Capitolio

Mérida


These gorgeously styled modern mini-apartments in a handy central location have equipped kitchens, plus plenty of space, light and sparkle. The individual colour schemes alternate between elegantly sober and minimalist and luxuriantly colourful, with full-wall flower photographs, asymmetric bedheads or slogan-covered pillows. Whichever version you choose, it's excellent value.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Mérida attractions

1. Cripta de Santa Eulalia

0.08 MILES

This basilica was built in the 5th century in honour of Mérida's pat­ron saint, who is said to have been martyred in the 4th century. It was then…

2. Pórtico del Foro

0.19 MILES

The restored 1st-century Pórtico del Foro, the municipal forum's portico, is 100m northeast up Calle de Sagasta from the Templo de Diana.

3. Arco de Trajano

0.22 MILES

This imposing 15m-high granite archway isn't known to have anything to do with Roman emperor Trajan, but it was situated on one of Mérida's main Roman…

4. Templo de Diana

0.24 MILES

The soaring columns here are one of Mérida's most dramatic, incongruous sights, surrounded as they are by the buildings of a modern Spanish city…

5. Museo Nacional de Arte Romano

0.25 MILES

Even if you visit only a handful of Mérida's sights, make sure one of them is this fabulous museum, which has a superb three-floor collection of statues,…

6. Museo de Arte Visigodo

0.26 MILES

Many of the Visigothic objects unearthed in Mérida are exhibited in this archaeological museum, set inside a 16th-century church-convent just off the…

7. Alcazaba

0.34 MILES

This large Islamic fort was built in the mid-9th century on a site already occupied by the Romans and Visigoths, probably becoming the first ever alcazaba…

8. Anfiteatro

0.35 MILES

Attached to the grand Teatro Romano, the (slightly less dazzling) Anfiteatro opened in 8 BCE for gladiatorial contests and held 14,000; the gladiator…