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Plaza Fontán
To the south, past the Mercado El Fontán food market, arcaded Plaza Fontán is equipped with a couple of sidrerías (cider houses) and has passages leading under the pretty houses to surrounding streets. Other little squares include Plaza de Trascorrales, Plaza de Riego and Plaza del
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Plaza de la Constitución
Explore the old towns nooks and crannies. Plaza de la Constitución occupies a barely perceptible rise close to the heart of old Oviedo, capped at one end by the Iglesia de San Isidoro, and fronted by an eclectic collection of old shops, cafés and the 17th-century ayuntamiento (city
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Plaça de Sant Josep Oriol
This small plaza flanking the majestic Església de Santa Maria del Pi is one of the prettiest in the Barri Gòtic. Its bars and cafes attract buskers and artists and make it a lively place to hang out. It is surrounded by quaint streets, many dotted with appealing cafes, restaurants
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Centro de Interpretación Olivar y Aceite
Úbedas olive-oil interpretation centre explains all about the areas olive-oil history, and how the oil gets from the tree to your table, with the help of models, mill equipment and videos in English and Spanish. You get the chance to taste different oils, and to buy from a broad se
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Castillo de los Guzmán
Nieblas main attraction is the majestic 15th-century Castillo de los Guzmán, probably of Roman origins but built up into a palace fortress under Moorish rule. Its set around two open patios; in the dungeon below theres a spine-chilling torture museum. Also here is Nieblas tourist o
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Cortijo El Cura
A rare organic vineyard, family-run El Cura produces some prize-winning wines from autochthonous Alpujarras grapes: tastings and winery visits are free for small numbers of visitors. It has a beautiful old farmhouse setting, 800m south of the A348. Look for the signs 3km west of La
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Museo de Zaragoza
Devoted to archaeology and fine arts, the city museum displays artifacts from prehistoric to Islamic times, with some exceptional mosaics from Roman Caesaraugusta. The upper floor contains 15 paintings by Goya and more than two dozen of his etchings. Its 400m south of the Teatro Ro
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Pizarro Statue
A large equestrian Pizarro statue by American Charles Rumsey looks down over Plaza Mayor. Apparently Rumsey originally sculpted it as a statue of Hernán Cortés to present to Mexico, but Mexico, which takes a dim view of Cortés, declined it, so it was given to Trujillo as Pizarro in
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Iglesia de San Tirso
The early-12th-century Iglesia de San Tirso, at the western entrance to town, is an important stop on the Camino de Santiago, its known for its pure Romanesque design and Mudéjar bell tower laced with rounded arches. The Iglesia San Lorenzo , just north of Plaza Mayor, has a simila
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Walls
Enclosing the 40,000-sq-metre old town, Vejer’s imposing 15th-century walls are particularly visible between the Arco de la Puerta Cerrada and the Arco de la Segur, two of the four original gateways to survive. The Arco de la Segur area was, in the 15th century, the judería (the Je
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Maroparque
Children will love Maroparque, a small zoo where marmosets, toucans and pythons clamber, flap and slide around their (thankfully) spacious cages. Dont miss the latest residents: a pair of unusual albino wallabies. The zoo is set in pleasantly landscaped gardens and refreshments are
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Jardins de Cap Roig
Atop Cap Roig, 2.5km from the centre, the Jardí Botànic is a beautiful garden of 500 Mediterranean species, set around the early-20th-century castle-palace of Nikolai Voevodsky. He was a tsarist colonel with expensive tastes, who fell out of grace in his homeland after the Russian
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Moll de la Fusta
Northeast from the quay stretches the promenade Moll de la Fusta. Usually the Pailebot de Santa Eulàlia , a fully functioning 1918 schooner restored by the Museu Marítim, is moored here for visits, although sometimes its off on the high seas; admission is free with a Museu Marítim
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Basílica de Santa María a Maior
Pontevedras most impressive church is a mainly Gothic affair with a whiff of plateresque and Portuguese Manueline influences. It was built by Pontevedra’s sailors’ guild. Busts of Christopher Columbus and that other great empire-builder Hernán Cortés flank the rosette window on the
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Archivo
This museum of liturgical art in the ancient Casa de los Pisa is a little more esoteric than other Granada art museums, though the compulsory guided tour will fill you in on its finer details and raison dêtre. It catalogues the life of Granadas resident saint, San Juan Robles (San
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Praza do Obradoiro
Praza do Obradoiro , to which most arriving Camino pilgrims instinctively find their way, earned its name from the stonemasons’ workshops set up here while Catedral de Santiago de Compostela was being built. Along the western side of the square is the elegant 18th-century Pazo de R
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Museo de la Cárcel Real
Once the town prison, this 17th-century building houses Corias tiny two-storey archaeological museum, with artefacts dating from prehistoric to medieval times. Step inside the dark, poky celda del castigo (punishment cell), then see how the cushy 1st-floor cells differed from the p
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Palacio de Dar
Close to the Placeta de San Miguel Bajo, off Callejón del Gallo and down a short lane, is the 15th-century Palacio de Dar-al-Horra, a romantically dishevelled mini-Alhambra that was home to the mother of Boabdil, Granada’s last Muslim ruler. Its not open to the public, but viewable
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Playamar
This long stretch of beach in Torremolinos is lined with reliably good chiringuitos (beach bars) and is also extremely family friendly with pedalos, playgrounds, sunbeds and parasols for hire. The wide promenade is popular with strollers and joggers, and in midsummer films are ofte
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Old Town Hall
At the northeastern end of the old town is the beautiful and time-worn 17th-century Plaza Mayor. Sealed off on three sides by porticoes, this sleepy plaza is home to a bustling produce market on Wednesday and Saturday. On the west side of the square is the late-17th-century baroque
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