Andalucia's top attractions

Andalucia's top attractions

This list shows about 40 of most popular attractions in Andalucia - including palaces, museums and fortresses - by number of ticketed or recorded visitors each year.

In Andalucia many monuments are important historical, architectural and cultural landmarks, such as the Alhambra and Mezquita, and a number are UNESCO World Heritage sites. Others are relative newcomers - the restored Caminito del Rey has only been open, in its new incarnation, since 2015, though the spectacular walkway dates from 1921 originally.

We first compiled and publised this list in 2018 because a comprehensive list had not been published before. We have compiled this top 40 from a variety of sources, mainly media reports, from when individual monument caretakers proudly announce an annual increase in visitors. Decreases are rarely announced. 2022 was a bumper year for statistic publication because it compared well to 2021.

If you know any other attractions in Andalucia, that should be on this list, please let us know via the 'Contact us' at the bottom left of this page.

Open attractions such as Plaza de España in Seville or Puente Nuevo and Tajo in Ronda, Alhameda in Malaga, are naturally not included in the list.

*denotes estimated
Sourse: Andalucia.com compiled, see note above.

Putting this in a world perspective, the highest claimed visitor attraction worldwide is The Strip Las Vegas estimated at 40 million per year, the Niagara Falls is also an estimated 22 million. Perhaps the highest ticketed attraction is Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California at 16 million. The most visited monuments are The Forbidden City in Beijing at 15 million or Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris at 15 million. Other notable attractions are Disneyland Paris 11 million, Sydney Opera House 8 million, Eifel Tower 7 million, British Museum 6,7 million, MOMA New York 6 million.