Direct train destinations from Madrid

Seville

Browse the colourful tiles at Plaza de España, then wander the narrow lanes of Barrio Santa Cruz.

Barcelona

Gaudí’s Sagrada Família draws the eye with its organic forms and colorful details inside and out.

Córdoba

A forest of columns and arches fills the Mosque-Cathedral, tracing the city’s Islamic and Christian past.

Valencia

Browse the stalls at Mercado Central beneath its soaring modernist roof.

Donostia / San Sebastián

Walk Monte Urgull’s paths past old defensive walls to Castillo de la Mota and its view across the bay.

Avignon

Nîmes

At the Jardins de la Fontaine, paths climb past ancient springs toward the Tour Magne.

Bilbao

Frank Gehry’s studio designed the Guggenheim Museum’s curving titanium shell, a striking sight in itself.