Best viewpoints by province

Horizon: O-NO despejado sobre el Cantábrico

80 m cliffs with a full sea horizon to the west. One of the best balconies for this eclipse.

Horizon: O-NO elevado, mar y Picos de Europa

Classic balcony between the sea and the Picos. Arrive very early: it will be one of the busiest spots.

Horizon: O-NO despejado sobre el mar (marea baja)

Stone arches and the Sun at 11°: check the tide — August access requires a free reservation.

Horizon: Llanura total, 360°

Cereal steppe with not a single obstacle on the horizon. Birds and eclipse at the southern edge of the band.

Horizon: O despejado desde los miradores altos

Urbión glacial cirque. Climb to the upper viewpoints to clear the tree line to the west.

Horizon: Desierto abierto, 360°

A lunar landscape for an otherworldly event. Flat, clean horizon in every direction.

Horizon: Estepa abierta al O

Aragonese steppe with some of the best cloud statistics anywhere in the band.

Horizon: O-NO sobre la bahía dels Alfacs

Sand spit between sea and bay: the eclipsed Sun mirrored on the water at 4° altitude.

Horizon: O-NO sobre el mar y el islote

The Mediterranean's most photographed islet with the solar corona above it. Short but unrepeatable totality.

Horizon: O-NO sobre el mar desde acantilados

The lighthouse at Mallorca's end: Sun at 2.5° over the sea. Summer access is regulated — plan the bus.

Horizon: O despejado sobre la Ribera del Duero

Stone ship above Ribera del Duero vineyards. 1 min 39 s of totality.

Horizon: O despejado desde el castillo

Porticoed square and castle with a clean horizon towards sunset. 1 min 46 s of totality.