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Costa Brava

Stay 3–5 nights in a coastal base (e.g., Girona or Lloret de Mar) and use it for day‑trips to beaches, historic towns and museums.

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Key facts · Spain

Visa
Depends on your passport
Currency
Euro (EUR, €)
Language
Spanish (castellano)
Plugs
C · F · 230 V
Time zone
CET (UTC+1, summer UTC+2)
Rules in force · 9Non-EU visitors get 90 days in any rolling 180-day window…
  • Europe ↗Non-EU visitors get 90 days in any rolling 180-day window, counted across all 29 Schengen states together — not per country; the Entry/Exit System now logs each crossing, so an overstay is detected automatically.
  • Europe ↗On the first Schengen entry since EES began, non-EU travellers give four fingerprints and a face photo at the border instead of a passport stamp; there is nothing to apply for or pay in advance.
  • Iberia ↗Plan meals on the Iberian clock: Spanish kitchens serve lunch from about 13:30–14:00 and dinner from 20:30–21:00; Portugal eats an hour or so earlier. Early evenings are for tapas or petiscos, not full meals.
  • Iberia ↗Inland Spain and Portugal (Seville, Córdoba, Madrid, the Alentejo) pass 40 °C in heatwaves from late June to August: sightsee before 11:00 and after 18:00, and keep July–August for the coasts and the green north.
  • Iberia ↗Andorra and Gibraltar have their own border and customs rules and are reached only through Spain (or France for Andorra); read their pages before adding them, especially if you hold a limited Schengen visa.
  • Spain ↗Spain is in the Schengen area. Check the entry rules for your passport on official sources; the EU's Entry/Exit System registers non-EU visitors at the first Schengen border, and further pre-travel authorisation rules are being introduced.
  • Spain ↗High-speed trains have airport-style baggage screening at the station and boarding gates that close a few minutes before departure: arrive early.
  • Spain ↗Carry your passport or ID: police may ask for it, and hotels must register every guest's document.
  • Spain ↗The Alhambra in Granada and the Sagrada Família in Barcelona sell timed tickets that sell out weeks ahead in season; book on the official sites before you fix your dates.

Where to sleep

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Plan the nights

How to split the nights, day-trips and what to do with your bags

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Day-trips door to door

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When to go

Months and weather

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Seasons at a glance

From each city's month table

Pick a month to see where to go.

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Go: the good monthsFair: workable, mixedPoor: heat, rain or hazeAvoid: storms, floods, closuresno data yet

Computed from each country’s own data; hover a country name for the source. Advisory countries are left out.

Getting in and passes

Arrival times and regional passes

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Eat and move on

Regional food and where to go next

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Other regions of the country

Madrid and Central Spain

3–4 nights

Madrid base; Toledo and Segovia as day-trips by high-speed train

Catalonia

planned

3–4 nights

Barcelona base; Girona, Montserrat and the Costa Brava

Andalusia

planned

4–6 nights

Seville, Córdoba, Granada and Málaga; the classic second base

Northern Spain

planned

3–5 nights

San Sebastián, Bilbao, Asturias and Galicia; green, cooler summers

Costa Brava: what we know, and what is coming

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On this page

  1. 2 day trips with door-to-door time
  2. Seasons month by month, from the cities’ own tables

Coming as the guide grows

  1. Climate strip by zone, with the storm and haze months
  2. Regional passes and cards, with a buy / skip verdict
  3. Regional food: what, where and when it works

Meanwhile

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Photos, reading and every source

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