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Last Minute Tips Before you Travel to Spain
- Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1 (Eastern European Time)
- Electricity: 220V, 50 Hz (bring an adapter/transformer for your hair drier, laptop, cellullar phone etc.)
- Weights & measures: Metric
- Currency: euro (Euro)
- Country Dialing Code: 34
Must See - Properties on UNESCO World Heritage List
- Historic Centre of Cordoba
- Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzin, Granada
- Burgos Cathedral
- Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid
- Parque Güell, Palacio Güell and Casa Mila in Barcelona
- Altamira Cave
- Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
- Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias
- Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)
- Old Town of Avila with its Extra-Muros Churches
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
- Historic City of Toledo
- Garajonay National Park
- Old Town of Cáceres
- Cathedral, Alcazar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
- Old City of Salamanca
- Poblet Monastery
- Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida
- Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Guadalupe
- Route of Santiago de Compostela
- Doñana National Park
- Historic Walled Town of Cuenca
- La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
- Las Médulas
- The Palau de la Música Catalana and the Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
- San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries
- Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula
- University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares
- Ibiza, biodiversity and culture
- San Cristóbal de La Laguna
- Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco
- Palmeral of Elche
- Roman Walls of Lugo
- Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí
- Archaeological Site of Atapuerca
- Aranjuez Cultural Landscape
- Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza
Spain Location
Southwestern Europe, bordering the Bay of Biscay, Mediterranean Sea, North Atlantic Ocean, and Pyrenees Mountains, southwest of France
Spanish Regions:
Spain consists of 17 autonomous communities and 2 autonomous cities* :
Andalucia, Aragon, Asturias, Baleares (Balearic Islands), Ceuta*, Canarias (Canary Islands), Cantabria, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y Leon, Cataluna, Communidad Valenciana, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Melilla*, Murcia, Navarra, Pais Vasco (Basque Country)
Learn Spanish in Spain
Spanish Basic Words
Hello - Hola
Good bye - Adiós
Yes - Si
No - No
Excuse me - Discúlpeme
How are you? - ¿Cómo estás?
Very well, thanks - Muy bien, gracias
Please - Por favor
Thank you - Gracias
Coffee - café
Tea - té
What is your name? - ¿Cual es tu nombre?
Nice to meet you - Encantado de conocerte
How are you? - ¿Cómo estás? ¿Que pasa?
Good - Bien
Bad - Mal
So so - Mas o menos
You are welcome - De nada
Where are the toilets? - ¿Dónde está el baño?
Some Spanish Dishes
Tapas are enjoyed in bars all over Spain. Think of tapas as snacks. Each tapas bar will have its own speciality, and it is worth going from bar to bar to sample a little of each.
Tapas
- Mushrooms in Garlic Sauce (Champiñones al Ajillo)
- Garlic Prawns (Gambas al Ajillo)
Main dishes
- Spanish Omelette (Tortilla de patatas) potatoes, eggs, onions
- Paella Valenciana de la Huerta - paella is prepared with the ingredients available at the time of preparing it. This produces a great variety of different ones (rice, rabbit, chicken, snails, grated tomato,garrofe(special beans), tabella (white beans), olive oil, saffron, sweet red pepper, ferraura (green beans).
- Chicken and Seafood Paella (Paella)
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