This magnificent castle grew from a small Moorish fortress, and reportedly inspired two iconic Disney castles.

Catalonia Tradition: Beating the hollow Christmas log until it defecates in your fireplace.

An abandoned Indian-inspired mansion.

This enchanting hamlet carved into the rock looks like something straight out of Tolkien's Rivendell.

This remarkable prehistoric town is full of watchtowers and houses that have withstood thousands of years.

An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.

Giant granite sculptures representing family on the northern coast of Spain.

Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.

This ancient Spanish castle sits high upon a hilltop.

The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.

One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.

A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”

This lucky bronze frog was gifted to Madrid by a casino.

This quaint Spanish village agreed to be painted blue as a marketing stunt but found that they preferred it that way.

Rare karst landscape eroded from a flat seabed.

Numerous sculptures set along hiking trails symbolize and idealize the relationship between man and nature.

This magical space partly designed by Antoni Gaudi is one of the best examples of romantic gardening in the Mediterranean.

A charming Spanish village sits atop this natural limestone overpass.

Considered the birthplace of the Copper Age and Bronze Age, the river is tinted red from 5,000 years of mining.

A Franco-era dam flooded (almost) everyone out of this centuries-old Aragonese town.

This awesome Spanish castle is so fantastical it was actually used on Game of Thrones.

The world's largest wooden structure.