Spain Holidays 2026/2027

Best Places to Visit in Spain

The range of holidays to spain on offer reflects just how different each region feels.

• Gran Canaria: Gran Canaria holidays suit those wanting beach resort infrastructure alongside genuine city life in Las Palmas — the island's capital is a proper working city, not just an airport backdrop. 

• Fuerteventura: Fuerteventura holidays appeal most to watersports enthusiasts and those who want long, uncrowded Atlantic beaches. The island's north coast around Corralejo is particularly well set up for kitesurfing and windsurfing. 

• Majorca: Majorca holidays cover the widest range of any Balearic island — family resorts in the Bay of Alcúdia, boutique hotels in Palma's old town, and quieter coves in the northeast at Cala Mesquida. 

• Ibiza: Ibiza holidays divide cleanly between the club scene around Sant Antoni and the considerably quieter north around Portinatx and Santa Eulària. 

• Barcelona: Four nights here is rarely enough. The Sagrada Família, Park Güell, and the Gothic Quarter sit within a city that also has a proper working beach at Barceloneta and a food market — La Boqueria — that locals still use. A stay here, whether as Barcelona holidays or as the opening leg of a wider Spanish trip, rarely disappoints. 

• Costa del Sol: Costa del Sol holidays centre on Málaga and the resorts surrounding it — Marbella, Nerja, and Torremolinos each pull a meaningfully different type of traveller, from golf and fine dining to family beach stays. 

• Costa Blanca: Costa Blanca holidays divide between the lively resort strip around Benidorm in the north and the quieter whitewashed towns around Alicante in the south. 

• Andalusia: Seville holidays — covered further in the Things to Do section — anchor any Andalusian trip. The Alhambra in Granada, the Mezquita in Córdoba, and the sherry bodegas of Jerez de la Frontera make this region the most historically layered part of the country. 

Things to Do in Spain 

The range of things to do in Spain is broad enough that the right activity list looks completely different depending on which part of the country you're in — these are the Spain holiday destinations and experiences most worth planning around. 

• Barcelona's architecture: The Sagrada Família — Gaudí's unfinished basilica, under construction since 1882 — is the most visited monument in Spain, drawing over 4.5 million visitors a year. Casa Batlló and Casa Milà (La Pedrera) on the Passeig de Gràcia are walkable from each other and bookable in advance online. Allow a full morning for the Sagrada Família alone. 

• Seville's flamenco and history: Seville holidays deliver the Real Alcázar (a working royal palace still used by the Spanish royal family), the largest Gothic cathedral in the world, and a flamenco scene rooted in the Triana district that dates back centuries. Evening tablao shows at venues like the Casa de la Memoria are the right length — around 75 minutes — for a first encounter. 

• Menorca's coastline: Menorca holidays offer something the larger Balearic islands have largely lost — an unspoiled coastline under UNESCO Biosphere Reserve protection since 1993. The Camí de Cavalls footpath (185 km, fully waymarked) circles the entire island, and the north coast's Cala Pregonda has sand and water that compares with any beach in the Mediterranean. 

• Costa Brava's towns and coves: Costa Brava holidays begin properly once you leave the resort strip. Cadaqués — the fishing village where Salvador Dalí lived — sits at the end of a mountain road and still feels genuinely remote. The Dalí Theatre-Museum in Figueres, 40 km south, is the most visited museum in Spain after the Prado. 

• Costa Dorada and Port Aventura: Costa Dorada holidays are built around the stretch of coastline south of Barcelona between Tarragona and Salou. Port Aventura World — one of the largest theme park complexes in Europe, with six themed areas and the Ferrari Land attraction — sits right on the coast and is accessible from most resort hotels in the area by shuttle or taxi.