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Business Hours in Spain - The most common business hours are Monday through Saturday, from 9.30 h to 13.30 h, and from 16.30 to 20.00 h. Big shopping centres and department stores open from 10.00 h to 21.00 or 22.00 h uninterruptedly. These big stores open sometimes on Sunday. In coastal cities, in high season, ...
Costs, Money and Banks in Spain - Spain is one of Europe's more affordable countries. If you are particularly frugal it's just about possible to scrape by for around US$20/Eur 16/£ 13.5 a day. This would involve staying in the cheapest possible accommodation, avoiding eating in restaurants or going to museums or bars, ...
Electricity in Spain - Spain's electrical current is 220 volts, 50 cycles alternating current (AC); wall outlets take Continental-type plugs, with two round prongs. If your appliances are dual-voltage you'll need only an adapter. Don't use 110-volt outlets, marked for shavers only, for high-wattage appliances such as ...
Email and Internet in Spain - If you wish to get online to check your email, or for any other reason, you should go to one of the many establishments that offer this kind of connection: telephone houses, internet cafes (cibercafes in Spanish), etc. Internet connections are also available at airports, major railway and bus ...
Foreign Embassies and Consulates in Spain - AUSTRALIA EMBASSY: Pza Descubridor Diego de Ordás, 3 (a la altura de Santa Engracia, 120) 28003 MADRID Tel: (91) 441 9300 Consulates: Barcelona Gran Vía Carlos III, 98, 9 piso 08028 BARCELONA Tel. (93) 330 9496 Sevilla Federico Rubio, 14 41004 SEVILLA Tel. (95) 422 ...
Health in Spain - Most travellers experience no health problems in Spain. Generally the health precautions you should take in Spain are the same as anywhere else in the developed world. In case of emergency Dial 112 free of charge (valid throughout Spain). Service is given in Spanish, and also in English, French and ...
Newspapers and Magazines in Spain - In Spain, some 155 dailies exist, the majority of which are local or regional. The daily papers, which have upped their circulation by two and a half million in the five past years, were able to maintain these readership figures for the Monday thru Firday editions, while registering a sharp ...
Pavilion of Spain - The project, committed to ethical architecture in pursuit of environmental protection and sustainable development, is to be an artificial forest made of columns and glass.
The pavilion is designed to save energy and to use environmentally friendly materials and renewable energy sources. The ...
Postal Service in Spain - You can send letters from almost anywhere in Spain. To do so you should buy stamps, available at the licensed tobacco shops known as "Estancos". To send the letter or postcard you need to put it in a post box, to be found in the streets, at railway stations and at airports. You ...
Spain Embassies and Consulates Overseas - ANDORRA EMBASSY: Prat de la Creu, 34 Tel: 820013 - Fax: 868500 Consulates Office - Prat de la Creu, 34 - Tel: 86 87 86 - Fax: 86 85 00 AUSTRALIA EMBASSY: Canberra - 15 Arkana St. Yarralumla. P:O: Box 9076 Deakin. ACT 2600 Tel: 73 35 55 - Fax: 73 39 18 Consulate - Sydney - Level 24 St. ...
Telephone in Spain - If you wish to make a call to Spain from overseas, you should dial +34 (the code for Spain) followed by the telephone number (9 digits). If you want to call another country from Spain, then dial 00 followed by the country code and the telephone number. You can make calls from phone boxes. These ...
Television and Radio in Spain - Most TVs in the Spanish side of the Pyrenees receive between five and seven channels. Two come from the state-run Television Espanola (TVE1 and LA 2) and three are independent (Antena 3, Tele5 and Canal Plus). In some areas there are one or two stations run by the regional governments, such as ...
Time in Spain - Spain is on Central European Time, one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time, six hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. Like the rest of the European Union, Spain switches to daylight saving time on the last weekend in March, and switches back on the last weekend in ...
Visas and Documentation in Spain - Visitors from the U.S., Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.K. need a valid passport to enter Spain. Australians who wish to stay longer than a month also need a visa, available from the Spanish Embassy in Canberra. Make two photocopies of your passport's data page -- one for someone at ...