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Spain travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit Spain: travel advice level, plug type C/F, 230V, emergency 112, currency EUR.

📷 Madrid · Dmitry Dzhus from London · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Travel advice (UK FCDO)

No advice against travel Updated 2026-11-10

Latest change (original, English)
New information about a national strike planned for 11 November ('Warnings and insurance' page).

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⚠️ This is the UK government’s assessment. Rules for your passport (visa, entry) can be different — check your own government’s official travel advice too.

CapitalMadrid
CurrencyEUR
LanguagesSpanish
Calling code+34
Emergency numbers112
Plug typesType C, Type F
Voltage230 V
Driving sideRight
Population49M
Type CType F

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📷 Photos

Fernando · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Tommie Hansen from Stockholm, Sweden · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Holger Uwe Schmitt · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
HazteOir.org · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Indalecio Ojanguren · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Commons
Jorge Franganillo · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
רנדום · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons

About this data

Safety levels and entry notes are based on the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) travel advice published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence, checked every day. Capitals, languages, currencies, time zones and photos come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.

Advice is written for British travellers; your own government’s advice, visa rules and insurance terms may differ. Always check your foreign ministry and the destination’s embassy before you travel.

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