Travel Spain: Top Ten Cities to Visit in Spain - Wolters World

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Looking to travel Spain or learn more about the region? Watch our video and learn the top ten cities to visit- from day trips to week long visits- and the can't miss attractions in those cities.
Spain is an amazing country with a wide diversity of regions, people, landscapes, weather... but they are all great in their own ways and I fully recommend you see as much of Spain as you can. Here are our top ten cities to visit in Spain, which include more than Barcelona and Madrid, such as Valencia, "The city of arts and sciences," and Salamanca, a university town with a good luck frog hidden in the carvings. For your convenience, all of these are cities that are relatively easy for tourists to reach whether through flights, trains, or buses.
Filmed in Sevilla, Spain

[@KortezNike]

I´m spanish, and i will never leave my country, i love it , cause is magical and so special, is just different, i love people around the world love my country as i do, thank you so much guys

[@woltersworld]

could not have said it better myself :) Love Spain! Love Life! :) Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@npe1]

Glad you included Valencia as it is often overlooked. It has great places to visit but with fewer tourists than Madrid, Barcelona or Seville and of course Valencia is THE place to eat paella. Best time to visit is March for Las Fallas festival.

[@JohnnyZenith]

npe1 Love Valencia.

[@OGMattKenobi]

Thanks for appearing on my suggeste videos as I'm searching for my next city to visit either in Spain, France or Italy. These videos give me a good flashback to the fun old days. Have a nice day.

[@Mutleytech]

Thanks Wolter! I always enjoy the smaller cities better than the touristy beaten paths. Spain is on my list. Europe is where it's at.

[@woltersworld]

no hay problemas. Adoro espana y siempre cuando puedo visitar la, me voy :) Gracias por los comentarios! Espero que ias "Subscribe" Gracias!

[@bichonce4049]

I don't like at all what you said about make day trips and return in the evening to Madrid from Toledo or to Sevilla from Córdoba. One of the problems that those cities have is, that they receive a lot of tourist but they don't have great incomes in hotels and they really need them. So please, promote that people stay at least one night in each city to enjoy the night life there and the beautiful illuminated monuments.

[@woltersworld]

Cool, a friend of mine mentioned Caceres as well, i will definitely check it out on our next trip to Spain. Thank you for the comment and watching! hope to see you in Spain soon!

[@Dan474834]

I've travelled this country extensively, and Cáceres was the most beautiful city by a long shot.

[@woltersworld]

spain and Italy are both great in low season, most things are still open, whether is still pretty nice and half the tourists as summer. good choice. morocco I have not been to so I cannot say one way or the other sorry :(

[@matmicmj]

I HAVE BEEN TO SPAIN , IT ROCKS , PEACE AND LOVE ALWAYS ...

[@patriciaobrien2775]

Agree... I've been to 6 on your list and going to visit Granada and Malaga in a few weeks. Costa del Sol seems beautiful.

[@woltersworld]

@Mutleytech you are welcome. I am sorry I could not get a top ten small towns or smaller cities list. I just tried for a list of cities and towns that are easy to get to for tourists. I hope this helps and i hope you get a chance to eat some tapas and drink rioja wine on some back plaza in Spain.

[@woltersworld]

@aguichris sounds like an awesome idea to me :) have fun and thanks for watching and commenting!

[@marleoca2644]

I've visited Barcelona and Costa Brava for a few times, and more recently ,Madrid and Valencia. I have to say that all these places are, indeed, beautiful, but what impressed me the most were actually the people in Valencia... (I just came back from there).The most genuinely friendly, nice people I ever seen in my life! I'm an experienced world traveler, I've been pretty much everywhere in Europe, and also in the US and Asia, but I was never so impressed with people's kindness, like the "Valencianos'". Love it there! P.S - In a perfect antithesis was Poland/the Polish people:(

[@chrisliquier7928]

Greetings from Valencia!

[@marleoca2644]

Muchas gracias!

[@angelcare5969]

Really? Why the Poles were bad?

[@alicequayle4625]

​@@angelcare5969 I think they have a rep for being a bit severe and forbidding. I have Polish family. Mark says if you learn a few words of Polish it helps.

[@mistreated]

Great vid but, Mark, you've come a LONG way since May 2011. You should remake this video. Do the 10 cities justice. Keep up the great work! The wife and I love ya. Salud, from your loyal subscribers.

[@jackmathewson2762]

im going to Spain this march I am so excited

[@woltersworld]

@carlosgv91 No No No, it is not 1. 2. 3. I am just saying these are the "top 10" in no particular order. Because some people will find barca the best, others madrid, others valencia. i am just saying, "here are 10 cities you should really see in spain" and then people can choose :) Valencia is a blast :) loved it!

[@woltersworld]

@mrknknk11 No problem. i am trying to put together a tourist video for cordoba, but my video software keeps crashing so it is taking me a lot longer than i thought. but its coming :) thanks for watching and commenting.

[@martymarty4145]

Different opinions for different people. Madrid has by faaaaar the best nightlife.

[@woltersworld]

@FSXFS2002 glad i can help. check out our "Spain: Five Things You Will Love and Hate about Spain" it will give you some more travel tips. Have a great trip and thanks for watching and commenting!

[@woltersworld]

The Top Ten Cities for Tourists to Visit in Spain!!! Now remember these are cities you can actually get to easily... so don't get mad at me for not having Pamplona or Badajoz on here.

[@jgkl5198]

Badajoz is the most disgusting shit of the Peninsula

[@Jonatansimon]

Cantabria and Asturias are the most beautiful regions in Spain

[@Jonatansimon]

beautiful mountains in Galicia....right?

[@luisgabrielbugallo2186]

Galicia también,por dios!!!

[@Andy224]

Love you Wolters. I always find your videos extremely helpful. Thank you

[@elpalmesano1]

have you been in Mallorca?? Palma is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, and the hole islands and their lovely towns are magic, I recommend you :)

[@tisorn]

Great to see a fellow UIUC member here! I'm preparing a trip to Spain and I found these tips extremely helpful. Thank you!

[@woltersworld]

tisorn awesome. have a great trip! Spain rocks!

[@woltersworld]

@tanto23 i've got some friends there... i had to give them a quick hello :)

[@j.kristineemmons]

Wow, what a difference 12 years makes in video quality (although if YT is anything like FB and IG, they sneakily downgrade the quality of your uploads over time)! I was living in BCN when this video was recorded! I'm so glad Toledo is on this list, too! I think it's looked over, thanks to bigger cities, but one of my favorites, and suchhhh an amazing place!! I can never get enough time there! I was just in Granada, Barcelona, Madrid, and Valencia two weeks ago!! I finally went to San Sebastian last year, and saw the Conch! Lol, and nail on the head, "nobody knows where the language came from"... it's so different from anything around, they say it came from aliens. Galicia, Salamanca, and the islands of Spain are the only parts I haven't been to yet. I really hope to go to Salamanca in the winter and see snow while I'm there.

[@0299792458]

"The Basque country is different". In fact it's not really very different from its surroundings. From northern Spain: northern Castille ,Cantabria, Asturias... However, since those provinces are less known by tourists, (and less populated than the Basque Country) they are usually forgotten. The Basque Country is amazing. You've got Sebastián/(Donosti in basque), Bilbao, Guernika and some other wonderful places but if you have enough time go check Cantabria and Asturias, cool 'provinces' too.

[@anonimato1987]

And the Basque people which are the best in many ways (I'm not Basque)

[@DiegoLopez-np7bz]

But there's a little bit of a problem in spain when you pick a top 10 cities or something like that. Because of its turbulent history, mostly every city has had diferent levels of importance during the ages and so most of the cities have a lot of monuments and interesting stuff to see and you could make a case for mostly each one of them. I aprove this list tho, you've done a good job, but there must be some honorable mentions for me like A coruña with the torre de hercules, a 300ft tall roman lighthouse which is over 1800 years old, Segovia is an awesome little city with lots of stuff to see, Burgos with one of the best cathedrals IN THE ENTIRE WORLD and lots of lovely spots fron medieval times and finally Gijon, not just because of the city, which is nice too, but because it serves as a base for tourists to visit Asturias, one of the most interesting regions in all of spain.

[@mikeokeeffe4692]

I am going to Spain tomorrow! Malaga. Went last year but unwittingly the hotel we stayed in was in Fuengirola. This time im in an outer province a few miles from the central area. Should be alot more authentic as its an old port city. I love love love Spain.

[@housethatovercomestheshado1686]

Malaga is not one of the best places not even in Andalusia region, only it have a cathedral, the picasso museum, others few museums, the muslim citadel and a beach, nothing you could delight really although if you go out of the city has near worth towns and the "costa del sol"

[@mikeokeeffe4692]

House that overcomes the shadows i disagree completely. Malaga is beautiful. Malaga is historic. Malaga is in the middle of festival de malaga. Malaga is varied and has too much to see and do. I stay in El Palo, an authentic residential area. The people are lovely. The art is everywhere. El palo - Malaga 30 min walk. Walked 30 miles up the coast. Walked from Terremolinios to malaga at night. On my own. Been most places on my own. Out and in malaga central. Food. Music. Vistas. What are you on? Not inspiring? Please.

[@housethatovercomestheshado1686]

there better sights in Latin America 10 times better than Malaga; Cartagena de Indias, San juan, Bogota, Cusco, Guatemala, Recife, Ouro Preto, Mexico, Quito, Santo Domingo. the thing Europe has over-adversiting dont mean that have the most number of historic and inspiring sites in ALL places (for small than can be) of Europe, thats not true, Latin America have a HUGE important Spanish (European) colonial sites mixed with own tradition, music and also Indigenous heritage

[@mikeokeeffe4692]

House that overcomes the shadows clearly there are better places on better continents but forgive me, your reductive self assured approach as it seems is a symptom of your possibly being too well travelled for your own good. Everywhere can offer something. Its like beauty i guess, its subjective.

[@woltersworld]

@KortezNike Thanks for all the great tips! Awesome!

[@destinations.sunset3345]

Great bucket list, I went to Barcelona and Mallorca but fallen in love with Spain, I think I will move to Palma or Alicante

[@woltersworld]

@xbornstubbornx and never to come back. yeah, i had a brain freeze there for a second on franco, had to remember an old saturday night live sketch with chevy chase... and francisco franco is still dead...

[@woltersworld]

I may have been there but with all the sangria and such i may have forgotten a few things :)

[@KortezNike]

Me, like spanish recommend all people around the world to visit the not popular spanish places, wich they are also so cool. I´m talking about Cádiz beaches (Chiclana,Tarifa,Sotogrande,Rota,Chipiona,Barbate...) I also recommend the city of San Sebastián in the North, is one of the most beautiful cities. You can also visit The Cíes Islands on Galicia, (virgin islands) and of course the little islands in Canarias and Baleares. Other cities: Cuenca,Girona,Salamanca,Granada,Mérida,Gijón and Cádiz.

[@anonimato1987]

I love your video guides man! Think they're pretty good and also useful. Keep it up!

[@jonasbaert]

Been there in seville 3 years ago and we went in the Fontain over there bcuz it was 40º :p Haha. It was awesome, also for my wheelchair.

[@deckiedeckie]

I like the north.....keep Barcelona, Madrid, Andalucia....give me San Sebastian (Donosti)....Santander.....Leon.....Coruna....Oviedo....

[@MarbellaEye]

I think Costa Del Sol where I live is the best, but still I like Spain all over.

[@woltersworld]

@iUKzDWx you will have a blast!!! awesome city!

[@LivingWalks]

Hi Mark, informative and helpful as always. Reluctant to appear pushy - but we film virtual walks through Spanish cities, so perhaps this may be helpful to some of your viewers before their visit?

[@FSXFS2002]

Thanks for this amazing video and information. I am going to Barcelona this year and Alicante or Calpe in Spain so I am looking very much forward

[@woltersworld]

@mrknknk11 I have actually been to Tarragona twice :) but the last visit was about 10 years ago. Will be back in the area this summer so hopefully i can take my family for a visit. thank you for the great tips on catalunya. i will be making some catalunya specific videos this summer and your tips will definately come in handy :) thank you!

[@mrknknk11]

I'm from Tarragona, in Catalunya. I like your videos. I recommend you visit Tarragona (of course), and also other places from Catalunya like El delta de l'Ebre, Montblanc, Montserrat, la vall de Núria, la costa Brava, Sant Maurici, Sitges, la vall d'Aran, Aigüestortes, la vall de Boí, el Collsacabra, la fageda d'en Jordà, etc etc There are so many beautiful places here, I hope you visit them one day. Best wishes.

[@battleangel9393]

Why no Malaga ?

[@danielleporter1829]

Psrc Guell was intended by Gaudí to a planned community of mixed use space (Gaudi was 100 yrs ahead of his time with the idea of mixed use space), the arcade (covered promenaded area)was supposed to be like an open aired market place. All of the cities on his list, with the exception of Santiago de Campostela, San Sebastian and Salamenca . my mom and I went to when we did a tour of Spain in 2008. The royal family actually doesn't live in the Palacio Real, Zarzuela Palace just outside of Madrid. Palacio Real is used for state events.

[@citygo7926]

Merida is nice.

[@lilianaamin4868]

Muchas Gracias. Me encanta la informacion que nos das para visitar muchos lugares en Europa. Espero visitar Espana y seguire tus consejos. Gracias nuevamente

[@nicoletom4ever]

Your videos are cool

[@canaldenostriancien]

Have you been to Las Palmas is neer África but its spanish it is sunny all year long unless sometimes when there's a storm.

[@woltersworld]

went there for Christmas 10 years ago :)

[@anonimato1987]

Ya tenía que saltar el canarión. He doesn't mention the islands cause it's not worth the hassle getting down here.

[@goldenthang]

Thinking of going to Malaga, worth checking out Marbella, Seville and Granada? Maybe Córdoba but maybe too much for a 10 day trip? Thanks

[@buksi6342]

Nah, Marbella is nice but a bit far off from Malaga, frequent...ish buses but take 1:30 to 2 hours. The one I recommend is Mijas, a Pueblo Blanco a bit from Fuengirola, from Malaga get the C-1 Cercanias train to Benalmadena, then the 121 bus.

[@sklodo7916]

The h of Alhambra is mute, as any other h in Spanish (except in the digraph ch).

[@bichonce4049]

I don't like at all what you said about make day trips and return in the evening to Madrid from Toledo or to Sevilla from Córdoba. One of the problems that those cities have is, that they receive a lot of tourist but they don't have great incomes in hotels and they really need them. So please, promote that people stay at least one night in each city to enjoy the night life there and the beautiful illuminated monuments.

[@elizabethmorales2287]

1.Barcelona 2.Madrid 3.Toledo (a day from Madrid) 4.Sevilla 5.Cordoba (45min from Madrid) 6.Granada 7.Valencia 8.San Sebastian 9.Santiago de Compostela 10.Salamanca

[@karinacoquette973]

This is your opinion thank you

[@jimsox881]

hey Mark. how do you know what tripping on acid looks like? I guess those College days were a real trip huh? LOL

[@jorgemonfortsalvador1974]

no, open YOUR eyes, there are around 300 better places to visit than Marbella. It´s just another city which attracts foreign people like british, germans with the sun the beach and those things. I´ve never been to be honest but I´m quite sure that it´s full of things in english to attract this kind of people who just want get drunk and spend days in the hotel( like magaluf for instance). That´s cool, but that´s not the real beauty of my country Spain...;)

[@annecylevieux8965]

Barcelona is the best. There is no more bull fighting in BCLN, how wonderful!

[@housethatovercomestheshado1686]

in the Canary Islands banned it long before, they were the first of ban bullfight in Spain

[@MilesAwayBg]

Well all of Spain is amazing but Madrid is definitely the best place to live. Barcelona is mainly for tourists and little more.

[@sacroarte6462]

Jean Liu And just for that is the best?...,maybe you don't know but Barcelona is the Spanish city with more bullfighting arenas in the world (3 in total) Madrid only have one an Seville, Malaga,Pamplona,Bilbao,etc......too ,Bullfighting is something very very minoritarian and very few people still go to corridas in Spain,France,Portugal and some south American countries,what happened in Catalonia with the bullfighting was just a stupid propagandist political move from the nationalistic side to erase any tradition considered by them Spanish, very stupid and simplistic because (as i said before) Catalonia always was the region of Spain with more followers and aficionados to the bullfighting. Obviously you have not idea about how many towns and villages around Catalonia still have festivities involving bulls and not particularly friendly with the bulls any of them,but ofcourse you don't know, you're just a silly tourist wich want to be more papist than the pope. Here you have some "friendly festivities" in Catalonia involving bulls. www.dailymotion.com/video/xe6xbf On top of that i think is very very funny a Chinese person talking about animal cruelty.

[@pilargarcia7027]

Barcelona no es la mejor Madrid la supera en todo

[@ChuckleHoneybear]

Bull fighting is barbaric . Shame on you .

[@ralphromano4850]

you have the best job my personal dream job!! what do you do for work to get to travel so much?

[@francescobotti3544]

No Malaga?? :(

[@Vacher12]

Just a quick question 'cause I know you're a busy bloke an' all. I've planned to go to Italy and Spain this November, but how would you rate visiting in low season? And just another quickie: have you been to Morocco, and would you recommend it? Thanks! Look forward to more videos fromyou

[@LivingWalks]

Hi Vacher12. Reluctant to appear pushy - but we film virtual walks through Spanish cities, so perhaps this may be helpful to you before your visit?

[@tanto23]

@woltersworld i think my brother whould be enchanted ;)

[@ianlewis6555]

Bibao is a fantastic place....And not in the top ten?

[@mrknknk11]

@woltersworld Thank you for your quick reply! I look forward to your next video :)

[@woltersworld]

americano...

[@IgnoreHerrors666]

Hmmm y ¿De dónde eres? :P se ve que viajas mucho y se nota que sabes mucho. Me pareces muy interesante.

[@jorgemonfortsalvador1974]

Marbella one of the best cities of Spain???HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA I don´t think so mate.

[@TheKayakCrew]

No Cadiz?!

[@tanto23]

stop at zaragoza!! haha

[@aitornavarro6597]

Alhambra although it has an "h" it is silent. Just saying.

[@amalfethi1475]

As it is an Arabic word where the "h" is actually pronounced, I think you can forgive him ;-)

[@anonimato1987]

Vete, apaga y vete. No vuelvas. Ya tenía que saltar el listillo.

[@pilargarcia7027]

España es mucho mas grande falta burgos capital de Castilla con la catedral mas bonita de España, segovia patrimonio de la humanidad,y las preferencias son las suyas

[@fernandolopez1931]

El gran problema de España; hay tantas ciudades hermosas que es imposible hacer un top 10 en Condiciones; este es el mio 1SEVILLA 2GRANADA 3SANTIAGO 4BARCELONA 5CORDOBA 6CADIZ 7PAMPLONA 8SALAMANCA 9CACERES 10TOLEDO

[@HounganJuJu]

Fernando Lopez seville es primero?

[@anonimato1987]

Me gusta como no pusiste Madrid. Es un pueblucho grande y sucio. Has visto el suelo de un bar? Que gente más cochina. Jajaja.

[@pilargarcia7027]

Falta Madrid que es la capital de España

[@EvgenyPoluyantsev]

It's funny how you were, like, "Sala..excuse me, Franco"))) 'Cause I was just reading about Salazar while listening to this;). Good one, though, Salazar=Spanish Franco, fascist regimes, formed and fallen at the same time.

[@IgnoreHerrors666]

Perdón, que tontas estás dos ultimas pregunta ejejeje en la información del canal dice que eres Estado Unidence hmmm igual me pareces muy interesante.

[@HickW]

“Come see a bullfight”? Seriously? You really shouldn’t be encouraging people to participate in animal torture!

[@anonimato1987]

A lot of Spanish people do not like it at all. I'd say anyone under 50 yo will despise it. I do not recommend it either.

[@anonimato1987]

El camino de santiago is must. You don't have to be religious. I think most people I met were there for the experience itself.

[@swissnor]

Do not see Bull Fights. It's evil.

[@davidcrespo3412]

This guy have no idea...sign an spaniard

[@kurko38]

Barcelona is great but full of pickpocket!

[@bestwl]

How can a place be great if it is filled with pick-pockets? Barcelona is over-rated, just like Madrid.

Skip piece of shit spain, go to mexico instead, they are much more diverse and cheap. I still would visit cataluña, to show some support!

[@MilesAwayBg]

What an ignorant comment... Such a disappointment. SPAIN IS AMAZING AND UNIQUE.