Trips to Spain
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A Low-Cost Food Tour of Barcelona
- 10 Restaurants
Bounce from tapas bar to tapas bar without bouncing a check. More
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A Night Out in Barcelona, Spain
- 1 Hotel
- 2 Restaurants
Spain's reigning city of style peaks in the summer, when long siestas give way to dining at midnight, dancing until dawn, then sleeping until lunchtime. Once you land, there's no need to shift the bod... More
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A Tour Through Andalusia's Olive Country
- 2 Hotels
- 3 Restaurants
- 6 Activities
Andalusia is Spain’s premier olive-oil region, with endless rows of trees planted beneath the bright Mediterranean sun. Many mills here have recently shifted from selling low-grade oil in bulk to maki... More
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Andalusia on a Budget
- 2 Hotels
- 1 Restaurant
So what if the euro is up and the dollar is down?That doesn’t mean you should skip a trip to Europe. You can still find great deals, even in pricey places. In Andalusia, Spain, the secret is simple: k... More
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Andalusia Road Trip
- 3 Hotels
- 3 Restaurants
- 1 Activity
Southern Spain has many brilliant colors: a flash of red on a whirling flamenco dancer; the peachy pinks of tropical flowers on the walls of an Arabic-style courtyard. There's no more romantic way to ... More
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Architectural Spain
- 1 Hotel
- 3 Restaurants
- 8 Activities
In Spain’s Basque country, a venerable Rioja wine estate is banking on a superstar architect to raise its profile with a fresh take on the luxury hotel. Whatever your sympathies, or antipathies, the h... More
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Barcelona Hot Spots
- 7 Hotels
- 13 Restaurants
- 20 Activities
Barcelona is Europe at its most dynamic and compelling, full of boundary-pushing food, art, and style, but grounded in centuries of culture. Where to begin? Here, our all-in-one guide to Catalonia’s s... More
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Barcelona's Best New Restaurants
- 7 Restaurants
Barcelona's latest crop of eateries is embracing a simple, ingredient-based cuisine—and that ingredient is often seafood. More
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Barcelona's Tapas Bars
- 9 Restaurants
The style of grazing indigenous to Barcelona revolves around "bares de producto," ingredient-laden counters inspired by the kioskos (dining stalls) of the city's buoyant Boqueria market. More
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Dining Scene in San Sebastián, Spain
- 5 Hotels
- 8 Restaurants
- 4 Activities
Thanks to the mad inventiveness of its chefs, this Basque town has a trio of Michelin three-starred restaurants—compare that with nine for all of Germany. Located on the coast of Bahía de la Concha, S... More
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Driving Spain's Costa de la Luz
- 2 Hotels
- 1 Restaurant
- 4 Activities
Driving along this rugged, windswept shore, you'll find an extraordinary Picasso Museum in Málaga, citrus groves and grassy dunes, and the best-preserved ruins of a Roman township on the Iberian pen... More
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Eating Well in Cantabria, Spain
- 1 Hotel
- 2 Restaurants
Fall in love with fish and veggies again. The Greeks and Italians have long taken credit for having the most heart-healthy diets, but a recent study found that tapas-loving Spaniards—especially in coa... More
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Insider Madrid for Kids
- 3 Restaurants
- 10 Activities
As Spain’s favorite designer of Pop Art–patterned clothes and accessories for kids and grown-ups alike, Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada knows fun—she’s spent 28 years at the helm of a vast design empire, leav... More
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Madrid's Tapas Bars
- 9 Restaurants
Madrileños embrace iconic tapas dishes like ensaladilla rusa (a mayonnaise-y potato salad), jamón-studded croquetas, and callos, the local specialty of tripe braised with smoky charcuterie. More
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Mini Trip: Madrid's Prado
- 1 Hotel
- 1 Restaurant
- 5 Activities
Check out the famed Prado Museum's expanded gallery space; eat and drink among art-world insiders; and do a self-guided Goya tour . More
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Romantic Barcelona
- 2 Hotels
- 1 Restaurant
- 3 Activities
Described by a Catalan poet as "the great enchantress," Barcelona has been the muse to artists Salvador Dalí, Pablo Picasso, and architect Antoni Gaudí. More
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San Sebastian's Tapas Bars
- 8 Restaurants
A Spanish tapeo, or tapas-bar hop, is the ideal way to experience the classic flavors, unhurried conversations, and small-plate dishes that have come to plates define—and preserve—the Iberian way of ... More
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Seville's Tapas Bars
- 9 Restaurants
A great tapas bar is like your soccer team or your favorite matador. If you truly love it, you’ll come and show your devotion to a tapas bar like La Flor de Toranzo—where the freshly baked Antequera r... More
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Shopping in Barcelona, Spain
- 1 Hotel
- 1 Restaurant
- 17 Activities
From the high-end boutiques of Passeig de Gracia to hidden shops in the Barri Gòtic, here is an exhaustive guide to getting your shopping fix in the Catalan capital of Barcelona. Be forewarned, howeve... More
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Shopping Like a Local in Madrid
- 2 Restaurants
- 11 Activities
Throughout the 20th century, while Barcelona skimmed the cutting edge, Madrid hugged Castilian conventions tight. But over the past decade, as avant-garde restaurants rocked the culinary landscape and... More
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Tastemakers' Guide to Barcelona
- 2 Hotels
- 8 Restaurants
- 35 Activities
In Barcelona, a capital of Mediterranean culture, cool, and incredible food, we asked nine plugged-in locals to tell us about their favorite restaurants, galleries, shops, and more. More
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Tasting Huesca, Spain's Culinary Delights
- 1 Hotel
- 4 Restaurants
- 3 Activities
Huesca, Aragon's provincial capital, has long been known for its medieval castle. Now a group of innovative chefs is turning it into a pilgrimage site for food lovers. At Spain's oldest dry-goods stor... More
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The Wine of Spain's Bierzo Valley
- 2 Hotels
- 3 Restaurants
At the western edge of the great, dry meseta of Castilla y Léon, Spain's Bierzo region produces a special wine grape, Mencia, found nowhere else in the world. More
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Trip Guide to Lively Cartagena, Colombia
- 7 Hotels
- 4 Restaurants
- 5 Activities
Visiting Cartagena, an old walled seaport on Colombia’s northwest coast, is like joining a cabal of travelers who could spend a week anywhere in the world but come here for a dash of jet-set flash—and... More
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Trip Guide to Ribera del Duero: Spain's Undiscovered Wine Region
- 2 Hotels
- 3 Restaurants
- 3 Activities
While rich, intense, and deeply complex Ribera del Douro reds have a growing number of devotees around the world, the region itself is still largely undiscovered. Until recently, when a flurry of new ... More
