Spain

It's probably the most cliché, but also the most classic football trip there is: A visit to Camp Nou and FC Barcelona. It still has a touch of magic, especially when you wander off the beaten track in the Catalan capital.

Valencia should have been playing in a brand-new stadium for years, but that ended up being the biggest fiasco ever. We don't mind: Mestalla is a classic football temple in Europe. On top of that, Valencia is a lovely city to spend a couple of days in.

The name Real Madrid alone tends to leave you in awe. It's the name of the biggest club in the world. A home game of Los Merengues is like going to a royal ceremony in one of the most beautiful football temples there is, the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu.

There are a lot of good reasons to go to Sevilla: It's always summer, it always seems to be a festival and it's a fantastic football city with two giant clubs. Real Betis Balompié plays in the southern borough of Heliópolis, in the gigantic Estadio Benito Villamarín.

In cosmopolitan Madrid, time seems to fly and people are always in a rush. Except in the working-class district of Vallecas, a little southeast of the city centre. It's the home of Rayo Vallecano, a club where the voice of the fans matters, and where time seems to stand still for ages.

It still hurts the supporters of Atlético Madrid that they had to leave their beloved Estadio Vicente Calderón. But this illustrious club is so deeply rooted in the Spanish capital, that there are still lots of football hotspots to discover.

One of the best things about spending a weekend in Valencia is the fact that you can always watch a football match. Besides the city being the home of the traditionally bigger Valencia CF, the coastal city is also the home of Levante, a small club that reaches great heights from time to time.

Seville is not just literally one of the warmest cities in Spain, when there's a game of football, figuratively the temperature rises too. A sometimes underestimated football city, with one of Spain's most beautiful football derbies. Sevilla plays in the Nervión area of the city, in the wonderful Estadio Ramón Sánchez-Pizjuán.

Getafe isn't considered the most sympathetic club in Spain but for anyone who likes to go a little bit off the beaten track: The Coliseum Alfonso Pérez can be intimidating at times. It's quite a cool stadium, and easy to combine with Rayo, Real, Atlético or neighbour Leganés.