Spain

Extremadura sits on the Portuguese border between Madrid and Seville, and its main claim to fame is that almost nobody stops. It’s the least visited region in mainland Spain, it has the best-preserved Roman city in the country, and you can eat extraordinarily well for very little. The name means “the land beyond the Duero”,

Eight islands, off the coast of Africa, that happen to be Spain. They’re closer to Morocco than to Madrid, they have subtropical weather year-round, and they are not interchangeable — picking the wrong one is the main way people have a disappointing Canaries holiday. Here’s the honest breakdown. Tenerife — the biggest, and the most

Ronda is a town split in half by a gorge 120 metres deep, with an 18th-century bridge spanning it. That’s the photo you’ve seen. It’s about 90 minutes from Málaga and it is genuinely as dramatic in person. It’s also the gateway to the pueblos blancos, a scatter of whitewashed villages across the hills of

There’s a version of Spain with no beach resorts, no sangria jugs and no 35°C afternoons. It rains, it’s covered in forest, there are 2,600-metre limestone peaks half an hour from the sea, and the local drink is poured from above your head. Asturians call it España Verde — green Spain — and they’re slightly

Around 500,000 people now walk some part of the Camino de Santiago each year, and a fair share of them arrive having read a lot about the spiritual journey and almost nothing about their feet. This is the practical version. Where to start, what it costs, and what actually goes wrong. There isn’t one Camino

Mallorca has a reputation problem. Say the name in Britain or Germany and people picture Magaluf or Arenal — high-rise hotels, all-inclusive wristbands, sunburn. That’s about 5% of the island. The other 95% has a UNESCO-listed mountain range, medieval hill villages, an old town in Palma that rivals any in Spain, and coves you can

San Sebastián has more Michelin stars per head than almost anywhere on Earth. It also has a bar culture where you can eat brilliantly for €3 a plate while standing up. Both of those things are true at once and the second one is why you should go. The Basques call it Donostia. You’ll see

The Alhambra sells around 8,500 tickets a day and they go months in advance. That’s the single fact that determines whether your Granada trip works, and it’s the one most people find out about a week before they fly. So: book the Alhambra first, then plan everything else around the slot you get. Everything below

Spain has spent the last three years quietly becoming the easiest country in Europe to legally work remotely from. Decent visa, low cost of living, functioning healthcare, 300 days of sun in half the country. And yet most people still think it’s a grey area you have to fudge on a tourist stamp. It isn’t,

Ever opened a Barcelona flight at 1am, stared at it for a while, then closed the tab because you remembered what Las Ramblas feels like in August? Same. Spain is brilliant. Spain’s two biggest cities in high season are a different sport entirely. So here’s the thing nobody puts on a postcard: the good version