Natural features
La Concha Beach, San Sebastián
Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa
A perfect shell-shaped bay of golden sand in the heart of San Sebastián (Donostia), often called the best city beach in Europe, with the little islan…
Natural features in Spain
Natural features
Lakes of Covadonga, Picos de Europa
Cangas de Onís, Asturias
Two glacial lakes, Enol and Ercina, high in the western Picos de Europa, surrounded by mountain pastures where cows graze.
Natural features
Montserrat Monastery
Monistrol de Montserrat, Barcelona
A Benedictine monastery perched on a mountain of strange, saw-toothed rock pinnacles, about an hour from Barcelona.
Natural features
Teide National Park, Tenerife
La Guancha, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Spain's highest mountain, the volcano Mount Teide, 3,715 m, rises from a vast crater of lava fields and colourful rocks in the middle of Tenerife.
Natural features
Timanfaya National Park, Lanzarote
Tinajo, Las Palmas
A landscape of volcanoes and lava fields created by huge eruptions between 1730 and 1736, with craters in shades of red, orange and black.
Natural features
Retiro Park, Madrid
Madrid
Madrid's favourite park, once the gardens of a royal palace, and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site with the Paseo del Prado.
Natural features
Serra de Tramuntana and Sóller, Mallorca
Port de Sóller, Islas Baleares
A mountain range along Mallorca's north-west coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with terraced olive groves, stone villages such as Valldemossa and …