Travelling to Spain

By Air

Spain has more than 30 international airports, with the main ones located close to Madrid, Barcelona, Alicante, Malaga and Valencia. The national airline is Iberia, which operates routes to worldwide destinations.

Many other national airlines fly to Spain, including a number of low-cost airlines from the UK. Approximate flight times to Madrid are two and a half hours from London, eight and a half hours from New York and thirty hours from Sydney.

By Road

Spain has excellent motorway links with France and Portugal. The main routes out of Spain to the North are from Bilbao to Bordeaux/Toulouse and from Barcelona to Marseille or Toulouse.

By Rail

There are direct rail routes from Madrid to Paris and Lisbon, and from Barcelona to Paris, Zurich, Milan, Montpelier and Geneva.

By Sea

There are passenger ferries between the UK and the Spanish ports of Santander and Bilbao. You can also cruise right into Malaga!

Internal Travel

Within the country, there are excellent connecting services to all main towns and cities in other parts of Spain.

ANIMALS

If you want to take your pets to Spain there are a few things you should know:

European Union pet passport-

cats, dogs and ferrets meeting all requirements can travel between EU member states if accompanied by an EU pet passport. You can view and even print the passport from the European Union website www.europa.eu.int .

The passport has details of the pet owner and animal, including its microchip details and (rabies) vaccination record.

Local Laws

In Spain, domestic pets have to be micro-chipped by a local veterinarian. Some people also take out pet health insurance

Advertise your business

HERE

Contact us for rates