Madrid in five places

A new project highlighting significant stops on Spain’s cultural routes serves up some little-heard histories and fewer crowds

A multicultural bastion of Modernisme architecture, loomed over by an imposing medieval citadel, this tiny slice of Spanish flair on the North African coast deserves far more of a spotlight, writes Eddi Fiegel

Having spent a few weeks motorhoming in Andalusia – visiting the Alhambra in Granada, the Mosque-Cathedral of Cordoba, and the magnificent city of Seville – we had been stunned by all that medieval Mo

DIARY By Jonathan Wright and Danny Bird HISTORY COOKBOOK Tomato soup cake CITIES Marrakech, Morocco Few places are more synonymous with Jane Austen than Bath – though it’s fair to say that she had mix

The Saadians – the Arabic dynasty that took Marrakech and ruled Morocco from the mid-16th century until 1659 – were hugely wealthy. Having conquered Timbuktu, they controlled the gold trade of west Af

Arezzo, Italy While most travellers head to Florence when visiting Tuscany, for antiques it’s worth seeking out the city of Arezzo to the south-east. It’s replete with museums and historical monuments