Spain: attractions and places of interest

Ronda is the name of the most beautiful tourist city in Spain. It stretches on two sides of a huge gorge at an altitude of 750 meters. Two beautiful parts of the city are brought together by a fixed bridge, built in the XVIII century. The territory of Ronda is 481 km2, and its population is 40 thous...

Artigas Gardens is one of the creations of the genius designer Antonio Gaudi, located in the Pyrenees, 130 km from Barcelona. To implement the project, the architect got a plot with a not particularly standard landscape - just what the master loved. When designing a garden, he tries to maximize the ...

The Baglio House is a residential building reconstructed by the brilliant architect Antoni Gaudi for textile magnate Josep Baglio y Casanovas. To do this, Gaudi rebuilt the ground floor, added two facades to the building, and also created a single courtyard, which improved ventilation and interior l...

The Sagrada Familia is one of the key attractions of Barcelona, which has been built by frequent donations since 1882. The temple is visited by more than 2 million tourists a year. Initially, Francisco del Villar designed the temple, but a year later Antonio Gaudi was invited, who greatly changed th...

The Citadel Park is one of the parks of Barcelona in Spain. The park has museums, a pond, and the Barcelona Zoo. The park is crowded all the time, townspeople and travelers love to walk along the paths, engage in various sports, ride boats and bicycles. There are many opportunities for outdoor activ...

The Horta Maze is one of the oldest parks in Barcelona, located on the Colcerola mountain range. There are neoclassical and romantic gardens in the park. The gardens are surrounded by cypresses and decorated with deciduous arches. There are a lot of rare plants in the park, such as stone oaks, spher...

Teide is a national park in Spain. It is located on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Archipelago. It was created on January 22, 1954, on the territory of the island's volcanic system, which includes the peaks of Teide (3,718 m) and Pico Viejo (3,135 m), the highest points of the islands. The bas...

Montserrat National Park is the first national park in Spain. It is located 50 km northwest of Barcelona in the Spanish region of Catalonia. In this area there is a jagged mountain of the same name, whose rounded boulders are lined up next to each other at a short distance. It is named after an unus...

Park Guell is the most famous park not only in Barcelona, but throughout Spain. Initially, it was conceived as a green area for new buildings, for which they attracted the most famous architect at that time, Antonio Gaudi, who also built the Sagrada Familia. In 1901, construction began with the pur...

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