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Pickpockets Barcelona
128 Reviews Like any other major city, you will come across pick-pocketers. Las Ramblas is the place that is notourius for it. The street is so busy with resurants and cafe's with outdoor seating, shops and...
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Security Madrid
92 Reviews I am sure this has been said a million times but try to keep a hold of your wallet/purse and put it somewhere safe. I had a small backpack (not at all obvious I thought) and I had my money (not all of...
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Pickpockets & Thieves Sevilla
18 Reviews People of Sevilla stay up late, and stay out late. We had to walk a ways to a taxi stand at 4:00 am and were wondering if we would run into mischievious types.... but what we found were a lot of...
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Beware Pickpockets Palma de Mallorca
12 Reviews Overall trip to Palma was wonderful. I did catch a fellow with 3 fingers in my right side pocket. I managed to take a picture before he tried to knock my camera away. He's the one on the right,...
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BEWARE AROUND CATHEDRAL Granada
23 Reviews I had a bit of a scare as I was entering the gate to go along the side of the Cathedal. A gypsy woman immediately came up to me and grabbed my left hand, then asked if i spoke spanish. I said (now...
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People to Avoid Barcelona
59 Reviews There were not a lot around the city that I saws, but amazingly this one was right on the RAmblas, where most tourists stroll to get an impression of the "niceties" of the area. NOT. Prostitution used...
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Transports Madrid
25 Reviews Metro lines really make the life much more easier in Madrid. But it takes few days to realize the connections of the main lines with the others. People is nice and kind in general. But the pick-pocket...
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Gypsies & Beggars Sevilla
9 Reviews When we visited Sevilla, there were a few gypsies around the cathedral area. They were typically ladies, and would approach people (mostly tourists, I'd say) and offer them a small bunch of rosemary...
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Unwelcome Visitors Palma de Mallorca
2 Reviews From time to time nuclear powered USA Navy aircraftcarriers and nuclear armed submarines anchor in the bay of Palma de Mallorca. This is not very nice (to say the least) as they put in danger local...
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THE ALHAMBRA TICKETS Granada
10 Reviews The Alhambra is the most visited sight in Spain and ticket sales are strictly controlled so as soon as you know your schedule, you might look into purchasing your tickets in advance to ensure a...
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Be Aware! Barcelona
94 Reviews From Celebrity to Melia International on Sarria, the driver charged us 25 Euros -it should have been 14 Euros. I know there is a small charge added on for luggage. I found out the correct charge from...
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Local people Madrid
6 Reviews You have all heard this a million times before, but beware of the pickpockets. Although I believe it is not as bad as places like Barcelona, but just keep an eye and hand on your belongings. Don't...
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Rocky Peaks Palma de Mallorca
2 Reviews There is one potential danger in Mallorca, if you go around this island by car please PAAAY ATTTENTTTTION!!! roads are really narrow!!! See the road and not too much the beautiful see views...TAKE...
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What To Avoid Barcelona
68 Reviews The original title of this tip was 'Bullfights: Don't waste your time and money'. I did change it as nowadays (and I'm glad of it) even if you really want to waste your time and money watching a...
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Eating & drinking Madrid
4 Reviews The animated Plaza Mayor and its pavement cafes are a real tourist magnet. This is, however, not the best place in town to enjoy a "true" Spanish culinary experience. In addition, to being...
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Bad Timing Barcelona
11 Reviews too many times, i have arrived in a city, expecting to see something i have been planning for months. unfortunately, due to my lack of practical planning, i arrive at the site after hours, it's under...
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Monuments & highlights Madrid
10 Reviews The mayor of Madrid has lost his treasure, so now he is digging the city up. That is what I am told. Madrid is currently COVERED in roadworks, tunnels and lots of noise and dust. The center: Sol is...
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Money Matters Barcelona
9 Reviews If you see a device attached to the card slot on ATM machines, do not insert your card. Don't tear it out either, someone might be watching and you might get your butt kicked. Just walk away and go to...
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Avoid Crowds Barcelona
9 Reviews It is more than difficult to get around the block that contains the Sagrada. People are standing around, and others taking pictures, while others are waiting in line to get in. Either way, it is near...
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It is possible to find tranquility in Spain, but you will have to search hard for it.Spain is the noisiest country I know, from the coffee grinders in the bars to the motos in the streets, noise is a constant presence.A friend of mine says that the Spanish are afraid of silence. This is not far from the truth!
Be very careful from this real danger possibelity in Switzerland!They don't deal with Euro's and $so you have to change it to Swiss Franks immediatly, the only thing that could save you from troubles if its a weekend when you reach and all the exchange points are closed, is your visa card!with it you will feel good and always move with no troubles!so take note!
f you need to rent a vehicle, I recommend a moped, as parking is impossible to find and the streets sometimes unnavigateable by large bulky cars. In cities this may be an advantage as most places are within walking distance or a short taxi ride away. Also, the mood in spain is fairly laidback, so beware that most shop or restaurants may be closed for a few hours during the day for a siesta, sometime around 2 pm. As much as this sounds like a stereotype, it seems like the restaurant staff are human and get hungry when you do. This is very different from the attitude of many other cultures, so try to be pateint with this. Also, in spain, yelling may or may not get you anywhere, most often the latter. this includes cab drivers.
Some more things to keep in mind: when out and about, be advised that many places offer only pay toilets and charge for toilet paper of which they give out only a few squares. And the smell of the facilities may be discouraging.In cities there are many homeless people and drunkards wandering at odd hours of the night and the streets are very narrow and fairly frightening at night.
Be aware that airport security was not as strict as it could have been when I went there several years ago.There was no real emergency when I was there, but when my mother and I were leaving Barcelona and going to London, we had brought some souvenirs. These were table lighters in the shape of granades that had the Spain's emblem on them. These wear heavy and carefully made and even had a pin as a safety that one had to remove to spark the lighter.These lighters did not show up in any security scans in Barcelona, but when we were leaving London we had them confiscated.
You will see these places lit up with neon lights all along the motorways everywhere in Spain. While sometimes it is obvious what they are sometimes it's not so be very careful as the are really WHORE HOUSES.Sometimes they pretend to be hotels other Brits of North Americans may think that Club means nightclub like a disco, but not here in Spain! Club means whore house and Disco means nightclub.Try to avoid sleeping in road side hotels just incase but you can usually tell what they are by the neon lights! Some even have neon lights in the shape of naked woman or hearts, others have really stupid names!
I'm not trying to give a neggative image of Sevilla, oh no, please don't get me wrong, but many travellers warn you to be careful with the Thieves and Pickpockets, but that includes the big capitals like Paris, London, Madrid too, but in Sevilla there are also gossips about the Gipsy thieves, fortunately I haven't been stolen, but I have to warn my friends the travellers anyway ;-D
Ok the climate as I said before is with mild winters, pleaseant temperatures in spring and autumn, and long, hot summers,but I shall admit, when it rains in Sevilla it rains, I mean, dogs and cats, and some times elephents and cows, LOL
We have wonderful beaches all around Spain and in the islands, but they are not the same. So if you are looking for:- White sand long beaches with hot weather: go to South West (Costa de la Luz) or Canary islands.- White sand beaches with green landscape and mild weather: go to the north coast: Euskadi, Santander, Cantabria or Galicia.- Pebbles beaches with mild waters and hot weather: go to the east (Costa del Sol, Valencia...)- Rocky creeks with transparent waters and hot weather: go to Baleares islands, and some parts of Catalonia (north east).
Spain is not a particularily dangerous country. You just have to be careful in some big cities (Madrid, Barcelona, Sevilla...) at certain areas and specially at night, but in general our streets are pretty safe if you take the obvious precautions any traveler abroad would observe in any other part of the world.Anyway...- Be careful at crowds like markets, metro, public buses...- Avoid lonely streets at nights- When in doubt, take a taxi, there are many in the big cities.
Jazz Barcelona
6 Reviews and 1597 Opinions So it costs a fair bit...but the location is perfect, right in between Eixample and Las Ramblas,...
Hotel Atlantico Madrid
7 Reviews and 1990 Opinions With most four-star hotels in Madrid (and throughout Western Europe) charging US$400 or more, the...
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