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MAP: the one attraction you have to visit in each province in Spain

What’s the one thing you have to do or see in each of Spain’s 50 provinces? 

Published: 9 July 2021 10:09 CEST
MAP: the one attraction you have to visit in each province in Spain
Image: Musement, Paul Gilmore/Unsplash

With international travel restrictions – albeit eased – still making it hard to fly abroad in 2021, a holiday within Spain is a good alternative for many locals and foreign residents in the country this summer. 

Spain is after all an incredibly diverse country with a rich history and culture, wonderful nature, landmarks, leisure and more.

With so much on offer it can be difficult to decide what to choose between, but what attractions are must-dos and must-sees that you can’t miss out on?

An amazing new infographic by tourism and events website Musement has shed some light on this. 

To carry out the study, Musement took into consideration 4,500 points of interest throughout Spain, counting the number of Google reviews to ascertain which attractions were the most liked by travellers in each of Spain’s 50 provinces and two autonomous cities.  

Attractions that form part of different provinces were also included.

For travellers who prefer to escape the crowds and get away from it all, national parks in the northern Spain such as the Sil Canyon (Ourense), Ordesa and Monte Perdido National Park (Huesca), or Montaña Palentina Natural Park (Palencia) are ideal options. 

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Cañon Sil in Ourense province. Photo: Teo Romera/Flickr

Among Spain’s most popular tourist attractions is the Sagrada Familia (Barcelona), which accumulates more than 155,000 reviews on Google. But this is not the only religious landmark to earn its place on the map.

Here is a version of Musement’s map with all the attractions written in their original Spanish names. 

Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (La Coruña), the Burgos Cathedral (Burgos), the Sanctuary of Covadonga (Asturias) and the Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar (Zaragoza) also draw many visitors. 

The plazas and public parks, a meeting point for both locals and tourists alike, are in many provinces the most emblematic and preferred spots in the whole province, such as Plaza de Espana (Seville), the Plaza Mayor (Salamanca), the Plaza del Torico (Teruel), El Retiro Park (Madrid) or the Alameda de Cervantes (Soria).

Plaza Mayor in Salamanca. Photo: Gabriel Fdez/Flickr

There is no lack of architectural gems in Spain either, such as the Hanging Houses (Cuenca) or the Hórreos de Combarro (Pontevedra), nor ancient ruins, such as the Roman theatres of Merida (Badajoz) or Cartagena (Murcia). 

For the thrill-seekers, there’s reaching 110km/h speeds on the famous Dragon Khan rollercoaster of PortAventura (Tarragona).

Photo: Jordi Payà Canals/Flickr

Artsy travellers can marvel at the great works of surrealism in the Dalí Theatre and Museum (Girona).

Photo: Julia Casado/Pixabay 

History buffs can discover the old home of the Catholic Monarchs in the Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos (Córdoba) or travel to the past and visit the Roman Walls of Lugo (Lugo).

Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos. Photo: Herbert Frank/Flickr

How many of these memorable attractions have you visited? An which one is your favourite?

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German train strike wave to end following new labour agreement

Germany's Deutsche Bahn rail operator and the GDL train drivers' union have reached a deal in a wage dispute that has caused months of crippling strikes in the country, the union said.

Published: 26 March 2024 09:55 CET
German train strike wave to end following new labour agreement

“The German Train Drivers’ Union (GDL) and Deutsche Bahn have reached a wage agreement,” GDL said in a statement.

Further details will be announced in a press conference on Tuesday, the union said. A spokesman for Deutsche Bahn also confirmed that an agreement had been reached.

Train drivers have walked out six times since November, causing disruption for huge numbers of passengers.

The strikes have often lasted for several days and have also caused disruption to freight traffic, with the most recent walkout in mid-March.

In late January, rail traffic was paralysed for five days on the national network in one of the longest strikes in Deutsche Bahn’s history.

READ ALSO: Why are German train drivers launching more strike action?

Europe’s largest economy has faced industrial action for months as workers and management across multiple sectors wrestle over terms amid high inflation and weak business activity.

The strikes have exacerbated an already gloomy economic picture, with the German economy shrinking 0.3 percent across the whole of last year.

What we know about the new offer so far

Through the new agreement, there will be optional reduction of a work week to 36 hours at the start of 2027, 35.5 hours from 2028 and then 35 hours from 2029. For the last three stages, employees must notify their employer themselves if they wish to take advantage of the reduction steps.

However, they can also opt to work the same or more hours – up to 40 hours per week are possible in under the new “optional model”.

“One thing is clear: if you work more, you get more money,” said Deutsche Bahn spokesperson Martin Seiler. Accordingly, employees will receive 2.7 percent more pay for each additional or unchanged working hour.

According to Deutsche Bahn, other parts of the agreement included a pay increase of €420 per month in two stages, a tax and duty-free inflation adjustment bonus of €2,850 and a term of 26 months.

Growing pressure

Last year’s walkouts cost Deutsche Bahn some €200 million, according to estimates by the operator, which overall recorded a net loss for 2023 of €2.35 billion.

Germany has historically been among the countries in Europe where workers went on strike the least.

But since the end of 2022, the country has seen growing labour unrest, while real wages have fallen by four percent since the start of the war in Ukraine.

German airline Lufthansa is also locked in wage disputes with ground staff and cabin crew.

Several strikes have severely disrupted the group’s business in recent weeks and will weigh on first-quarter results, according to the group’s management.

Airport security staff have also staged several walkouts since January.

Some politicians have called for Germany to put in place rules to restrict critical infrastructure like rail transport from industrial action.

But Chancellor Olaf Scholz has rejected the calls, arguing that “the right to strike is written in the constitution… and that is a democratic right for which unions and workers have fought”.

The strikes have piled growing pressure on the coalition government between Scholz’s Social Democrats, the Greens and the pro-business FDP, which has scored dismally in recent opinion polls.

The far-right AfD has been enjoying a boost in popularity amid the unrest with elections in three key former East German states due to take place later this year.

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