Articles on Spain
The Explorer
Articles on travelling in Spain: where to go, where to stay, and how a trip comes together.
By Ramin Jafari · Facts checked
The Explorer is our journal of articles on Spain: the twelve places to see once in a lifetime and the places we would visit now, the five-star and boutique hotels we recommend, Spain’s luxury trains, planning a honeymoon, and why a trip should be built around the people taking it.
The Explorer
What you will find here
Lists, practical articles and one essay, each signed and dated.
Where our guides take one city or one subject at a time, the Explorer’s articles cut across Spain: the places to go first, the hotels we recommend by kind, the four luxury trains and where each one goes, how a honeymoon comes together, and an essay on why the trips we plan start with the people taking them.
Each article carries the date its facts were last checked under its title, and each hotel, train and place in it is one we arrange.
The articles
- 12 treasures of Spain
Twelve places to see once in a lifetime, from the Alhambra to Teide.
- Five-star hotels in Spain
The grand hotels we recommend, from Madrid and Barcelona to Mallorca.
- Ten luxury boutique hotels in Spain
Small hotels with character, from a Basque hillside to the cliffs of Ibiza.
- Why personalisation matters
Why a trip should be built around you, and what that means in practice.
- Planning a luxury honeymoon in Spain
Where to go, where to stay and what to plan, from Seville to Mallorca.
- Spain's luxury trains
Al Ándalus, the Transcantábrico and two more, and where each one goes.
- The best places to visit in Spain
Six places for 2026 and 2027, from Barcelona to the Rioja wine country.
City by city, and the topic guides: all our Spain guides. Spain one subject at a time: our travel guides.
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