Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Pedralbes

"The three-story Gothic cloister, one of the finest in Europe, surrounds a lush garden." Full review

"This peaceful old convent was first opened to the public in 1983 and is now a museum of monastic life." Full review

"The building is hardly recent – it’s a Benedictine monastery dating from the 9th century – but the contents are new." Full review

"This convent has housed a community of nuns from the Order of St. Clare since the 14C ... a magnificent example of Catalan Gothic architecture." Full review

"Off the beaten track, and correspondingly peaceful, is this beautiful 14th-century convent, still home to a body of Poor Clare nuns." Full review

"A jewel of Gothic architecture; an understated single-nave church with fine stained-glass windows and a beautiful three-storey 14th-century cloister." Full review

"Inside, it is decorated with murals by Ferrer Bassa, a major artist of Catalonia in the 1300s, depicting the Passion of Christ." Full review