By the time he was six, Charles was already Lord of the Netherlands, a collection of semi-autonomous states that included Flanders, Brabant and Holland. When he was 16, he became co-monarch of Spain ...

Charles would eventually die of malaria in 1558. He was given a grand funeral in Brussels, but the coffin that made its way through the streets was empty: he had already been buried at Yuste (his son, ...

The high-speed AVE train has made some of Spain's treasures easy to visit from the capital. Here are 20 of the best day trips ...

June 9 is the Memorial of Mary, Mother of the Church. As liturgical feasts go, it’s very recent: Pope Francis only added it to the calendar in 2018, on the Monday after Pentecost.

If you plan to make Madrid, Spain, your home base for your upcoming European adventure, there are a few spots you should ...

El Escorial is one of the more underrated day trips from Madrid. It’s quieter than other towns on this list, but if you enjoy history and architecture, it’s well worth the visit. The main ...

If you plan to make Madrid, Spain, your home base for your upcoming European adventure, there are a few spots you should consider that are often overlooked but worth your time. These day trips are ...

Three days of ceremonial ended when El Caudillo motored 30 miles west of Madrid to the vast and gloomy Monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial. There, in a large hall adjoining what were once the ...

MADRID, Spain — Spain's airport authority will start to limit access to Madrid's airport during some parts of the day. This is a preventive measure to stop more homeless people from ...

It's not known how many people are sleeping in Madrid's airport, through which 66 million travellers transited last year. Spain's El Pais newspaper reported that a recent count taken by a charity ...

Spain’s El País newspaper reported that a recent count taken by a charity group identified roughly 400 homeless people in the airport, many of whom, like Teresa, had previously lived in Madrid ...