Barcelona

A sunny Costa Blanca port city, with a hilltop castle, a palm-lined seafront promenade and golden beaches right beside the lively old town.

The Basque Country's biggest city, transformed by the Guggenheim from an industrial port into one of Spain's leading spots for art, design and food.

One of the oldest cities in Western Europe, an Atlantic port almost surrounded by sea, with golden beaches, a famous carnival and great fried fish.

An inland Andalusian city with one of the world's great buildings at its heart, the Mezquita, plus flower-filled patios and a deep Moorish past.

The smallest and most remote of the main Canary Islands, a quiet UNESCO reserve known for world-class diving and a pioneering green spirit.

The smallest Balearic island, reached only by boat from Ibiza, with white-sand beaches, clear shallow water and a slow, car-light pace.

The Canary Islands' beach island, with miles of pale sand, dunes and warm winds that make it one of Europe's top spots for watersports.

A medieval Catalan city of colourful riverside houses, a steep old town and one of Europe's best-preserved Jewish quarters, near the Costa Brava.

Known as a continent in miniature, with golden dunes, a buzzing capital city, mountain villages and a UNESCO-listed sacred landscape inland.

Home to the Alhambra, Spain's most famous palace, with a Moorish old quarter, free tapas and the Sierra Nevada mountains as a backdrop.

The Balearic island of two sides, where world-famous nightlife in the south meets a quiet, pine-covered north of hidden coves and small villages.

A small, green Canary Island of deep ravines and ancient laurel forest, where locals still speak across the valleys with a whistled language.

A tiny, car-free island off Lanzarote, reached by ferry, with sandy streets, white-sand beaches and a peaceful, back-to-basics feel.

Known as the beautiful island, La Palma is green and steep, made for hikers and for some of the clearest stargazing skies in the world.

A Canary Island shaped by volcanoes and by the artist Cesar Manrique, with black lava fields, vineyards in volcanic gravel and a low-rise look.

Spain's lively capital, home to world-class art museums, grand squares, leafy parks and some of Europe's best eating and nightlife.

The capital of the Costa del Sol and birthplace of Picasso, a sunny coastal city with a Moorish fortress, good beaches and a thriving art scene.

Spain's largest Balearic island, where a Gothic cathedral, mountain villages and quiet coves sit alongside the beaches it is famous for.

The Costa del Sol's glamorous resort town, known for its yacht marina at Puerto Banus, golden beaches and a pretty, often overlooked old town.

The quietest of the Balearic Islands, known for white-sand coves, a clifftop coastal trail and prehistoric stone monuments found nowhere else.

A golden sandstone university city in western Spain, home to one of Europe's oldest universities and one of the country's grandest main squares.

An elegant Basque beach city famed for its golden crescent bay, world-class food and more Michelin stars per head than almost anywhere on earth.

The warm heart of southern Spain, home to a vast cathedral, a Moorish royal palace, flamenco and some of the country's liveliest tapas bars.

The largest Canary Island, home to Spain's highest peak, the volcano of Mount Teide, along with old towns, whale-rich seas and year-round sun.

A walled hilltop city near Madrid, where Christian, Muslim and Jewish history meet, crowned by a great cathedral above the Tagus river.

The birthplace of paella, where a futuristic arts complex, a sandy beach and a lively old town sit beside a long park in a dried-up riverbed.