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Things to do in Spain, Spain: The Best Bridges
Coordinates: 40°N 4°W / 40°N 4°W / 40; -4
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1. Puente de San Pablo (Saint Paul Bridge)
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 2,093 reviews
Reviewed By Terry061
Great view of the hanging houses and the Parador. A must visit when you visit Cuenca. From the bridge you get a good feeling of how high perched the old town of Cuenca actually is.
2. New Bridge
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 7,052 reviews
Reviewed By junkoeatslondon - London, United Kingdom
I think it was such a good decision for me to visit in February. I think what is fun about Ronda is you can roam around and look at this bridge from near far down and on top of it and you will be amazed from every angle???? the almond trees blossoming here and there makes you feel cheerful reminds me of the japanese cherry blossoms (altho I must say they are way better in japan) but just the blooming tree are pretty and makes you feel the early spring breeze. I imagine if I came here in the summer it would have been too hot for me. I'd like to come to malaga every feb ???? Also the random plate with the random japanese guys name on it came across as a surprise
3. Puente Romano
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,252 reviews
Reviewed By 308josee - Punta Cana, Caribbean
This bridge is a road to the past. Over a beaufiful river crossing Salamanca, the view of the Cathedral and the old city makes this place a must to visit in Salamanca
4. Puente Romano
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,927 reviews
Reviewed By soycolleen - Community of Madrid, Spain
I know. It's a bridge. But you can help feel the history as you walk across. You might be lucky like we were and have a bagpiper serenade you as you cross! Be forewarned, the surface of the bridge can be quite bumpy so take your time if you're traveling with someone elderly. My pictures were not pretty in the early part of the day so we stopped back around 5 to get better ones. The bridge is surrounded by the town so there's plenty to eat and drink after taking photos.
5. San Martin Bridge
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,460 reviews
Reviewed By Kelleygirl2 - Sarasota, United States
I slowly followed the progression of our group crossing the medieval Puente de San Martin or Bridge of San Martin, that spanned the Tagus River, to find our bus. I didn't want to rush this experience. The bridge was constructed in the late 14th century by archbishop Pedro Tenorio to provide access to the town of Toledo from the west. I took my time grabbing as many last shots to best remember this ancient multicultural hilltop city.
6. Pont del Diable
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,646 reviews
Reviewed By VadimM67 - Murmansk, Russia
The Roman aqueduct in Tarragona was my fifth aqueduct after the Valens in Istanbul, the aqueduct in Segovia, the Aqua Appia in Rome, and the famous Pont du Gard near Nimes. The aqueduct of Tarragona or the devil's bridge certainly did not get on the 5-Euro bill like the Pont du Gard, but it is the most picturesque I have seen, even if not the largest. Getting to the Devil's bridge is easy. You need to take the 5 or 85 bus on the ring at the bus station. The aqueduct Park is just 5 km from Tarragona. After getting off at the bus stop of the same name, go right for another 500 meters. And here it is: Wow! There are two things I admire most about Roman aqueducts. The ability of engineers to calculate the slope for many kilometers and the ability of builders to accurately perform it. This is the art of leading water (from Latin: aqua — water and ducere-lead).Roman engineers could determine the slope with an accuracy of 0.1 degrees — that is, 1 m of slope per 1 km of aqueduct. It is not easy to implement this in practice, so to avoid changing the angle of inclination, special reservoirs were created that accumulate and equalize water. The water trough is preserved in the aqueduct here. You can see it if you climb to the top. In fact, it was not necessary to build an aqueduct of this size. It would be possible to lay siphon pipes to the bottom of the gorge, following its profile and then lift it up to a height just below the original level. This is called a hydraulic gradient. Why did the Romans prefer to build giant aqueducts? The size is disorienting. We think if bigger and more massive means more expensive. However, pipes (lead pipes) have cost the Romans more expensive than bridges. Masonry was cheap, due to the cheapness of stone, brick, and mortar. Only if the depth of the gorges was great, the Romans stretched pipes to the bottom,and then up. In our case, the aqueduct is 27 meters high. The water was taken from the Rourell area, 92 metres above sea level, and carried more than ten kilometres The grandiose structure could not but cause mystification in the middle ages, when the Visigoths, and then the Spaniards lost the ability to build such structures. They named the aqueduct the devil's bridge, linking it with the legend that the devil will take the soul of the person who enters the bridge first. Local residents let a donkey on the bridge first... The donkey is not Faust, its soul is not interesting. Now you can walk on the bridge as you like. This is probably the most accessible aqueduct I've ever seen.
7. Bridge of Besalu
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,450 reviews
Ancient bridge (11th century) with towers..
Reviewed By AndrewF31_KA - Manresa, Spain
The bridge is a magnificent work of man and the views of the bridge and from the bridge are amazing. Albeit very different, the ambience reminded me of the Latvian town of Kuldiga which as an old bridge with a long little waterfall on the river. Take a walk into the town and continue to be impressed by the architecture and wavey tight streets. There’s a lot of tourist shops and little ice cream parlours (gelaterias). One shop we enjoyed a lot was the Taller de Cuir (Pont Vell number 12, very close to the bridge) which had a lot of medieval-style articles (writing pens old notebooks, etc) and some nice non-commercial articles. You can get a map from the Tourist Office, outside of the old town across the bridge, for free, which shows you a route you can do in the town and read up on different spots. The walk along the outside of the town overlooking the river and bridge is very pleasant.
8. Ponte Romana
9. Puente Colgante Vizcaya
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,768 reviews
Reviewed By tek_m_l - Melbourne, Australia
We took the metro from the city to Areeta station and took the the Gondola over to Portugalete. It is a 35 minute ride on the metro from the city to Areeta and then another 7 minute walk from the station to the bridge. It is an engineering marvel considering this was built back in 1893 and was the first mechanical transporter bridge in the world. The ingenuity of Alberto de Palacio to design this transporter to join both banks of the river while still allowing transport ships to pass through unhindered to the port of Bilbao is just brilliant. Portugalate is a nice quaint town to visit as well. It is also quite a hilly town and sections of it had escalators to assist the residents in navigating their daily activities around town. Very cool.
10. Castillo de Besalu
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 199 reviews
Reviewed By DearEliza - Boston, United States
Besalu is spectacular medieval town, close to both Girona and Barcelona. Easy to spend 2-3 hours exploring, this bridge and castle was incredible. If you're in the area, strongly recommend stopping by.
