EUROPE

Europe

Entre adoquines y campanas, aprenda cómo saludan los europeos, el ritmo de sus comidas y el cuidado de su patrimonio.

Foto: Giles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Eiffel Tower from the Champ de Mars

ClásicoParis, France

Eiffel Tower

The 'Iron Lady' on the Seine, Paris's irreplaceable city totem

Acropolis · photo 1

ClásicoAthens, Greece

The Acropolis of Athens

Sunrise over the Parthenon, where Western civilisation caught its first light

Santorini · photo 1

ClásicoAegean Sea, Greece

Santorini

Blue-domed churches and white cave houses: the ultimate Aegean romance on a cliff

Zaanse Schans · photo 1

ClásicoZaandam, Netherlands

Zaanse Schans

Turning windmills three centuries old: an open-air museum of the Dutch Golden Age

Keukenhof · photo 1

ClásicoLisse, Netherlands

Keukenhof

A spring of 7 million bulbs: the 'Garden of Europe' in its once-a-year bloom

Jungfrau · photo 1

ClásicoInterlaken, Switzerland

Jungfrau

The 'Top of Europe' at 3,454 m: a fairy-tale world of ice palace and snowfields

Schönbrunn · photo 1

ClásicoVienna, Austria

Schönbrunn Palace

The Habsburgs' summer palace: an imperial dream of 1,441 rooms

Hallstatt · photo 1

ClásicoSalzkammergut, Austria

Hallstatt

A lakeside salt-mining village, the postcard model for 'the world's most beautiful village'

Belém Tower · photo 1

ClásicoLisbon, Portugal

Belém Tower

A Manueline jewel at the mouth of the Tagus, watchman of the Age of Discovery

Cabo da Roca · photo 1

ClásicoSintra, Portugal

Cabo da Roca

'Where the land ends and the sea begins': the westernmost point of mainland Europe

Geirangerfjord · photo 1

ClásicoMøre og Romsdal, Norway

Geirangerfjord

A World Heritage fjord, the soul of Norway where the 'Seven Sisters' falls cascade

The Louvre and its glass pyramid

ClásicoParis, France

Louvre

A medieval palace turned into the world's largest temple of art, where 'the Mona Lisa's smile' awaits you

Vasa Museum · photo 1

ClásicoStockholm, Sweden

Vasa Museum

A warship that sank in 1628 sees daylight again: a time capsule of Sweden's age of empire

Colosseum · photo 1

ClásicoRome, Italy

Colosseum

The heart of the empire, where gladiators' cries still seem to echo among the arches

St Peter's Basilica · photo 1

ClásicoVatican City, Rome

St Peter's Basilica

The centre of the Catholic world: a monument of faith beneath Michelangelo's dome

The Sagrada Família in Barcelona's skyline

ClásicoBarcelona, Spain

Sagrada Família

Gaudí's lifelong 'Bible in stone', a church that is still growing

Tower Bridge · photo 1

ClásicoLondon, UK

Tower Bridge

A Victorian gentleman in blue on the Thames, the afterglow of empire in every opening

Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster (photo 1)

ClásicoLondon, UK

Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster

The Gothic Houses of Parliament on the Thames, keeper of the world's 'standard time'

Neuschwanstein · photo 1

ClásicoBavaria, Germany

Neuschwanstein Castle

The dream castle of the 'Fairy-Tale King' Ludwig II, inspiration for the Disney castle

Brandenburg Gate · photo 1

ClásicoBerlin, Germany

Brandenburg Gate

From division to unity: the 'triumphal arch' of modern German history

The Anne Frank House on the Prinsengracht

ClásicoAmsterdam, Netherlands (Prinsengracht 263)

Anne Frank House

The secret annexe behind a bookcase where Anne Frank's family hid for two years and she wrote her diary.

Rijksmuseum

ClásicoAmsterdam, Netherlands (Museumplein)

Rijksmuseum

Treasure house of the Dutch Golden Age: Rembrandt's Night Watch and masterpieces by Vermeer and Hals are all here.

Prinsengracht

ClásicoAmsterdam (old city), Netherlands

Amsterdam canal ring

Concentric half-rings of canals planned in the 17th-century Golden Age: the Herengracht, Keizersgracht and Prinsengracht, lined with gabled hous…

The Acropolis Museum seen from the Acropolis

ClásicoAthens (south slope of the Acropolis), Greece

Acropolis Museum

Ancient ruins beneath glass floors, and a glass gallery on the top floor facing the Parthenon.

Jerónimos Monastery

ClásicoLisbon (Belém), Portugal

Jerónimos Monastery

A Manueline masterpiece built with the riches of the spice trade, where Vasco da Gama is buried.

The Doge's Palace facing the lagoon

ClásicoVenice, Italy (Piazzetta San Marco)

Doge's Palace

The seat of power of the Venetian Republic: the doge's residence, council chambers, courts and prisons were all in this Gothic palace.

The façade of St Mark's Basilica

ClásicoVenice (St Mark's Square), Italy

St Mark's Basilica

The Venetian Republic's 'state chapel': golden mosaic domes and four bronze horses brought back from Constantinople.

The façade of Nymphenburg Palace

ClásicoMunich, Germany (Neuhausen-Nymphenburg)

Nymphenburg Palace

The Wittelsbachs' summer palace: its façade is wider than Versailles', and it was the birthplace of Ludwig II, the 'Fairy-Tale King'.

Marienplatz and the New Town Hall

ClásicoMunich (old town centre), Germany

Marienplatz and the New Town Hall

Munich's central square since 1158: the Glockenspiel in the New Town Hall tower re-enacts a 16th-century wedding and the coopers' dance.

St Stephen's Cathedral

ClásicoVienna (Stephansplatz), Austria

St Stephen's Cathedral

A Viennese landmark with a coloured tiled roof, witness to many great events in Habsburg and Austrian history.

The Tower of London seen from the Thames

ClásicoLondon (north bank of the Thames), UK

Tower of London

William the Conqueror's White Tower: royal palace, prison, armoury and Crown Jewels, all in one castle.

Park Güell

ClásicoBarcelona, Spain (Gràcia)

Park Güell

Gaudí's naturalist work: a mosaic lizard, a serpentine bench and a hillside view over the whole city.

The Pantheon's portico and rotunda

ClásicoRome (Piazza della Rotonda), Italy

Pantheon

A concrete dome almost two thousand years old, still the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world, with sunlight pouring in through the o…

The west front of Notre-Dame

ClásicoParis (Île de la Cité), France

Notre-Dame de Paris

The epitome of French Gothic: flying buttresses, rose windows and a nave reopened after the fire of 2019.