Charming villages

A village in the Middle Guadalquivir Valley set on a hill inhabited since prehistoric times, which was an Iberian oppidum and a thriving olive oil centre in the Roman era.

A village with a beautiful historic centre in Almería's largest municipality, gateway to the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park and to ten millennia of history.

A whitewashed village perched on a hill beside the River Barbate, with town walls, a castle of Andalusi origin and a historic quarter that holds centuries of frontier history.

A medieval town in Sobrarbe, designated a historic ensemble, with an 11th-century castle, a fortified church and a founding legend, right on the doorstep of Ordesa and Guara.

Once the capital of a Berber taifa and later an independent lordship, Albarracín preserves its walls, towers, alcázar and cathedral on a rocky spur above the river.

A town in the Somontano de Barbastro that grew up around a 9th-century Muslim castle, with centuries of royal charters and a long history as a frontier stronghold.

A town in the Matarraña with prehistoric rock carvings on Santa Bárbara hill, Iberian roots and a long history tied to the Order of Calatrava and the wars of the Crown.

A Pyrenean town on the shores of the Lanuza reservoir, with a Gothic church, houses bearing coats of arms and glaciers within its municipal area; it is the main town of the Tena Valley, right by the French border.

Bulnes, in the Asturian municipality of Cabrales, has been one of The Most Beautiful Villages in Spain since 2021, an accolade that invites you to discover it at a leisurely pace.

Asturian fishing town that grew up around its harbour in the 13th century, with centuries of fishing history, pre-Roman hillforts and the opulent 19th-century Quinta de Selgas palace.

The first village in Spain to be declared a historic-artistic site, La Alberca holds centuries of history, devotion and legend in the Sierra de Francia.

A walled town perched on a hill in the province of Soria, with Spain's only triple-arched Roman arch, a vast Plaza Mayor built over the old forum and centuries of frontier history.

A fortified town perched on a spur between rivers near the Portuguese border, with a medieval castle and a historic quarter that preserves centuries of Leonese history.

One of the smallest municipalities in Spain, perched on volcanic rock, with a medieval basalt old town and a history shaped by earthquakes and wars.

A medieval stone village in the Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac Natural Park, born between its castle and its Romanesque church, with wine presses, springs and waterfalls nearby.

The capital of Els Ports, this village in the province of Castellón boasts a remarkable Gothic heritage, with the Archpriestal Church of Santa María and the Convent of San Francisco as its crowning jewels.

A Templar town in the south of Badajoz province and a designated historic-artistic site, known for its four Baroque towers of brick, plaster and glazed ceramics that rise above the rooftops.

A parish in San Cristóbal de Cea, in the province of Ourense, home to the Monastery of Santa María la Real – the main reason to make the trip to this corner of Galicia.