
Browse the colourful tiles at Plaza de España, then wander the narrow lanes of Barrio Santa Cruz.
5 hr 10

Gaudí’s Sagrada Família draws the eye with its organic forms and colorful details inside and out.
4 hr 58

Retiro Park has garden paths, peacocks and a pond where you can take a rowboat out.
2 hr 31

Browse the stalls at Mercado Central beneath its soaring modernist roof.
1 hr 32

Walk Monte Urgull’s paths past old defensive walls to Castillo de la Mota and its view across the bay.
7 hr 46

The Tower of Hercules still guides ships as a Roman lighthouse, with the Atlantic stretching below.
6 hr 23

Santa Bárbara Castle crowns Mount Benacantil above the Explanada’s mosaic promenade and the Mediterranean shore.
1 hr 14

At the Roman Theatre Museum, follow the route down to ruins beneath the old cathedral.
3 hr 21