Cervantes Birthplace Museum
BARCELONA
Sant Antoni Market
- Not as touristy as the Ramblas’ Boqueria market
Tablao de Carmen
• Flamenco show seen advertised in a Flama: La Guia de Flamenco
CADIZ
CARTEIA
Roman Ruins
• Mary Beard loves them
CORDOBA
Second largest Old Town in Europe
Great Mosque
Roman Temple
FIGUERES
Dalí Theatre-Museum
GRANADA
The Alhambra
• Flamenco show seen advertised in a Flama: La Guia de Flamenco
CADIZ
A Campo Abierto, A-2228, Km 13, 11190 Benalup-casas Viejas, Cádiz
- As seen on Raw Travel
Tablao Flamenco La Cava, C. Antonio López, 16, 11004 Cádiz
- As seen on Raw Travel
Tinto de Verano
CARTEIA
Roman Ruins
• Mary Beard loves them
CORDOBA
Second largest Old Town in Europe
Great Mosque
Roman Temple
FIGUERES
Dalí Theatre-Museum
GRANADA
The Alhambra
- Amazing
- Unlike any other castle I have ever visted
JEREZ
Bodegas González Byass, C/Manuel Mª González, 12 11402 Jerez
- Home of Tio Pepe
- As seen on Raw Travel
MADRID
Madrid Card
Cafe Central
One of the Guardian's 10 of the best jazz clubs in Europe
Markets of Madrid
4-hour walking tour starting at 10 a.m.
Museo del Prado
• Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez
• The Judgement of Paris by Peter Paul Rubens
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
• Home to Goya prints
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
• Renoir: Intimacy temporary exhibition
• Free on Mondays from noon to 4 p.m.
National Archaeological Museum of Spain
Museo de America
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
• Guernica
Vintage Rioja with Boundless Journeys.
• Seen in the January 2010 issue of Outpost Magazine.
Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas
• Check out the musuem
Bullfighting Aficionado Experiences
Cafe Gijon,Paseo de Recoletos, 21
• Historic cafe
Royal Palaces:
• Palacio Real
• El Escorial
Rick Steeves ate here:
• Museo del Jamon, Carrera San Jeronimo 6, 28014
• La Torre del Oro, Plaza Mayor, 26, 28012
• La Oreja de Jaime, Calle de la Cruz, 15, 28012
• Casa Toni, Calle Cruz 14, 28012 Madrid
Recommended by Emily Pang: El Paraguas, Calle de Jorge Juan, 16, 28001 Madrid
Restaurantes y Tabernas Centenarios de Madrid
Cafe Central
One of the Guardian's 10 of the best jazz clubs in Europe
Markets of Madrid
4-hour walking tour starting at 10 a.m.
Museo del Prado
• Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez
• The Judgement of Paris by Peter Paul Rubens
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
• Home to Goya prints
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
• Renoir: Intimacy temporary exhibition
• Free on Mondays from noon to 4 p.m.
National Archaeological Museum of Spain
Museo de America
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
• Guernica
Vintage Rioja with Boundless Journeys.
• Seen in the January 2010 issue of Outpost Magazine.
Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas
• Check out the musuem
Bullfighting Aficionado Experiences
Cafe Gijon,Paseo de Recoletos, 21
• Historic cafe
Royal Palaces:
• Palacio Real
• El Escorial
Rick Steeves ate here:
• Museo del Jamon, Carrera San Jeronimo 6, 28014
• La Torre del Oro, Plaza Mayor, 26, 28012
• La Oreja de Jaime, Calle de la Cruz, 15, 28012
• Casa Toni, Calle Cruz 14, 28012 Madrid
Recommended by Emily Pang: El Paraguas, Calle de Jorge Juan, 16, 28001 Madrid
Restaurantes y Tabernas Centenarios de Madrid
• Restaurants that are over 100 years old
MALAGA
Museo Picasso Málaga
• Picasso's birthplace features a museum of art donated by his family
Centre Pompidou
• Displays a changing selection of 20th- and 21st-century paintings by artists like Frida Kahlo and Marc Chagall
St. Petersburg State Russian Museum
• Features a collection of works by some of Russia’s most notable artists
Carmen Thyssen Museum
• Features around 250 works from Baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza’s collection of past and present art world masters, including Jeff Koons
Alcazaba of Málaga
• Best-preserved alcazaba in Spain
Salty, Sweet, Bitter and More, Vermouth Is a Taste of Madrid in a Glass by Danielle Pergament, New York Times, August 16, 2023
MALAGA
Museo Picasso Málaga
• Picasso's birthplace features a museum of art donated by his family
Centre Pompidou
• Displays a changing selection of 20th- and 21st-century paintings by artists like Frida Kahlo and Marc Chagall
St. Petersburg State Russian Museum
• Features a collection of works by some of Russia’s most notable artists
Carmen Thyssen Museum
• Features around 250 works from Baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza’s collection of past and present art world masters, including Jeff Koons
Alcazaba of Málaga
• Best-preserved alcazaba in Spain
RONDA
Largest of Andalucia's pueblos biancos or "white towns"
Plaza de Toros
SALAMANCA
Great university city with Spain's finest showcase of Renaissance and Plateresque architecture
SARAGOSSA
Aljafería Palace
• Muslim palace dating from the 11th-century.
SEGOVIA
• Roman Aqueduct
SALAMANCA
Great university city with Spain's finest showcase of Renaissance and Plateresque architecture
SARAGOSSA
Aljafería Palace
• Muslim palace dating from the 11th-century.
SEGOVIA
• Roman Aqueduct
• Jewish Museum of Segovia
TOLEDO
You need to spend at least two days to see everything
City Guide
From Rick Steves:
• No modern buildings
• Home of El Greco
• Leading Catholic city – Cathedral is most Spanish of Gothic churches
• Most Gothic of Spanish churches
Tours by Locals
Manso Restaurante, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia
Galicia is renowned for sumptuous seafood that almost leaps from the Atlantic onto the plate, something that local chef Alberto Lareo showcases at his restaurant, Manso, opened in 2013. But he is equally aware of the quality of Galician beef, of wild mushrooms and the wealth of organic vegetables grown in this lush, windswept region. Although trained in Santiago, Lareo gained experience working in France, which is evident in his meticulous presentation. Try the squid ink croquetas, grilled sea bass with saffron and clementine jus, or cabbage with egg yolk, truffle and almond cream. Manso may not be particularly trendy, nor in the medieval heart of Santiago, but that keeps the swarms of pilgrims at bay. It’s well worth seeking out for the great value €15 lunch menu, or a €30-€40 dinner.
• + 34 833 959657, mansorestaurante.com
La Tasqueria, Madrid
As all roads lead to Madrid, there has to be a representative from the Spanish capital and this one, opened only a year ago, is pretty funky. Award-winning 30-year-old chef Javier Estévez, originally from Galicia, specialises in “fine offal” (beef, lamb or pork), which is served in this airy, industrial-style tavern of exposed brick walls and suspended bulbs in the well-heeled Salamanca district. Small plates (€8-€10) combine ingredients such as sweetbreads and chestnuts, baby pig’s tail, eel and cheese, or pig’s trotters, artichoke and crayfish. The menu also has modish Kilner jars (containing, for example, partridge and apple with sherry) if you want to bypass the offal, and desserts such as cheesecake with liquorice and beetroot. Budget on €25-€35 for dinner.
• + 34 91 451 1000, latasqueria.com
Restaurante Lienzo, Valencia
Traditionally, Valencia means paella – from the rice fields south of Spain’s dynamic third-largest city – but at Lienzo your rice is more likely to come as a duck and octopus risotto or envelop kid goat with black lime (Persian loomi). At this smart, modern restaurant the dishes invented by chef Maria José Martinez combine unexpected flavours and impressive technique with minute attention to detail. It’s not a surprise to learn that Martinez worked with three-Michelin-starred chef Quique Dacosta, at El Poblet, also in Valencia – a somewhat pricier stop-off. Lienzo’s self-styled “gastrotapas’ menu (€27) might include “crack” roast beef, black garlic and red onion caviar, or treat yourself to the chef’s menu (€55). Piglet with charred leeks and pak choi is just one highlight. A la carte it’s about €35-€40 (without wine), and the lunch menu just €19.
• + 34 963 521081, restaurantelienzo.com
Plaza de Espana
Spanish Tapas Cooking Class
Archivo de Indias
Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza
Seville Cathedral
• The largest Gothic cathedral and the third-largest church in the world
Basilica de la Macarena
Spanish Tapas Cooking Class
Archivo de Indias
Plaza de Toros de la Maestranza
Seville Cathedral
• The largest Gothic cathedral and the third-largest church in the world
Basilica de la Macarena
Royal Alcázar of Seville, Casco Antiguo, 41004 Seville
- A medieval Moorish palace still in use today as a royal residence
- As seen on Raw Travel
TOLEDO
You need to spend at least two days to see everything
City Guide
From Rick Steves:
• No modern buildings
• Home of El Greco
• Leading Catholic city – Cathedral is most Spanish of Gothic churches
• Most Gothic of Spanish churches
Tours by Locals
Manso Restaurante, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia
Galicia is renowned for sumptuous seafood that almost leaps from the Atlantic onto the plate, something that local chef Alberto Lareo showcases at his restaurant, Manso, opened in 2013. But he is equally aware of the quality of Galician beef, of wild mushrooms and the wealth of organic vegetables grown in this lush, windswept region. Although trained in Santiago, Lareo gained experience working in France, which is evident in his meticulous presentation. Try the squid ink croquetas, grilled sea bass with saffron and clementine jus, or cabbage with egg yolk, truffle and almond cream. Manso may not be particularly trendy, nor in the medieval heart of Santiago, but that keeps the swarms of pilgrims at bay. It’s well worth seeking out for the great value €15 lunch menu, or a €30-€40 dinner.
• + 34 833 959657, mansorestaurante.com
La Tasqueria, Madrid
As all roads lead to Madrid, there has to be a representative from the Spanish capital and this one, opened only a year ago, is pretty funky. Award-winning 30-year-old chef Javier Estévez, originally from Galicia, specialises in “fine offal” (beef, lamb or pork), which is served in this airy, industrial-style tavern of exposed brick walls and suspended bulbs in the well-heeled Salamanca district. Small plates (€8-€10) combine ingredients such as sweetbreads and chestnuts, baby pig’s tail, eel and cheese, or pig’s trotters, artichoke and crayfish. The menu also has modish Kilner jars (containing, for example, partridge and apple with sherry) if you want to bypass the offal, and desserts such as cheesecake with liquorice and beetroot. Budget on €25-€35 for dinner.
• + 34 91 451 1000, latasqueria.com
Restaurante Lienzo, Valencia
Traditionally, Valencia means paella – from the rice fields south of Spain’s dynamic third-largest city – but at Lienzo your rice is more likely to come as a duck and octopus risotto or envelop kid goat with black lime (Persian loomi). At this smart, modern restaurant the dishes invented by chef Maria José Martinez combine unexpected flavours and impressive technique with minute attention to detail. It’s not a surprise to learn that Martinez worked with three-Michelin-starred chef Quique Dacosta, at El Poblet, also in Valencia – a somewhat pricier stop-off. Lienzo’s self-styled “gastrotapas’ menu (€27) might include “crack” roast beef, black garlic and red onion caviar, or treat yourself to the chef’s menu (€55). Piglet with charred leeks and pak choi is just one highlight. A la carte it’s about €35-€40 (without wine), and the lunch menu just €19.
• + 34 963 521081, restaurantelienzo.com
Want a Rich, Rustic Taste of Spain? Head for the Hills of La Rioja by David Farley, New York Times, Aug. 28, 2024
