The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Image by Niclas Dehmel
This month, our columnist and Abercrombie & Kent’s founder Geoffrey Kent focuses in on Spain’s diverse offering of cultural itineraries
As an art lover, dabbling collector ? I particularly like Joan Miró ? and founder and co-chairman of a travel company that caters to a clientele made up of ultra-high-net-worth individuals and connoisseurs of many persuasions, these kinds of topics come up frequently. For a cultural odyssey which takes in some of the world?s great art houses, my current top tip is: take a Spanish sojourn.
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Spain?s contribution to the world of art packs an impressive punch ? and has done for centuries. This year, the country?s great treasure trove of art is celebrating its 200th anniversary, so right now is the perfect time to experience this cultural hothouse, as viewed through its famous art institutions: among them the Prado, Museu Picasso, and Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Madrid
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Museo del Prado
The Prado is undeniably one of the most important art museums in the world ? and one of the planet?s most visited tourist attractions. It houses an outstanding display of works by Spain?s three greatest painters: Goya, Velázquez, and El Greco, together with famous pieces by Flemish, Italian, and other European masters. Together, its collection is considered among the finest ever assembled, spanning the 12th to early 20th centuries, nu...