Your Ultimate Guide to Spain: Travel 2024
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Ready to visit Spain on your trip, you are wonderful I will give you many travel tips that you are preparing for because we will first dive into this charming country where every step promises an unforgettable adventure from visiting those famous landmarks to immersing ourselves in culture, Get ready to learn the secrets of the veteran traveler in this article, and I will share with you the best navigational information visiting this beautiful country well to be honest, Anytime it's good but generally you want to visit it in the shoulder months I talk about those months of spring and autumn when it's not too hot and it's not too cold and there aren't many tourists in those hot summer months right now, I would recommend coming in maybe April or May and maybe the subsequent months that I speak in September or October or if you really want to plan a summer vacation.
in The Basque Country those areas are a little bit cooler in the summer months which airports to fly to well if you're coming from the U.S consider flying to the big airports I'm talking about Barcelona or Madrid in Barcelona you can base yourself there explore the Gowdy sites and everything along the east coast of Spain from Madrid you can easily get flights to anywhere else in Spain and you can go crazy traveling around all the corners of the country if you're coming from within Europe or once you're already in Spain it's great because Europe has a lot of low-cost Airlines in Spain look for a company called Welling it can get you around to wherever you want to go what about the trains well train travel in Spain is super easy especially if you're already in Madrid because from there the high-speed train the Ave or the Ave it branches out everywhere from Madrid to the north to Leon to the east to Barcelona Valencia or down to the South to Malaga it's a network of around 3 000 kilometers and will definitely suit your needs.
if you're heading to those bigger cities if you want to have a little bit more freedom and get out and explore those Pueblos those hidden towns will consider renting a car and renting and driving a car in Spain is super easy it reminds me a lot of the American southwest big wide open roads and unlike Spain or unlike Italy there are not many tolls so you don't have to pay much just for the fuel and the road conditions well they're great nothing compared to Italy with potholes everywhere [Music] what about accommodations well here's my recommendation if you have a one or two night stay in a city I would go at the hotel because you get 24 hours seven days a week receptions you have someone there to answer all your questions how to navigate around a city where are the best restaurants Etc now if you have longer night stays I would consider an Airbnb those are cool because you can spread out your things you get a little bit more space traditionally in airbnbs and you get to see what it's like to live in some of these cool old apartments that are around the city center also gives you the ability he to stay at home one or two nights if you don't want to go out to the restaurants and you can cook at home also you can make your breakfast at home for hotels.
I use the app booking. Com to find the best deals and for Airbnb well, you go to the Airbnb app what about the itineraries well, I have five different options for you if you are coming to Spain for a seven-day trip One option is to build yourself around Madrid, there's a lot to see and do in the Spanish capital as well, you can go out to those satellite cities and do some daily trips that I talk about going to Toledo because you build yourself around Barcelona there well. You have the big church Gowdy the Sagara Familia or you can sail up and down Costa Brava and visit some cities like closed suspension unavailable on the seaside, You can also sail to San Sebastian City which is famous by Hemingway and the Sun Sun Sly Sas to Ple Pease Pres Dive in and out of Bilbao is an emerging modern city emerging from the industrial age.
I use Safety Wing their insurance policy The Nomad Insurance works well It covers you in one policy for several countries that also covers you in your country of origin if you travel briefly home during all your trips and the great thing is that you can buy it when you are already abroad after you start your trips, there is a link that you can click on below which will get you directly to their site to verify that they are striking their offers of cash and my recommendation is always when you visit foreign countries is to hit an ATM-like one of these here and withdraw some money and my advice when you do so using your bank card from home, Make sure you travel before you set it up so you can use it abroad and contact your local bank and tell them you will travel abroad when you withdraw money from the device So you won't accept a small transfer with your bank and suggest when you withdraw the money you withdraw a relatively large amount.
So you don't have to withdraw a few times and multiply that fee. So this is how you get money when you're here on the ground and another option is if you want to get some of these euro bills before you leave your country of origin, We'll visit your bank and get some, but what I always do is I press the ATM at the bank as soon as I land at Spain's airport. But you have a little money that I visit right now in most places if you just find out that your credit card isn't working and you have some money and you're ready to go into congestion.
I see a lot of foreign tourists in Europe wandering around a big emergence through old city centers that you have to think about in Europe, we don't have those big broad sidewalks that we can have in other countries like the United States,
you have your backpack on through the city streets so it's going to be important to have something lightweight and you don't over pack don't take too many clothes items a couple of pairs of pants couple pairs of t-shirts a light jacket two pairs of underwear two pairs of socks for a seven-day trip and a little bit of laundry detergent you can always wash things in your Airbnb or your hotel as the trip progresses as my good friend once told me travel light and travel far you need to consider how you're going to stay connected to your power and recharge all your items when you're traveling about in Spain the United States runs on 110 volts Europe on 220. I'm not talking about bringing a voltage converter you need to bring an adapter for your plugs so you can plug in all your items to those funny Outlets that we have here in Europe my recommendation before you travel is to go to Amazon and buy some of those power adapters.
also you can buy a power strip plug your power strip into that one adapter then you can plug all of your us or your home country's items into that home country power strip so you don't need as many adapters another suggestion is always carry a battery pack to recharge your smartphone and other portable devices when you're out and about sightseeing because when you're traveling you're using your smartphone so much more for Google directions for taking photos for capturing those memories and again I put a link to a battery pack I would recommend as well as adapters down in the description below so you can check those out and be ready for your trip let's talk food for a minute get ready to have a feast when you get here in Spain from morning breakfast lunch and all the way till dinner and adjust your hours because it's a little bit slower lifestyle here and people eat later hours dinner can be served from 9 pm up to midnight as an example but Feast have some of that paella valenciana the Jamon ibirico gazpacho patatas bravas tortillas which you can find at breakfast you also get it during the Tapas hours and of course the churros that you can dip in chocolate it makes a nice little treat to go along with a coffee or something like that and then the wines Rioja Ribera ah there's so much to love of course like the sangrias as well you can really enjoy yourself
In Spain, especially when visiting in the summer season in those summer months there can be a lot of lines as well, So restaurants may be booked, so you want to call early to get these bookings and you want to be early and buy those tickets early to get to such places as Sirgada Familia Alhambra, Granada, Royal Palace in Madrid or Grand Mosque.
You can really make your holiday smoother by getting to those big locations and into those great restaurants and having a delicious meal and fun time. And you're in Europe, you need to make sure you have Internet on your phone, So to do this before leaving your home country, you can now check your Romanian plan well because many data providers abroad don't offer a nice option for example arriving in Europe to buy a SIM card now to make sure your phone has a free SIM card slot or you have to withdraw your home SIM card and put it in your new SIM card, Keep in mind now that you will have to get an unlocked phone for this phone that takes new SIM cards so you can use it I like to go to this option because that's how you get inexpensive data in this country.
Of course, the cheapest option is to rely only on Wi-Fi when you are in the hotel or when you are in bars and restaurants but this can sometimes be difficult and you will want to call your phone when you walk around so you can look at Google Maps and search for recommendations for hotels and restaurants hmm Cafe Con Leche and you can naturally put a local card and another option is to buy call WWi-Fi. It is important to know a few Spanish phrases such as hola hello como estas, So it's nice to meet the name Greadios or Grapias, como como tger. You have an arsenal of travel tips to unlock the real essence of Spain.