| PAMPLONA | City in northern Spain, famous for its annual bull runs (8) |
| RIOJA | Region of northern Spain, famous for its wine (5) |
| ALTAMIRA | Cave of ___, UNESCO World Heritage Site in Cantabria, Spain, famous for its Palaeolithic paintings (8) |
| NUMANTIA | Ancient city in northern Spain besieged by Scipio Aemilianus in 133 BC (8) |
| VALENCIA | Mediterranean port in eastern Spain famous for the Las Fallas festival (8) |
| BAYREUTH | Bavarian city famous for its annual festival of Wagner's operas (8) |
| MANASSAS | Independent city in NE Virginia nearby which were fought two Battles of Bull Run in the US Civil War (8) |
| TOLEDO | City on the River Tagus in central Spain famous for its steel and swords (6) |
| ERENO | City in Basque Country, Spain, famous for its marble |
| GUERNICA | Painting by Picasso representing the 1937 attack by German planes on a town in northern Spain (8) |
| RONDA | Ancient town in Andalucia, Spain famous for its bullring (5) |
| LEONNOEL | A Christmas carol in northern Spain? |
| JEREZ | City in south-west Spain, famous for sherry (5) |
| BILBAO | Seaport and industrial city in northern Spain (6) |
| OVIEDO | City in northern Spain which is the capital of Asturias (6) |
| LEON | Capital city in northern Spain, situated on the confluence of the Bernesga and Torio rivers |
| SANTANDER | City in Northern Spain (9) |
| SAPPORO | Japanese city famous for its annual snow festival |
| BLACKPOOL | English seaside port famous for its annual ballroom dance competition and its spectacular illuminati |
| GLYNDEBOURNE | East Sussex estate famous for its annual festival of opera, founded in 1934 (12) |
