Little-known destinations, forgotten villages and whole regions to discover before everyone else does. The antidote to overtourism, one guide at a time.
Air-raid shelter 307 in Poble-sec, Barcelona: 200 metres of Civil War tunnels, visitable only on tours run by the MUHBA museum.
Jun 28, 2026
A 12th-century Romanesque church with a Gothic cloister, tucked away in a lane just steps from Plaça Catalunya, in Barcelona.
Jun 28, 2026
At Carrer del Paradís 10, in Barcelona's Gothic Quarter, four 2,000-year-old Roman columns stand in the courtyard of a building. Free admission.
Jun 28, 2026
Madrid's only romantic garden: a lake, a temple to Bacchus and a Civil War bunker. Open only at weekends, free admission.
Jun 28, 2026
In Madrid, a metro station closed in 1966 is now a free museum: 1920s tilework and advertising signs left perfectly intact.
Jun 28, 2026
In Malasaña, Madrid, a baroque church with an elliptical plan, its walls and dome entirely frescoed. Limited opening hours, almost always deserted.
Jun 28, 2026
Behind a wall on Madrid's Plaza de la Paja hides an 18th-century garden of 500 m²: geometric hedges and a granite fountain.
Jun 28, 2026
A terrace-garden atop one of Lisbon's hills, reachable by the city's oldest funicular. A view over the Baixa without the crush.
Jun 28, 2026
The monastery of São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon: azulejo cloisters, the Braganza pantheon and a panoramic terrace, almost always empty.
Jun 28, 2026