King Philip II of Spain decreed Madrid – a somewhat sleepy mountain town in the middle of the Iberian Peninsula – the capital ...

The most famous tennis tournament in the world is played on an (unsurprisingly) vast and complex site of courts. Here’s ...

Many thousands of people welcomed the summer in Porto the way the city has been doing it for decades and centuries: by ...

The Royal Palace of Aranjuez, on the Tajo River, about 40 minutes south of Madrid, was the site of one of the most famous royal boat parades. Image An elaborate vessel on display at Aranjuez.

The Vatican Museums have inaugurated the exhibition “Paul VI and Jacques Maritain: The Renewal of Sacred Art Between France ...

Last year, tens of thousands of 'Swifties' - Taylor Swift fans - thronged Madrid to watch back-to-back concerts at the Spanish capital's famous Bernabéu stadium, home to Real Madrid, who won ...

It’s fair to say that the Florida Panthers are enjoying their Stanley Cup victory celebrations – but they have come at the ...

Reports have suggested the return of legendary ITV sitcom Benidorm could be scuppered by a 'messy' break-up involving the ...

The historian Nora Berend rememorates the construction of the myth of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar from the Middle Ages to the present ...

People watch the sunset from the hills of Tío Pío Park. It’s easy to feel like a local in Madrid. If you go to the same place twice here, you’ll be greeted like an old friend. The city’s ...

News / Nation & World The world’s oldest restaurant faces a challenge from another Madrid tavern that says its even older In the heart of Spain’s capital, the famous Sobrino de Botín ...