50 Quotes About Spain That Will Inspire You

Want to have a reason to visit Spain? You will find hundreds of them! A rich cultural genealogy, scrumptious food, heritage sites, and the astonishing history of Spain make everyone fall in love with this vibrant country.

There are no words that can adequately describe the exciting and satisfying experience of traveling. And when it comes to Spain, these words will motivate us to explore this mesmerizing country.

UNESCO designated Spain the world’s third most number of World Heritage Sites. Why not plan to visit Spain for your next vacation? Here are some of the best quotes about Spain that will inspire your journey.

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50 Quotes About Spain That Will Inspire You

1 “I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!” – George Orwell

2 “Spain- a great whale stranded on the shores of Europe.” – Elizabeth Oakes Smith

3 “I love the dancing and the music from Latin cultures. I went to a flamenco show in Spain once, and it completely took my breath away!” – Torrey Devitto

4 “I’ve always said that playing rugby in Spain is like being a bullfighter in Japan.” – Javier Bardem

5 “Like Spain, I am bound to the past.” – William S. Burroughs

6 “I like the south of Spain, notably for the Moorish influence and the weather.” – Alexei Sayle

7 “All my life is in Spain. I will stay.” – Paz Vega

8 “Spain is a fascinating mix of people, languages, culture, and food, but if there is one thing all Spaniards share, it’s a love of food and drink.” – Jose Andres

9 “I am very proud of what we have built-in Spain because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans and built up a strong culture for the sport – and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested.” – Fernando Alonso

10 “It’s like a dream to come to Spain and stay for a couple of years and get somebody to teach me Spanish music.” – Lenny Kravitz

11 “Spain is a beautiful country with rich architecture and a huge cultural heritage. Arguably it has it all: mountains, a stunning coastline, and urban life, plus agriculture, mining, and industry.” – Norman Foster

12 “I loved everything about Spain – the people, the language, and the food!” – Karlie Kloss

13 “I go to Spain a lot, in winter, for a blast of sunlight to banish the blues brought on by the Irish greys and drizzle. I love the cities of the Spanish interior.” – Kevin Barry

14 “I want to reaffirm, as king, my faith in the unity of Spain.” – Felipe VI of Spain

15 “My favorite setting is England because I was born here and love it, and Spain because it’s fabulous and so romantic.” – Diana Hamilton

16 “Ronda is the place where to go if you are planning to travel to Spain for a honeymoon or for being with a girlfriend. The whole city and its surroundings are a romantic set. Nice promenades, good wine, excellent food, nothing to do.” – Ernest Hemingway

17 “Oh, lovely Spain! renown’d, romantic land!” – Rochdale

18 “In order to fully realize our aspirations, we must create in the masses of the people the sense of sacrifice and responsibility that has been the characteristic of the anarchist movement throughout its historic development in Spain.” – Federica Montseny

19 “There’s so much more I want to do. I refuse to get to 50 and wait at home for the phone to ring. In Spain, actresses work until they are old. That’s my plan.” – Penelope Cruz

20 “In Spain, the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world.” – Federico Garcia Lorca

21 “My fondest memories are of being hidden away in Scotland or Spain writing and working on songs for Wings.” – Denny Laine

22 “Since I am from Spain, once the morning has gone, I like to take a nap while falling asleep to black and white movies. It feels less lonely. There is a comfort in hearing their voices, like when you’re a child and you4 mother tells you a story before bedtime.” – Jordi Molla

23 “I wish one time in my life I could do what other writers do… get me a villa in Spain and go there to write a book.” – Lewis Grizzard

24 “Barcelona is a very old city in which you can feel the weight of history; it is haunted by history. You cannot walk around it without perceiving it.” – Carlos Ruiz Zafon

25 “Barcelona is a great city and Spain is a great country to live in.” – Shakira

26 “Spain, the beautiful country of wine and songs.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

27 “I’ve spent important times of my life in Spain and Greece, and various deep things happened there – falling in love, stuff like that.” – Matt Bellamy

28 “I am not quite sure where home is right now. I do have places in London and Milan, and a house in Spain. I guess I would say home is where my mother is, and she lives in Spain.” – Sarah Brightman

29 “The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.” – Eliza Doolittle

30 “I have seen dawn and sunset on moors and windy hills coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.” – John Edward Masefield

31 “I love Spanish cities, particularly Barcelona, Madrid and Palma, which has the most amazing cathedral that I went to for a wedding.” – Louise Nurding

32 “In Spain, people understand football is a fun game, and enjoyment comes first. After that, business follows.” – Emmanuel Adebayor

33 “Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.” – Erica Jong

34 “Granada; more dazzling than the flower and more flavourful than the fruit it is named after, like a virgin lying in the sun.” – Alexandre Dumas

35 “Granada is Spain’s most valued treasure; a melting pot of flavors, smells, and passion.” – Víctor Hugo

36 “I live where I would like to live. I live in Mallorca, Spain, and I am not sure there are better places.” – Rafael Nadal

37 “Spain is an overflow of sombreness, a strong and threatening tide of history meets you at the frontier.“ – Wyndham Lewis

38 “If you’d be wealthy, think of saving, more than of getting: The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her Outgoes equal her Incomes.” – Benjamin Franklin

39 “In Spain, there’s the king – and then there’s Antonio.” – Melanie Griffith

40 “There is no nightlife in Spain. They stay up late but they get up late. That is not nightlife. That is delaying the day.” – Ernest Hemingway

41 “Here is a city built in a wilderness. Philip II chose the site for no other reason than that it was the geographic center of Spain.” – Gerald Brenan

42 “I wrote every day between the ages of 12 and 20 when I stopped because I went to Barcelona, where life was too exciting to write.” – Colm Toibin

43 “Madrid is a big city. It’s very dynamic and cosmopolitan.” – Xabi Alonso

44 “That’s the only thing I’m jealous about ‘Game of Thrones’: they get to go to Spain all the time.” – Travis Fimmel

45 “When you want to make it clear to the rest of the world that you are not an imperialist, the best countries to have with you are Britain and Spain.” – Bill Maher

46 “Spain and the United States share the same values of democracy, liberty, and fundamental freedoms.” – King Felipe VI

47 “In no part of the world is the landscape like that of Granada.” – Manuel de Falla

48 “Even the moon was embarrassed by the beauty of Barcelona.” – Andrew Barger

49 “I live between Barcelona and Berlin. Staying in Spain over the winter and Berlin for spring and summer is an ideal combination.” – Daniel Bruhl

50 “The truth is, that I’m beginning to wonder if there is any greater pleasure in life than visiting Granada and it is going back and visiting it again.” – Alexandre Dumas