Sinagoga del Tránsito y Museo Sefardí

Spain's largest Gothic cathedral, built between 1226 and 1493. Its 92-meter tower, the Baroque Transparente, and works by El Greco, Goya, and Velázquez in the sacristy make it a sacred art museum without equal. Declared a World Heritage Site along with the whole city.

A Renaissance fortress that dominates Toledo's skyline from atop the hill. Rebuilt several times over the centuries, it now houses the Army Museum, home to more than 30,000 pieces. Its lookout points offer the best views over the bend of the Tagus and the old town.

A jewel of Isabelline Gothic commissioned by the Catholic Monarchs in 1476 to celebrate their victory at the Battle of Toro. Its exterior facades display the chains of captives freed from Granada. The two-story cloister is considered one of the most beautiful in Spain.

A medieval bridge over the Tagus built in the 13th century on Roman foundations. Its two Gothic towers and central arch frame one of Toledo's most recognizable postcard views. It links the old town with the Castillo de San Servando and marks the starting point of Toledo's Camino de Santiago.

Toledo's most famous viewpoint, south of the Tagus facing the walled city. From here you can take in the panorama that inspired El Greco's celebrated painting View of Toledo: the Alcázar, the Cathedral, and the old town above the river bend. A must at sunset.

The Corpus Christi of Toledo holds International Tourist Interest Festival status, but locals simply call it "Semana Grande" (Great Week) — it's been celebrated without interruption since the 15th century.

Named an International Tourist Interest event in 2014, Toledo's Semana Santa is one of Spain's most solemn.

Toledo's patron-saint festival honors the Virgen del Sagrario, whose Romanesque carving sits inside the Catedral Primada.

Spain's most important painting museum holds more than 8,000 works on display, among them Velázquez's Las Meninas, Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights and Goya's cartoons. Juan de Villanueva's neoclassical building, opened in 1819, is itself a monumental piece of architecture on the Paseo del Arte.

A caliphal palace city built in 936 by Abd al-Rahman III, 8 km from Córdoba, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2018. At its peak it housed up to 25,000 people. The throne room of Abd al-Rahman III, with its restored polychrome marble arches, conveys the splendour of the Córdoba caliphate at the height of its power.

A masterpiece of Valencian civic Gothic, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Built between 1482 and 1548 as the city's silk-trading exchange, its Sala de Contratació — with 16 helical columns rising 16 metres — still impresses. Free entry on Sundays and public holidays.