A country · 1,159 places · 17 regions

Spain, all of it.

1,159 curated places across 17 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.

Ronda · via Wikimedia Commons

The 4 biggest regions — Andalusia, Canary Islands, Castile and León and Community of Madrid — read below as chapters, with 13 more waiting past them.

Chapter I · Andalusia · 171 places

Andalusia

Ronda sits atop a dramatic gorge carved by the Guadalevín River in the Málaga province of Andalusia. The Puente Nuevo bridge, spanning the El Tajo gorge at roughly 120 metres, offers one of the most photographed viewpoints in Spain, best captured in the late afternoon when warm light rakes across the cliff faces. The old town retains Moorish street patterns and a bullring dating to the 18th century.

Ronda

Andalusia, Spain

✦ April to June, September to October · $$

Setenil de las Bodegas

Andalusia, Spain

✦ March to May, September to November · $

Zahara de la Sierra

Andalusia, Spain

✦ April to June, September to October · $

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Chapter II · Canary Islands · 164 places

Canary Islands

At the southern tip of Gran Canaria, the Maspalomas dunes form a protected nature reserve of wind-sculpted sand fields covering approximately 400 hectares, extending to a lagoon and a palm grove. The dunes are fed by Saharan sand carried by the trade winds and shift gradually over time. The scale and golden colour of the dunes are most striking photographed at sunset from the lighthouse promontory nearby.

✦ Year-round; November to March for cooler temperatures · $$

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Chapter III · Castile and León · 121 places

Castile and León

The Alcázar of Segovia occupies a rocky promontory at the confluence of the Eresma and Clamores rivers, its pointed slate towers providing a skyline that inspired the design of Cinderella's castle at Disneyland. The fortress served as a royal residence, state prison, and artillery college across different centuries. The view from the Torre de Juan II across the Castilian meseta is particularly striking in morning light.

Alcázar of Segovia

Castile and León, Spain

✦ April to June, September to October · $$

Peñafiel Castle

Castile and León, Spain

✦ April to June, September to October · $

Segovia Aqueduct

Castile and León, Spain

✦ April to October · $

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Chapter IV · Community of Madrid · 87 places

Community of Madrid

Vegueta is the historic colonial quarter of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the oldest continuously inhabited district in the Canary Islands, established after the Spanish conquest in the late 15th century. Cobblestone streets lined with ornate balconied buildings in traditional Canarian style converge on the Plaza de Santa Ana, dominated by the Cathedral of Santa Ana whose construction spanned four centuries. The Casa de Colón, a former governor's house where Columbus allegedly stayed before his first voyage, now operates as a museum of the Age of Discovery.

✦ October to April · $

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