Timed slots, late dinners, and a ferry to four more islands

A basilica still under construction, two Moorish palaces, and a coast on two seas.

Which Alhambra ticket includes the Nasrid Palaces. What the Caminito del Rey costs once the shuttle is in. Reviews of every tour you can book in Spain, priced.

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2,228tours to book

$4cheapest way in

305entries under $25

The most booked door in SpainSagrada Familia Entry Ticket with Audio Guide★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 · 105,312 reviewsfrom $39

And the rest of the famous ones

02Park Güell Admission Ticketfrom $25
03Royal Alcázar Entry Ticketfrom $23
04Cathedral and La Giralda Entry Ticketfrom $20
05Prado Museum Entry Ticketfrom $21

Granada, and the ticket everyone asks aboutAlhambra and Nasrid Palaces Entry Ticket★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 · 15,130 reviewsfrom $33

Getting in

In Spain the queue is the tour. Buy your way past it.

Almost everything famous here runs on a printed time slot: the basilica, the palaces, the picture galleries. Three kinds of entry, what each costs at the cheap end, and which city you need to be standing in.

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 · Skip-the-Ticket-Line Mosque-Cathedral Guided Tour

The Sagrada FamiliaTimed entry to the basilica, quarter of an hour at a time. The tower lifts are a separate ticket.from $39

The AlhambraGranada, and the half-hour slot for the Nasrid Palaces that the gate enforces exactly.from $14

The picture galleriesVelazquez, Goya and Picasso, and the coolest rooms in the country in August.from $14

323 ticketed entries across Spain, from the basilica in Barcelona to the smallest alcazar in Andalusia.

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Pick a base

Spain is six or seven countries with one passport.

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A Catalan capital that eats at eleven, a Castilian one that never sleeps, an Andalusian trio built by three religions, and an Atlantic archipelago closer to Africa than to Madrid. Six places to start, and the best day out in each.

Best ofBarcelonaGaudi, the Gothic lanes, and a beach at the end of the metro Best ofMadridThree of the great galleries, and dinner at midnight Best ofSevilleOrange trees, a Mudejar palace and the real tablaos Best ofGranadaThe Alhambra above, free tapas below Best ofTenerifeA volcano, whale water, and winter at 22 degrees Best ofMallorcaA cathedral on the water and coves you reach by boat

Off the coast

The Atlantic ones are for whales. The Mediterranean ones are for lunch.

Off Tenerife and La Gomera the pilot whales are resident year round, which is why the boats there sail at eleven and again at three. Off Mallorca and the Costa Brava the point is a cove you cannot drive to, a swim ladder and something grilled on deck.

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★★★★★★★★★★ 4.7 · 15,619 reviewsEco-Yacht Whale and Dolphin Watching and Swimming

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.6 · 12,782 reviewsLos Cristianos Respectful No-Chase Whale and Dolphin Safari

★★★★★★★★★★ 4.5 · 9,957 reviews5-Hour Catamaran Cruise with Lunch & Swim

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Before you fly

Four Spanish bookings that will not wait for you.

Most of this country can be sorted over breakfast on the day. These four cannot. They run on capped slots, one-way boardwalks and fixtures nobody consults you about.

01Alhambra & Nasrid Palaces Tour with TicketsThe Nasrid Palaces admit a fixed number every half hour and your slot is printed on the ticket. Miss it and the ticket is gone.
02Sagrada Familia Entry Ticket with Audio GuideEntry is timed and the tower lifts are sold as a separate, smaller allocation. Summer mornings go weeks ahead.
03Caminito del Rey Guided Tour with TransportationThe boardwalk runs one way through the gorge with a daily cap on numbers, and it closes outright in high wind.
04Tour Bernabéu Entry TicketA stadium tour is cancelled by the fixture list. Match days and the two before them are simply not available.

When the south hits forty

July in Cordoba is not a walking tour. Plan the day around the shade.

Andalusia in high summer runs to 40 degrees by two in the afternoon and stays there. The locals answer it the same way every year: be out early, disappear for four hours, come back at eight. Book the courtyards and the caves for the middle of the day, and put everything on foot before ten.

Caves Galleries After dark Catamaran days Cooking classes Bodegas

1Prado Museum Entry Ticketfrom $21
2FC Barcelona Museum “Barça Immersive Tour” Ticketfrom $35
3Reina Sofía Museum Entrance Ticketfrom $14

What you will pay

What a day out costs, from the cheapest walk in Madrid to a private day in Andalusia.

Three price brackets, and what each one actually buys you. A surprising number of the best Spanish days cost less than dinner for two in the same city.

Under $50

Monument entry, old-town walks, a tablao seat and most of the short boat trips.

1Sagrada Familia Entry Ticket with Audio Guidefrom $39
2Park Güell Admission Ticketfrom $25
3Royal Alcázar Entry Ticketfrom $23

$50 to $150

Full days: the Caminito with transport, Montserrat, the whale catamarans, a cooking class that ends as lunch.

1Alhambra & Nasrid Palaces Tour with Ticketsfrom $64
2Siam Park Entry Ticketsfrom $52
3Barcelona in 1 Day: Sagrada Familia, Park Guell,Old Town & Pickupfrom $120

$150 and up

Private guides, chartered sailing days and the once-a-trip splurges that earn it.

1Barcelona Private Tour by Sidecar Motorcyclefrom $200
2Dali Museum, House & Cadaques Small Group Tour from Barcelonafrom $358
3Barcelona Helicopter, Sailboat & Old Town Private Walking Tourfrom $514

After nine

Spain does its best work after dark.

Dinner starts at ten and nobody thinks that is late. The tablaos run two or three sittings a night, the tapas crawls set off when the heat drops, and half the country is still on the street at one in the morning. Build the evening deliberately and the day looks after itself.