Train destinations from Valencia de Alcántara in 8h
Seville
SpainBrowse the colourful tiles at Plaza de España, then wander the narrow lanes of Barrio Santa Cruz.
6 hr 19
Lisbon
PortugalRide a tram along the Tagus, then stop by the Torre de Belém.
7 hr 40
Córdoba
SpainA forest of columns and arches fills the Mosque-Cathedral, tracing the city’s Islamic and Christian past.
6 hr 59
Madrid
SpainRetiro Park has garden paths, peacocks and a pond where you can take a rowboat out.
5 hr 00
Valencia
SpainBrowse the stalls at Mercado Central beneath its soaring modernist roof.
7 hr 35
Alicante
SpainSanta Bárbara Castle crowns Mount Benacantil above the Explanada’s mosaic promenade and the Mediterranean shore.
7 hr 58
Zaragoza
SpainPause inside Basilica del Pilar to take in the frescoes by Francisco Goya.
7 hr 13
Alcalá de Henares
SpainCervantes’ birthplace museum recreates a 16th-century home, tucked along the arcaded Calle Mayor.
5 hr 54
