Discover Spain: 47 places to visit

SummerAutumn

Catalonia

Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park

Two hundred glacial lakes in the Catalan Pyrenees

Hard Hill walking Video Article Map

SpringSummer

Galicia

Atlantic Islands of Galicia National Park

Cíes, Ons, Sálvora and Cortegada

Moderate Coastal & dune walking Video Article Map

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Castile and León

Ávila

The highest provincial capital in Spain, inside its walls

Moderate Hill walking Video Article Map

All seasons

Basque Country

Bilbao

An industrial city remade around its river

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

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Balearic Islands

Cabrera Archipelago National Park

Spain's largest national park, almost all of it water

Moderate Coastal & dune walking Video Article Map

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Catalonia

Cap de Creus

The easternmost point of mainland Spain

Moderate Hill walking Video Article Map

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Region of Murcia

Cartagena

A natural harbour, and Carthago Nova before that

Easy Coastal & dune walking Video Article Map

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Castilla-La Mancha

Cuenca

A town on a rock spur between two gorges

Moderate Hill walking Video Article Map

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Andalusia

Doñana National Park

Marsh, stream and dune where the Guadalquivir meets the Atlantic

Easy Coastal & dune walking Video Article Map

All seasons

Canary Islands

Garajonay National Park

Relic laurel forest on the ridge of La Gomera

Moderate Hill walking Video Article Map

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La Rioja

Haro

The bodega town at the heart of Rioja

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

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Castile and León

La Alberca

Mountain village of the Sierra de Francia, and its town pig

Moderate Hill walking Article Map

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Aragón

Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park

Glacial valleys in the Pyrenees, protected since 1918

Hard Hill walking Video Article Map

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Asturias

Picos de Europa National Park

A limestone range shared by three autonomous communities

Hard Hill walking Video Article Map

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Navarre

Roncesvalles

The first rest after the French Pyrenees

Hard Alpine & high mountain Video Article Map

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Andalusia

Ronda

A plateau town split by the Tajo gorge

Moderate Hill walking Video Article Map

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Castile and León

Salamanca

A university city on the Meseta, founded 1218

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

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Basque Country

San Sebastián

A bay, a beach and two headlands on the Bay of Biscay

Easy Hill walking Video Article Map

All seasons

Galicia

Santiago de Compostela

The end of the Way of St James

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

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Cantabria

Santillana del Mar

One cobbled street of stone houses in Cantabria

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

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Andalusia

Seville

Andalusia's capital, on the lower Guadalquivir

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

SummerAutumn

Andalusia

Sierra Nevada National Park

85,883 hectares between Granada and Almería

Expert Hill walking Video Article Map

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Castilla-La Mancha

Tablas de Daimiel National Park

Spain's smallest national park, on the La Mancha plain

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

All seasons

Canary Islands

Teide National Park

Spain's highest mountain, above the cloud layer

Hard Alpine & high mountain Video Article Map

All seasons

Canary Islands

Timanfaya National Park

The only wholly geological national park in Spain

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map

All seasons

Valencian Community

Valencia

A Roman colony with a park where its river used to run

Easy Accessible walking Video Article Map