Planning a family trip to Spain? TripNest turns it into its own app: 10 narrated story podcasts about Spain for the drive, games and a quiz for the kids, an audio phrasebook, and the day-by-day plan and map the whole family shares.
Antoni Gaudí's unfinished masterpiece
Imagine a building that has been under construction since before your great-great-grandparents were born. Antoni Gaudí designed the Sagrada Família with towers like stone trees and windows that turn sunlight into colour. Find out why it is taking so long - and why nobody is in a hurry.
Inside the Alhambra in Granada
On a hill above Granada stands a palace with walls covered in lacy carved patterns and courtyards where water runs in little channels. It was built by the Nasrid rulers of al-Andalus, when much of Spain was a centre of learning in the Arabic language. We follow the water from the mountains all the way to the fountains.
How flamenco works
Flamenco is not just dancing - it is a conversation between a singer, a guitar, clapping hands and drumming feet. Nobody shouts out instructions, yet everyone knows when to speed up. Learn the basic clapping rhythm so you can join in from your seat.
Roman builders in Spain
In Segovia there is a bridge of arches that carried water into the city, and the stones are held up by nothing but their own weight and clever shaping. Romans lived in Spain for centuries and left theatres, roads and bridges behind. We look at how they moved water uphill - almost.
Walking the Camino de Santiago
Thousands of people every year walk for days or weeks across northern Spain, looking for little scallop-shell signs to show the way. Some walk to think, some to see the country, some just because their friends did. Pack an imaginary backpack and come along for a day on the road.
Eating your way across Spain
Why do Spanish families eat dinner so late? What is the difference between a tapa and a whole meal? We visit a Valencian paella pan wide enough to feed a street and a café where breakfast is warm churros dipped in thick chocolate.
Volcanoes of the Canary Islands
Far out in the Atlantic, near the coast of Africa, sit islands with black sand beaches and mountains of old lava. Spain's tallest peak, Teide, is one of them. Find out how an island can be born from the sea floor and what grows on rock that was once molten.
The story of Don Quixote
A man reads so many adventure books that he decides to become a knight himself, mistakes windmills for giants, and charges at them. Miguel de Cervantes wrote the story over four hundred years ago and people still laugh at it. Discover why his mixed-up hero is loved all over the world.
A walk through the Prado
In Madrid's Prado Museum hangs a painting where a little princess, her dog, her helpers and the painter himself all seem to be looking straight at you. Velázquez played tricks with mirrors and doorways. We pick three paintings and hunt for the secrets hidden in them.
Why the whole country stops
In Spain, football is played in parks, on beaches and in stadiums that hold tens of thousands of fans. We listen to what a crowd sounds like, learn a chant or two, and find out how a game between two cities can turn into the biggest day of the year.
France / Portugal / Italy / Morocco
Granada / Barcelona / Bilbao / Seville
Gazpacho / Tortilla / Paella / Churros
The Spain podcast has 10 narrated story episodes for the car or the plane: The Church That Is Still Growing, Palace of Fountains, Stamp, Clap, Sing, The Aqueduct with No Glue, Follow the Shell, Tapas, Churros and a Very Big Pan, Islands Made of Fire, Windmills and a Wobbly Knight, The Painting That Watches You and Sunday Belongs to Football.
"Gracias", said GRAH-thyas. It's one of the phrases in the Spain audio phrasebook, recorded so the kids can hear it before they try it.
112 (Emergency (all services)) and 091 (National Police). TripNest puts it in your trip's contacts page next to your own contacts.
Every trip starts free: the day-by-day plan, map and contacts. Premium adds the Spain podcasts, kids' games and the audio phrasebook for $24, once per trip - no subscription.
No. Your trip is one link that opens on everyone's phone, grandparents included, without an account. You can add it to your home screen so it works offline once you land.