Spain Travel Guide

Spain’s capital, Madrid, is of great historical interest, including in its long cultural list more than forty museums and a palace with over 2,000 rooms. Spain is also diverse in terms of holiday destinations as it has except for an array of tropical islands a range of Roman cities for the lovers of archaeology and art. Make your vacations be memorable; visit Spain!

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Some of the most popular museums are the Prado Museum, the Centro de Arte Reina Sofia National Museum and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Do not miss though a visit to Picasso's "Guernica". We highly recommend that you dedicate a fair amount of your time to walk through and wander around the old quarters (like the picturesque Puerta del Sol & Plaza Mayor) and the typical commercial streets (like Goya, Gran Via & Preciados).Among others, the towns recommended for excursions are: Segovia, Avila, El Escorial, Toledo and Aranjuez. Segovia, Avila and Toledo are like open-air museums where the two-thousand year history of Spain is imbued in every street, building and square.

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Spain culture

They then expelled all Muslims and Jews from their new Christian kingdom. By 1512, most of the kingdoms of present-day Spain were politically unified. The unification of Iberia was complete when Felipe II, became King of Portugal in 158. During the 16th century, with Carlos I and Felipe II, Spain became the most powerful European nation, its territory covering most of South and Central America, Asia - Pacific, the Iberian Peninsula, southern Italy, Germany, and the Low Countries.

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