Iberia

Green Spain: limestone peaks, cider poured from on high & fabada

Gaudí, the Gothic Quarter & lunch that lasts until four

The Guggenheim, pintxo bars & a wild green coast

The Mezquita, flower-filled patios & the cradle of salmorejo

A medieval Catalan city, Dalí country & rocky coves

Nasrid palaces, Albaicín lanes & mountain-backed flamenco

Sherry bodegas, dancing horses, flamenco & the sea at Cádiz

Spain's great red wine country, from Logroño's pintxo street to Haro's cellars

Great art, late nights & tapas bar to tapas bar

Picasso's city, a Moorish fortress & sardines grilled on the beach

Turquoise calas, Tramuntana stone villages & slow island rhythm

A town split by a gorge and the pueblos blancos of the sierra

Pintxos bars, Belle Époque seaside & Basque culinary passion

Camino pilgrimage destination, granite arcades & Galician seafood

Moorish palaces, orange trees & tapas till late

City of three faiths on a rock above the Tagus, El Greco & marzipan

Futuristic architecture, sunlit Turia gardens & the home of paella

Canals, painted boats, Art Nouveau & striped beach houses

Twin crater lakes, geothermal hot springs & Europe's only tea plantations

Monumental Baroque stairways, medieval cradles & Minho feasts

Scholarly traditions, baroque libraries & haunting student fado

Wild Atlantic sands, thatched cabanas & fragrant umbrella pines

Terraced schist vineyards, wine quintas & serpentine river bends

Ria Formosa lagoons, barrier islands & the capital of octopus

Roman columns, macabre bone chapels & endless cork plains

Hills, tiles, seafood & Atlantic light

Subtropical crags, levada watercourses & Atlantic volcanic ocean

Eagle's-nest villages on the Spanish border

Giant ocean rollers, cliff fortresses & medieval walled ramparts

Granite gorges, wild garrano ponies & emerald mountain lagoons

Port lodges, tiled churches & a river city built on a hill

Portugal's highest mountains, a glacial valley & the famous cheese

Romanticist palaces, misty pine ridges & Atlantic surf

The Knights Templar's castle, a Manueline masterpiece & great monasteries

Green Portugal: vinho verde, festivals & a sanctuary over the sea

Golden sea arches, windswept capes & wild Atlantic surf

Europe's highest capital: a medieval parliament, thermal baths & a UNESCO valley

Andorra's big ski area, Romanesque churches & the sanctuary of Meritxell

Andorra's quiet north: stone villages, flower meadows & high lakes