Landmarks, museums, historic sites, parks and viewpoints that draw visitors to a city, with practical notes on planning a visit.
40 places · Updated November 12, 2026
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Valencia's fine arts museum, founded in 1913 and housed in the San Pío V palace, with Valencian Gothic altarpieces, Velázquez, Goya, El Greco and Sorolla.
View details — Museu de Belles Arts de ValènciaAttraction
Catalonia's national art museum, housed in the domed Palau Nacional on Montjuïc and renowned for its collection of Romanesque church murals.
View details — Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC)Attraction
Madrid's arcaded 17th-century main square, finished in 1619, with 237 balconies, the painted Casa de la Panadería and a statue of Philip III.
View details — Plaza MayorAttraction
A twelve-sided Almohad watchtower built in 1220 on the Guadalquivir, now holding a small naval museum and a terrace with river views.
View details — Torre del OroAttraction
A late 15th-century Andalusian palace mixing Mudéjar, Gothic and Renaissance styles, with one of the world's largest early azulejo collections and Roman sculpture.
View details — Casa de PilatosAttraction
Spain's national ceramics museum, set in the Palace of the Marqués de Dos Aguas with its extravagant 18th-century alabaster portal by Hipólito Rovira and Ignacio Vergara.
View details — Museo Nacional de Cerámica González MartíAttraction
Lluís Domènech i Montaner's Modernista concert hall in Sant Pere, a riot of mosaic, sculpture and stained glass that still hosts a full concert programme.
View details — Palau de la Música CatalanaAttraction
A museum opened in 2023 beside the Royal Palace, showing paintings, tapestries, armour, carriages and treasures from the Spanish royal collection over three levels.
View details — Royal Collections GalleryAttraction
Madrid's cathedral, begun in 1883 and consecrated in 1993 by Pope John Paul II, facing the Royal Palace across the Plaza de la Armería.
View details — Almudena CathedralAttraction
The Gothic Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia at the heart of the Barri Gòtic, with a shaded cloister and a crypt dedicated to the city's patron saint.
View details — Barcelona CathedralAttraction
A ten-hectare zoo opened in 2008 at the western end of the Turia garden, where African animals live in immersive habitats without visible bars.
View details — Bioparc ValenciaAttraction
Seville's fine arts museum, set in a 17th-century convent around tiled cloisters, with the best collection of Sevillian Golden Age painting including Murillo and Zurbarán.
View details — Museo de Bellas Artes de SevillaAttraction
The museum Joan Miró created on Montjuïc to house his work, set in a white modernist building by Josep Lluís Sert with roof terraces and sculpture.
View details — Fundació Joan MiróAttraction
Spain's first modern art museum, opened in 1989, with a collection of around 10,000 works built around the sculptor Julio González.
View details — IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art ModernAttraction
One of Spain's oldest bullrings, built from 1749 on the Baratillo hill in the Arenal, with guided tours of the arena, chapel and a museum of bullfighting art.
View details — Plaza de Toros de la Real MaestranzaAttraction
A 2nd-century BC Egyptian temple given to Spain in 1968 and rebuilt stone by stone in a park near Plaza de España, famous for its sunset views.
View details — Temple of DebodAttraction
A Renaissance merchants' exchange designed by Juan de Herrera that has held Spain's archive of its American and Asian empire since 1785, with free exhibitions.
View details — Archivo General de IndiasAttraction
Domènech i Montaner's vast former hospital complex in El Guinardó, a garden campus of tiled pavilions and tunnels now open to visitors.
View details — Sant Pau Recinte ModernistaAttraction
Real Madrid's home stadium, opened in 1947 and rebuilt with a retractable roof, where the Bernabéu Tour covers the trophy museum, panoramic views and pitch-side areas.
View details — Santiago Bernabéu StadiumAttraction
Valencia's 15th-century western city gate, 34 metres high, still marked by French cannon fire from the siege of 1808.
View details — Torres de Quart