“Any reasonable, sentient person who looks at Spain, comes to Spain, eats in Spain, drinks in Spain, they’re going to fall in love. Otherwise, there’s something deeply wrong with you. This is the dream of all the world.”

Anthony Bourdain

"To know Portugal is to taste saudade on your lips, the bittersweet longing for what was and what will never be again."

– António Lobo Antunes

Barcelona

“Barcelona. An archive of courtesy, shelter of the foreigners, hospital of the poor, father-land of the brave... and in beauty, unique"”

– Miguel de Cervantes

Madrid

"Madrid is a center that is not a center, it is a big village that has grown to become a court.”

– Francisco Umbral.

Lisbon

“By day the sunlight was heavy and golden; by night it was a fairy-tale city, floating on a blue river."

– Erich Maria Remarque

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