Culture & workshops: our picks across Spain

Paella classes, hammam baths, sunset walking tours through the Albaicín. This is the category for days when you want to do Spain rather than look at it: two to four hours, small groups, and something you take home, whether that is a recipe, a neighborhood's history, or simply the ability to order coffee like you mean it.

Cooking classes are entertainment first and instruction second; you will eat well and laugh, but nobody leaves a three-hour class a paellero. We rate them on the evening they actually deliver.