Andalucía
This 13th-century church was one of the first to be built in Andalucía after the Reconquista. With its impressive round-arched western and southern…
Must-see attractions in Andalucía
Iglesia de Santa María de los Reales Alcázares
Andalucía
Úbeda's grand parish church, founded in the 13th century on the site of Islamic Úbeda's main mosque, is a conglomerate of Gothic, Mudéjar, Renaissance,…
Ronda
The old town is surrounded by massive fortress walls pierced by two ancient gates: the Islamic Puerta de Almocábar, which in the 13th century was the main…
Andalucía
Baeza’s historic university was founded in 1538. It became a font of progressive ideas that generally conflicted with Baeza’s conservative dominant…
Centro Temático Frondosa Naturaleza
Andalucía
If you're pressed for time, this visit takes you through a little of Cazorla's natural and human history, showing a restored water-driven flour mill and…
Santuario de la Virgen de la Cabeza
Andalucía
On a hilltop in the heart of the park, 31km up the A6177 from Andújar, this chapel is the focus of one of Spain’s biggest religious events, the Romería de…
Nerja
Nerja’s museum traces the history of the town from the cave dwellers of Paleolithic times to the tourist-boom years of the ’60s, and is well worth a…
Palacio del Condestable Iranzo
Andalucía
This much altered 15th-century palace now houses the city culture department and a library, but it's worth finding your way to the Salón del Condestable…
Centro de Fauna Silvestre Collado del Almendral
Andalucía
You can view ibex, mouflon, deer, eagles, owls and falcons in semi-liberty at this 1-sq-km enclosed animal park. Visits are by mini train along 5km of…
Museo Interactivo de la Música Málaga
Málaga
This modern museum houses musical instruments from around the world and across the passage of history. The collection is pretty well laid out in…
Andalucía
Plaza de Santa María is the most characteristic of Baeza's squares and was designed to be a focus of religious and civic life. On its north side stands…
Córdoba
Though generally not open to visitors, this 1st-century AD Roman temple can be viewed perfectly well from the street. Its 11 tall white columns make a…
Andalucía
The Puerta de Jaén on the west side of Plaza del Pópulo was originally one of the city gates of Muslim Bayyasa, though its present form dates from a 1526…
Córdoba
This grand 17th-century square has an elaborate history as a site of public spectacles, including bullfights and Inquisition burnings. Nowadays it's…
Granada
A peripheral location makes this museum a rather under-visited place. It charts Andalucía's history, culture and geography through displays and…
Almería
Remains of Almería’s Islamic past are evident throughout the city, including at this church, which was built over the remains of the city’s former mosque…
Sanlúcar de Barrameda
At the top of Calle Cuesta de Belén you'll spot this beautiful neo-Mudéjar old-town palace, built as a 19th-century summer home for the aristocratic…
Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Cinta
Huelva
Of Gothic-Mudéjar origins but reconstructed in the 18th and 19th centuries, this pretty white sanctuary looks out across the Odiel estuary from its…
Málaga
Worth visiting for the building alone, a grand bishop's palace opposite the cathedral with an imposing portico, intricate tile work and head-tilting…
Andalucía
This sizeable museum, part of the Convento de San Miguel, is devoted to the famous mystic and religious reformer St John of the Cross, who died here in…
Iglesia Prioral de Nuestra Señora del Mayor Dolor
Andalucía
Right beside Aracena's castle, dominating the town, is the Iglesia Prioral de Nuestra Señora del Mayor Dolor. Built about a century after the castle, the…
Sevilla Province
At the northeastern end of the old town, the Iglesia de Santiago is one of Carmona's oldest churches. Built in the 14th century, it has been much modified…
Andalucía
The Ayuntamiento, a block north of the Paseo de la Constitución, has a particularly marvellous plateresque facade. The four finely carved balcony portals…
Málaga Province
This village museum crams a lot into its diminutive interior, from local bee-keeping and winemaking equipment to a mock-up of an old blacksmith's forge…
Centro Cultural Adolfo Lozano Sidro
Andalucía
You get three museums for your money here: a history museum with four rooms of well-displayed archaeological finds from the Priego area; a gallery with…
Andalucía
Built around 1150, probably for the local ruler Ibn ben Hamusk, these Arab baths at the foot of the village have the usual three rooms (for cold,…
Andalucía
The heavily restored 15th- to 16th-century castle-palace sits right on top of the hill over which Baena spreads. Abandonment and the construction of water…
Córdoba
You can visit this group of three interesting and well-tended Cordoban patios in the Alcázar Viejo area, about 400m southwest of the Mezquita, most of the…
Ronda
This small museum is dedicated to the banditry for which central Andalucía was once renowned. Old prints reflect that when the youthful bandoleros …
Andalucía
Hornos' panoramic medieval castle now houses, curiously enough, a modern astronomy interpretation centre and planetarium. Exhibits are devoted to the…
Archivo-Museo San Juan de Dios
Granada
This small museum occupies the aristocratic Casa de los Pisa where Granada's resident saint, San Juan Robles (San Juan de Díos), died in 1550. The house…
Granada
A lively, pedestrian-only square ringed by 19th-century townhouses, lime trees, kiosks and cafes. Ornamental lampposts stand around the baroque…
Andalucía
In Zagrilla Alta village, 11km northwest of Priego, this botanical garden/museum complex gives perhaps the most comprehensive overview in Europe of the…
Andalucía
Plaza del Pópulo is also known as Plaza de los Leones after the Fuente de los Leones at its centre. The fountain is made of carvings from the Ibero-Roman…
Sevilla Province
Just inside the old town beyond the Puerta de Sevilla, the Iglesia de San Bartolomé dates from the 15th century – although it owes much of its current…
Andalucía
The tiny but interesting local museum (which doubles as Zuheros' tourist office) displays a variety of stone and bone tools – some as old as the…
Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares
Málaga
Located in a 17th-century inn, the Museo de Artes y Costumbres Populares specialises in everyday rural and urban life of the past; note the barros …
Andalucía
Hinojosa's large and impressive ethnological museum preserves and recreates rural life of the past with carefully curated rooms dedicated to crafts,…
Granada
In the Alhambra's Generalife gardens, the staircase known as the Escalera del Agua is a delightful work of landscape engineering with water channels…
Andalucía
The hilly and beautiful country straddling the Desfiladero de Despeñaperros gorge is the Parque Natural de Despeñaperros: for information on the park and…
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