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Balcón del Mediterráneo de Benidorm con balaustrada blanca y cerámica azul

Before the Benidorm Skyline

Discover Benidorm through Punta Canfali: the memory of its castle, the blue and white Balcón del Mediterráneo and the changing light over the bay.

Gaudí’s Episcopal Palace beside Astorga Cathedral

Architecture & Design

Gaudí, Far from Barcelona

Discover Gaudí’s Episcopal Palace in Astorga: Neo-Gothic stonework, coloured light and a fresh way to interpret architectural heritage.

Vista editorial de la Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències de Valencia con agua y arquitectura blanca

Architecture & Design

Valencia: Architecture, Water and Light

Valencia’s City of Arts and Sciences: the former Turia riverbed, Calatrava’s architecture and the changing dialogue between water and Mediterranean light.

Flower-filled Calleja de las Flores in Córdoba, with blue pots and the cathedral bell tower beyond.

Art & Culture

Córdoba in Bloom

Discover Córdoba’s flower-filled patios, the May Fiesta recognised by UNESCO, and the colours that inspire Macarena de Alba.

Red-and-white arches and rows of columns inside the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba.

Architecture & Design

A Forest of Arches: Córdoba

Red-and-white arches, ancient columns and more than twelve centuries of transformation. Inside Córdoba's Mosque-Cathedral, architecture becomes a remarkable record of inheritance, adaptation and time.