Spain - Straight out of the Movies

ESSENTIAL LOCATIONS IN SPAIN

GRAN VIA MADRID

and various aerial shots of Paseo de la Castellana , the city's business centre, the most surprising of the Madrid lo- cations shown in this film starring Matt Damon is Atocha Station and the curi- ous tropical garden inside.

OTHER PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN TRANSFORMED

La Magdalena Palace in Santander. As it is a private residence, you cannot visit the interior, but you can see the estate. From the same period, and with an equally mysterious aura, discover Partarríu Palace , also known as Villa Parres. Located in the beautiful fishing village of Llanes, in Asturias, this huge mansion was the terrifying setting for The Orphanage , the film début of Juan Antonio Bayona.

Throughout Spain you can see charm- ing historic buildings inhabited by ghosts... at least in fiction. This is the case with Los Hornillos Palace , a mysterious, evocative build- ing located in Las Fraguas (Arenas de Iguña, Cantabria). In  The Others , by Alejandro Amenábar, Nicole Kidman had more than one fright in the great halls, staircases and rooms of this English picturesque-style palace, the design of which later influenced the

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