Explore Spain

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain is a sovereign state and a member of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.

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Quick Facts

  • Capital: Madrid
  • Language: Spanish
  • Currency: Euro

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Madrid:
Main attractions:

  • Prado Museum
  • Los Austrias (Habsburg’s Madrid)
  • Madrid Royal Palace (Palacio Real)
  • Plaza Mayor and Plaza de la Villa 
  • Les Cortes Ingles shopping centre
  • Las Ventas Bull ring 
  • Santiago Bernabeu Stadium
  • Madrid’s Hard Rock Café
  • Salamanca – Madrid’s trendiest neighborhood where bars spill onto the street 
  • Gran Via and the hustle and bustle of Plaza de España

Recommended excursions

  • Toledo
  • Segovia
  • Barcelona
  • Main attractions
  • La Sagrada Familia
  • Panoramic view of Barcelona from Montjüic hill
  • Drive through the Eixample, Barcelona's modernist center
  • Walking tour of Barcelona's Gothic Quarter, including the 2,000-year-old Roman temple
  • Marvel at Gaudi’s incredible architecture including Park Guell  
  • Catalunya National Art Museum
  • Get introduced to some of Gaudí’s most bizarre creations. Visit  Gaudí’s most famous buildings, La Pedrera and Casa Batllo
  • Tapas Evening walking tour 
  • Gourmet Tapas walking tour and Flamenco show 
  • FC Barcelona Football Stadium tour and Museum 
  • Picasso Museum experience 

Recommended excursions

  • Montserrat
  • Salvador Dali Museum, Figueres and Cadaques 
  • Montserrat and Cava Trail 
  • Freixenet Cava Cellars, Sitges and Bacardi House 
  • PortAventura day trip

Seville:
Main attractions:

  • Walking tour of Seville monuments 
  • See where Christopher Columbus is buried at the Cathedral of Santa Maria
  • Visit the Giralda tower and the Royal Alcazar, two Arabic landmarks 
  • Stroll through picturesque Santa Cruz 
  • Scenic boat trip along the Guadalquivir River 
  • Carthusian monastery where Christopher Columbus stayed before sailing to the New World 
  • Macarena Church
  • 2-hour Game of Thrones locations walking tour 

Recommended excursions 

  • Seville's location in the south of Spain makes it an ideal starting point for exploring Andalusia. Pretty much everything in the region is reachable as a day trip
  • Granada (and Alhambra Palace)
  • Cordoba (and the Mezquita and Alcazar)
  • Ronda
  • Cadiz and Jerez
  • Carmona

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Explore Spain

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain is a sovereign state and a member of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, to which Spain lays claim; to the north and north east by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the northwest and west by the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal.

Because of its location, the territory of Spain was subject to many external influences since prehistoric times and through to its dawn as a country. Spain emerged as a unified country in the 15th century, following the marriage of the Catholic Monarchs and the completion of the re-conquest, or Reconquista, of the Iberian peninsula in 1492.