Flamenco, Fiesta and Fun

Spain's sweeping coastlines and rugged mountains, busy cities and peaceful villages, modern, Baroque and Moorish architecture and sun-drenched islands have enchanted visitors for centuries.

You can enjoy an extraordinary range of cultural, geographical, gastronomical and climactic differences in the one country. Madrid, the capital, boasts historical monuments, modern skyscrapers, elegant boulevards, fashionable shops and art galleries, with an old quarter that is a maze of plazas and quiet laneways.

Barcelona, on the Mediterranean coast, is similar in size and importance and was home to artists such as Picasso, Dali and Gaudi, who all left their mark on a city famed for its fashion, food and nightlife.

Seville, the Andalusian capital, is known for Flamenco dancing and magnificent Baroque and Moorish architecture. In the Basque city of Bilbao you can visit the superb new Guggenheim Museum.