Barcelona sits on a coastal plain on the Mediterranean, with the Collserola hills behind it and about two miles of city beach built for the 1992 Olympics. The Sagrada Família, the Gothic Quarter and La Rambla are the three places every first visit is built around. The airport, El Prat, is south of the city.…
Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands, off the coast of northwest Africa, and Mount Teide, Spain’s highest peak at 12,188 feet, stands in the middle of it. The island has two airports; Tenerife South is the one for the resorts. Winter on the coast runs 64 to 68 degrees. The airport’s route map…
Madrid sits on Spain’s central plateau at about 2,100 feet, the second-highest capital in Europe and one of its sunniest. The Prado, the Reina Sofía and the Thyssen-Bornemisza line one boulevard, the Golden Triangle of Art, and Retiro Park is the most visited spot in the city. Barajas airport is about eight miles northeast of…
