
Browse the colourful tiles at Plaza de España, then wander the narrow lanes of Barrio Santa Cruz.
7 hr 44

Gaudí’s Sagrada Família draws the eye with its organic forms and colorful details inside and out.
6 hr 51

A forest of columns and arches fills the Mosque-Cathedral, tracing the city’s Islamic and Christian past.
6 hr 57

Retiro Park has garden paths, peacocks and a pond where you can take a rowboat out.
5 hr 15

Walk Monte Urgull’s paths past old defensive walls to Castillo de la Mota and its view across the bay.
3 hr 18

Pause inside Basilica del Pilar to take in the frescoes by Francisco Goya.
4 hr 55

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

Santa María Cathedral rises above the medieval quarter, where old streets reward an unhurried wander.
2 hr 32