The most beautiful villages in Spain
The top 3 according to 128 votes from people: Albarracín (Teruel) · Santillana del Mar (Cantabria) · Setenil de las Bodegas (Cádiz). (Updated Feb 9, 2025.)
The villages that appear most often in selections by National Geographic, the Most Beautiful Villages of Spain association and rural getaway guides.
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Top 20
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Albarracín (Teruel)
Reddish houses hanging over the Guadalaviar river and medieval walls climbing the hillside.
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Santillana del Mar (Cantabria)
Cobbled medieval town with the Romanesque collegiate church of Santa Juliana, 2 km from the Altamira cave.
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3
Setenil de las Bodegas (Cádiz)
Houses built under the rock overhang of the Trejo gorge, as on Calle Cuevas del Sol.
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Valldemossa (Mallorca)
Tramuntana village with the Charterhouse where Chopin and George Sand spent the winter of 1838.
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Cudillero (Asturias)
Fishing village of colourful houses arranged like an amphitheatre around the harbour.
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Frigiliana (Málaga)
White village in the Axarquía with a Moorish quarter of lanes lined with flowerpots.
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Alquézar (Huesca)
Village above the Vero canyon crowned by a castle-church; famous for its walkway trail.
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Morella (Castellón)
Walled hilltop town with a castle in the inland Els Ports region.
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9
Mojácar (Almería)
Moorish-rooted white village clinging to a hill facing the Mediterranean.
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10
Vejer de la Frontera (Cádiz)
Hilltop white town with walls and the Andalusi heritage of its lanes.
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11
Combarro (Pontevedra)
Seaside village on the Pontevedra estuary with granaries lined up by the water and stone crosses.
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12
Zahara de la Sierra (Cádiz)
White village beneath a Nasrid castle, above the turquoise Zahara-El Gastor reservoir.
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13
La Alberca (Salamanca)
The first village declared a Historic Site in Spain (1940), with half-timbered houses.
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14
Chinchón (Madrid)
Town near Madrid famous for its medieval Plaza Mayor with wooden balconies, used as a bullring.
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15
Besalú (Girona)
Medieval town with a fortified Romanesque bridge over the Fluvià and a Jewish quarter with a mikveh.
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16
Olite (Navarra)
Home of the Royal Palace of the Kings of Navarre, a Gothic castle of towers and battlements.
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17
Aínsa (Huesca)
Medieval town in Sobrarbe with a large arcaded square and views of Peña Montañesa.
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18
Cadaqués (Girona)
White village on Cap de Creus where Dalí lived, with his house-museum in Portlligat.
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19
Pedraza (Segovia)
Walled town with a single gate, famous for its candlelight concerts in July.
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Lastres (Asturias)
Terraced fishing village over the Cantabrian Sea, the setting of the TV series Doctor Mateo.
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Peñíscola (Castellón)
Walled old town on a rocky headland over the sea, crowned by Pope Luna's castle.
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Potes (Cantabria)
Capital of Liébana at the gateway to the Picos de Europa, with the Infantado tower.
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Comments (1)
Setenil de las Bodegas con las casas bajo la roca, increíble.