
Browse the colourful tiles at Plaza de España, then wander the narrow lanes of Barrio Santa Cruz.
4 hr 39

Gaudí’s Sagrada Família draws the eye with its organic forms and colorful details inside and out.
4 hr 41

A forest of columns and arches fills the Mosque-Cathedral, tracing the city’s Islamic and Christian past.
3 hr 50

Retiro Park has garden paths, peacocks and a pond where you can take a rowboat out.
1 hr 46

Walk Monte Urgull’s paths past old defensive walls to Castillo de la Mota and its view across the bay.
6 hr 59

Pause inside Basilica del Pilar to take in the frescoes by Francisco Goya.
2 hr 42

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

Cervantes’ birthplace museum recreates a 16th-century home, tucked along the arcaded Calle Mayor.
1 hr 00