Spain

SS American Star

In 1994 the SS American Star was being towed to Thailand to become a floating hotel. Disaster struck while passing the Canary island of Fuerteventura and a strong storm beached the ship and broke her in two. Today you can…

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Monday, 8th August 2005

Greater Seat Park of Leisure

A shopping centre in Malaga has 'Plaza Mayor, Parque de Ocio' written on the roof. Babelfish tells me this Spanish sentence translates to "Greater Seat Park of Leisure", which doesn't make much sense, but a more educated person tells me…

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Wednesday, 3rd August 2005

Sunbathing

Here at Google Sightseeing HQ in Edinburgh, we've been having a mini heat-wave of late, which got us in the mood for sunbathing 😀 Here's some people, lots of people in fact, sunbathing on a beach in Barcelona. Not enough…

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Wednesday, 13th July 2005

Sagrada Familia

The Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia is Gaudi's masterpiece which he started in 1884. It is still under construction and work is expected to be completed around 2024. Look for the shadow to make out the shape of the…

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Sunday, 3rd July 2005

BAR

Randomly written on the side of a hill in spain is the word "BAR". Perhaps there's a good pub there? Maybe someone called "Bar" flies a gyrocopter around there (like a spanish Dave)? Who knows!

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Saturday, 2nd July 2005

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao

The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao was designed by Frank Gehry of California and is considered by many to be an architectural masterpiece. It looks just as odd from above as it does from the ground. Thanks: Jason B, Holden Lewis,…

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Wednesday, 22nd June 2005

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