Last Updated on 5th January 2023 by Sophie Nadeau
Spain is a country in Southern Europe which is famed for its sunny climate, gorgeous beaches, and delicious foodie scene. Here’s a guide to the best sayings and quotes about Spain that you can use in Instagram captions or simply to inspire a visit to the European country.
“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
“Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.” – John Masefield
“In a unified and diverse Spain, based on the equality of and solidarity between its people, there is room for all of us. And for all of our feelings and sensitivities and our distinct ways of being Spaniards.” – Felipe VI
“Spain is an overflow of sombreness . . . a strong and threatening tide of history meets you at the frontier.” – Wyndham Lewis
“If you are thinking about walking the Camino, do not hesitate. Just go.” – Yoonjin Song
“The goatherds were the poorest people of Spain. Probably they were the richest.” – Jose Mujica
“Perhaps there never was a monument more characteristic of an age and people than the Alhambra; a rugged fortress without, a voluptuous palace within; war frowning from its battlements; poetry breathing throughout the fairy architecture of its halls.” ― Washington Irving
“Cadiz is a city of magic, like Cracow or Dublin, to set the mind on fire at a turn of a corner. The eye is continually fed, the imagination stirred, by a train of spectacles as charming as if they had been contrived.” – Honor Tracy
“One of the gifts that the Camino offers is the freedom to be yourself. This freedom is liberating.” – Jane V. Blanchard
“In the middle of the sixteenth century, Spain was the incubus of Europe. Gloomy and portentous, she chilled the world with her baneful shadow.” – Francis Parkman
“I loved everything about Spain – the people, the language, and the food!” – Karlie Kloss
“In rural Spain, at least, it is far better to arrive than to travel, however hopefully.” – Honor Tracy
“Any reasonable, sentient person who looks at Spain, comes to Spain, eats in Spain, drinks in Spain, they’re going to fall in love. Otherwise, there’s something deeply wrong with you. This is the dream of all the world.” – Anthony Bourdain
“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
“Spain- a great whale stranded on the shores of Europe.” – Elizabeth Oakes Smith
“I was in Spain, with Mallorca and Getafe, which were exceptional experiences.” – Michael Laudrup
“Barcelona is a great city and Spain is a great country to live in.” – Shakira (check here for some of the best Barcelona quotes)
“Like Spain, I am bound to the past.” – William S. Burroughs
“The culture of modern Spain is something many people are still discovering.” – Jose Andres
“Granada is Spain’s most valued treasure; a melting pot of flavours, smells, and passion.” – Víctor Hugo
“I grew up in the countryside riding horses, and I also ride every holiday in Spain, which is where I was born. It’s a big part of my life.” – Astrid Berges-Frisbey
“The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it.” – Christopher Columbus
“The Spaniards were seated at a table by the hearth, dominating the room with their mustachioed handsomeness and aggressive good cheer.” – Dawn Patitucci
“Málaga, a martini of the sea.” – Rafael Pérez Estrada
“That’s the only thing I’m jealous about ‘Game of Thrones’: they get to go to Spain all the time.” – Travis Fimmel
“Up until the time I was 31 years old, in Spain, I still didn’t know how I was going to pay the rent.” – Antonio Banderas
“Granada, last refuge from a tiring life. Eternal garden, shows remnants of paradise that still remain, in only very few privileged places on earth.” – Chateaubriand
“I love dancing and music from Latin cultures. I went to a flamenco show in Spain, and it completely took my breath away.” – Torrey De
“Every city has its own charm, but Granada has its own and that of the rest.” – Antonio Machado
“Catch a boat to England baby, maybe to Spain. Wherever I have gone, wherever I’ve been and gone, wherever I have gone. The blues are all the same.” – Jackson C. Frank
“I love Spain. It’s my favourite country that I’ve been to and I’ve travelled quite a bit. I’ve been really fortunate as an adult to have been to a lot of interesting places like Egypt and China.” – Bitsie Tulloch
“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 voice, like when you’re a child and your mother tells you a story before bedtime.” – Jordi Molla
“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
“I do not know what to call this land upon which I stand. If what is beneath my feet is paradise, then what is the Alhambra? Heaven?” – Lope de Vega
“I tried to photograph the mysterious, true and magical soul of popular Spain in all its passion, love, humour, tenderness, rage, pain, in all its truth; and the fullest and most intense moments in the lives of these characters, as simple as they are irresistible, with all their inner strength.” – Cristina Garcia Rodero
“All my life is in Spain. I will stay.” – Paz Vega
“I would sooner be a foreigner in Spain than in most countries. How easy it is to make friends in Spain!” – George Orwell
“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
“I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And it’s a woman who’s extremely vain. One of the great Catalan poets, Joan Maragall, wrote this famous poem in which he called Barcelona the great enchantress of some kind of sorceress, and in which the city has this dark enticing presence that seduces and lures people. I think Barcelona has a lot of that.” – Carlos Ruiz Zafon (here’s how to spend three days in Barcelona and the best quotes about Madrid)
A los tontos no les dura el dinero. / “Money does not last for fools.” – A Spanish proverb
“For austere and gracious allegory, as for so much of its mysticism and its chivalry, its ardours and its endurances, the world is in debt to Spain.” – Helen Waddell
Sophie Nadeau loves dogs, books, travel, pizza, and history. A Francophile at heart, she runs solosophie.com when she’s not chasing after the next sunset shot or consuming something sweet. She splits her time between Paris and London and travels as much as she can! Subscribe to Sophie’s YouTube Channel.