Worth the Detour
Six places that are not worth building a trip around, and are worth an extra hour of driving to reach.
- Cities & Villages5
- Sights & Nature1
Andalusia · Aragón · Asturias · Basque Country · Extremadura · Valencia
Detours that pay for themselves in driving time
- Worth a Detour3
- Quick Stop2
- Recommended1
- Under-the-Radar Spain · 3 shared places
- Spain's Best Small Towns · 2 shared places
- Spain's Most Dramatically Situated Towns · 2 shared places
- The Basque Coast, End to End · 1 shared place
A detour has to pay for itself in driving time, and these do. Albarracín and Peñíscola are medieval towns that deserve more attention than they get; Getaria is a fishing village with serious restaurants; Bolonia puts a Roman city above a dune beach; Cudillero is a harbour stacked up a cliff; Trujillo is a plaza and a castle on the road to nowhere else. Take them as halves of days, not as destinations.
6 places
Playa de Bolonia
A wild and pristine Atlantic escape backed by massive dunes and significant Roman archaeological ruins
Peñíscola
A photogenic peninsula town crowned by a historic castle and flanked by Mediterranean beaches on both sides
Trujillo
A dramatic, uncrowded town featuring an imposing castle and the storied birthplace of the conquistadors
Getaria
A tiny fishing village renowned for grilled turbot and traditional Txakoli wine with a view
Cudillero
An Asturian fishing village where houses stack in an amphitheater around a tiny port.
Albarracín
A striking pink-stone medieval village dramatically perched on a cliff over a river bend
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