Information of interest
prepare your visit
Necessary documentation
The documents required to travel to Spain vary according to your home country.
If you are an EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein citizen, you will need a valid passport or ID. Also, if an underage person travels with the ID document, he or she will need a parental permission.
The documents required to travel to Spain vary according to your home country.
If you are an EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein citizen, you will need a valid passport or ID. Also, if an underage person travels with the ID document, he or she will need a parental permission.
Health service
If you are a tourist coming from the European Union or from one of the countries with Community regulation (Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland), you will need the European Health Card (TSE) to be able to receive health assistance in Andalucía and in the rest of Spain. You will be able to get this card in the health institution of your home country.
Private doctors and hospital in Andalucía/Spain do not accept the TSE card. If you wish to receive health care in this kind of centres, you will have to pay the expenses or take an insurance policy that covers these expenses.
Currency
In Spain, as in other countries of the European Union, the currency used is the Euro.
One Euro is divided in 100 cents. There are 8 different coins: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents and 1 and 2 Euros. There are seven different notes: 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 Euros.
In Spain, as in other countries of the European Union, the currency used is the Euro.
One Euro is divided in 100 cents. There are 8 different coins: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents and 1 and 2 Euros. There are seven different notes: 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 Euros.
Call
If you wish to call from Spain to another country, you will have to dial 00 followed by the country code and the telephone number. You can make telephone calls from the phone booths. This booths work with coins or prepaid cards that you can buy from tobacconist shops. If...
If you wish to call from Spain to another country, you will have to dial 00 followed by the country code and the telephone number. You can make telephone calls from the phone booths. This booths work with coins or prepaid cards that you can buy from tobacconist shops.
If you want to make a call to Spain, you will have to dial the number without any of the prefixes. This number always has 9 digits, for both landlines and mobile phones.
If you want to use your mobile phone in Spain, you should know that the coverage is based in GMS technology, not compatible with some countries like USA and Japan. In this case, it is necessary to have a triband mobile phone. If your technology is compatible and your mobile line is from the European Union, you will be charged your normal rate (you might need to activate the roaming service through your mobile provider). If your technology is compatible and your mobile line is contracted outside the European Union, each call will incur in an additional cost applied to your normal rate, and this will depend on each provider.
Two good options could be to purchase a prepaid SIM card with minutes of calls to call from a mobile phone, or to purchase telephone cards that you will be able to use from any phone.
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Drive
You need to be over 18 years old to drive in Spain. If you want to rent a car, you need to be over 21 years old. Many companies, also, demand that you have your driving license for at least one or two years. Remember that you need a credit card to be able to rent a car.
If you come from any of the countries that belong to the EU, from Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein, you will only need your valid driving license. If you come from a country other than the ones mentioned above, you will need to have an International driving license.
You need to be over 18 years old to drive in Spain. If you want to rent a car, you need to be over 21 years old. Many companies, also, demand that you have your driving license for at least one or two years. Remember that you need a credit card to be able to rent a car.
If you come from any of the countries that belong to the EU, from Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein, you will only need your valid driving license. If you come from a country other than the ones mentioned above, you will need to have an International driving license.
Others
The voltage in Spain is 220 volts and 50 hertz of alternating current. The plugs all comply with European standards and respond to the round pin system. In any case, in most hotels there are adapters for special plugs. Make sure that the electrical appliances you are going to use (computers, mobile phone chargers, shavers…) work with this voltage.
