13+ hour, 57+ min ago   (387+ words) Easter and Christmas may be the time for sugary treats but one Spanish town has hit a year-round sweet spot. “Even in spring, Estepa smells like Christmas.” Mayor Antonio Jesús Muñoz is standing on the sun-drenched balcony of his first-floor…...

11+ hour, 45+ min ago   (188+ words) From communal evening strolls to languorous lunches with family and friends, Madrileños seem to hold the key to a long and happy life in Europe's capital. Sitting inside the plywood, polyhexagonal-contoured hut he co-designed for the pavement in front of…...

11+ hour, 45+ min ago   (404+ words) When architect Ricardo Bofill discovered a vast, disused cement factory, he transformed it into his firm’s HQ – an office of religious proportions. Bofill, now 79, discovered the place by chance while walking around the area in the early 1970s and was instantly…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1236+ words) Monocle - Collect information about your geographical location which can be accurate to within several meters - Identify your device by actively scanning it for specific characteristics (fingerprinting) Some of the data collected by this provider is for the purposes of personalization…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (416+ words) Europeans have flocked to cities but what remains of the villages they left behind? In Spain, we meet the folk fighting to resurrect forgotten communities. This is the heartland of what is known as España Vaciada (“Emptied Spain”), a reference…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago   (457+ words) Monocle More than 10,000 professionals are gathering in Barcelona this week for the World Congress of Architects, marking the official start of its designation as the 2026 UIA-Unesco World Capital of Architecture. They are sure to feel at home because the entire…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (188+ words) The Spanish capital is gearing up for a weekend to remember as an apostolic visit from the Pope coincides with Bad Bunny’s 10-concert residency. On the same Sunday, when thousands will be rollicking their hips to reggaeton (at the Metropolitano…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (433+ words) Nestled between the Pyrenees and the Med, the Catalan region pioneered high-end Spanish tourism in the 1930s – and its classic sense of glamour remains undimmed. While the region pioneered Spain’s modern tourism industry in the 1930s, it has surprisingly few international hotel…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1230+ words) Monocle - Collect information about your geographical location which can be accurate to within several meters - Identify your device by actively scanning it for specific characteristics (fingerprinting) Some of the data collected by this provider is for the purposes of personalization…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (778+ words) Monocle From a window overlooking the busy mouth of Madrid’s Gran Vía, Marta Seco recounts the past few years in the cadence of a rescue mission. “It was part fightback, part forward push,” the restaurateur tells Monocle. For almost a…...