sinagoga del Transito, Sinagoga de Santa Maria, +Monasterio de San Juan, +Mezquita del Cristo de la Luz (tenth-century mosque)
Belmonte (Mancha): +castillo
Alarcon (Mancha): old town
Albacete (Mancha): +Alcala del Jucar, castillo de Almansa
Alcaraz (Mancha): Tardon, Trinidad
Calatrava la Nueva (Mancha): +castillo

Northeast:
Bilbao (Basque): +Guggenheim
San Sebastian (Basque): old town
Olite (Basque): Palacio Real
Pamplona (Basque): old town
Leyre (Basque): monasterio
Ainsa (Aragon): old town
San Juan de la Pena (Aragon): monasterio
Alquezar (Aragon): old town
Zaragoza (Aragon): catedral, Nuestra Senora del Pilar
Daroca (Aragon): old town
Teuel (Aragon): catedral

East:
Barcelona (Catalonia): +Sagrada Familia, Gaudi homes (Casa Batllo, Casa Mila), Barrio gotico, cathedral, Museo Picasso, Juna Miro foundation, Gaudi near Barcelona (Park Guell, Colonia Guell crypt), Jean Nouvel's Angbar Tower (2005, Barcelona)
Ripoll (Catalonia): +Monasterio de Santa Maria (+doorway with reliefs)
Santander (Catalonia): Villa Quijana (Gaudi), Altamira Caves with paleolithic wall paintings (pinturas rupestres) of 14,000 BC
Besalu (Catalonia): old town
Girona (Catalonia): old town
Figueres (Catalonia): Dali museum
Montserrat (Catalonia): +monasterio
Lerida (Catalonia): Cogul Caves with paleolithic wall paintings (pinturas rupestres) of 10,000 BC
Cardona (Catalonia): old town (+San Vicente)
Poblet (Catalonia): +monasterio
Tarragona (Catalonia): anfiteatro, catedral
Morella (Murcia): old town, cave paintings (pinturas rupestres) of 3,000 BC
Peniscola (Murcia): Castel del Papa Luna, old town
Sagunt (Murcia): Castillo, Teatro romano
Valencia: Catedral, Torres de Serranos,
Murcia: Catedral

South:
Sevilla: Hospital La Caridad, Torre del Oro, +Catedral, Los Venerables, +Alcazares, +Plaza de Espana, Altar of San Luis (1731)
Granada (Andalucia): +++Alhambra, Generalife, Catedral, Capilla Real
  • Torres Bermejas (12th century)
  • Puerta de la Justicia (1348)
  • Puerta del Vino (14th c)
  • Torre de la Vela
  • Mexuar: the Serrallo facade (the southern facade), especially the eaves
  • Patio de los Arrayanes (sometimes called de la Alberca, del Estanque or de los Mirtos): semicircular arches of the ceiling, wooden ceiling in the north gallery
  • Sala de la Barca: inverted boat of the ceiling
  • Sal¢n de Embajadores
  • Banos Reales : polychromatic decoration in the main room, frescoes in the Tocador de la Reina
  • Sala de las Dos Hermanas: dome
  • Sala de los Reyes (or de la Justicia)
  • Patio de los Leones: gallery supported by 124 white marble columns, +fountain with 12 lions, +alabaster basin)

Ronda (Andalucia): old town, Puente Nuevo
Cadiz (Andalucia): Catedral
Malaga (Andalucia): Catedral
Carmona (Andalucia): Medina Azahara
Cordoba (Andalucia): Alcazar, ++Mezquita, old town
Ubeda (Andalucia): old town
Baeza (Andalucia): old town
Almeria (Andalucia): Alcazaba, La Chanca
Ibiza
Mallorca: Monasteri de Lluc, Catedral de Palma
Menorca: Ciutadella
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Warnings

Things that annoyed me in Spain:

  • The "corrida" (bullfight) is a barbaric tradition (let the coward toreadores fight with their hands, not with the sword, and with no help)
  • Some people in some regions (especially Catalunia) insist on speaking their dialect even to foreigners who are already making an effort to speak Spanish