Conditions of entry You will need your passport and/or your identity card.  For children of the European nations, aged under 16, an entry on the parent´s passport will be sufficient.
 

Car insurance
If you travel with the car, then you must always carry your driving license and any relevant car documents. Additionally we recommend you carry an "international Green insurance card", since they serve as insurance proof and in the case of an accident, you will be asked to produce evidence of international insurance (either insurance document, reciept of payment, or equally, the green card).
It is advisable to be covered by fully comprehensive insurance, and to have an accident policy as, unfortunately it is still possible that the Spanish driver  (despite obligatory insurance) may not have insurance on his own car, therefore you cannot claim against them.
 

Customs regulations
Within the European Union there are regulations for exporting tobacco and alchohol. The following are to be considered: You are permitted to carry either 800 cigarettes,  200 cigars,  400 small cigars or 1 kg smoking  tobacco.  You are also permitted 10 litres of liquor or 20 litres of other alcoholic beverages to 22% or 90 litres wine (consisting of a maximum of 60 litres of champagne).  This can be replaced by 40 litres of beer.
 

Important telephone numbers:
First assistance 112
Guardia civil 062
Police emergency call 091
Accident rescue 092
over portable radio 112
Fire-brigade 085
Information 1003
Service Telefonica   1004
International information 025
Breakdown service   1002
Swiss consulates Barcelona 933,309,211
Austrian consulate Valencia   963,522,212

Lost credit card?
Visas              Spain   915,196,000          visas internationally    900,974,445
Mastercard   Spain   915,196,000           internationally               900,971,231
Am.Express Spain     915,720,320

Airport Alicante     966,919,400
Airport Valencia    961,598,500
Airport San Javier 968,172,000

Ev. Municipality       965,873,085
Kath. Municipality   966,430,528
 

112 - emergency call on english, frensh, german
If emergency assistance is needed, one should always turn therefore to the 112, the emergency call center (center de Coordinación de Emergencia CCE). Depending upon estimate of the situation either the CCE requests directly or - at the place of work - disengaged auxiliary and rescue forces of the police, fire-brigade, the emergency surgeon, red cross or civil defense.
No language barriers   with the CCE of the Valencian federal state government (L'Eliana, province Valencia). They have bi - lingual staff working around the clock. The 112-Telephone is occupied with 23 forces. It is spoken Spanish, German, English and French.
 
 

Money   - currency:
The spanish, since 2002, now work in the euro.
 

Traveler's cheques can usually be redeemed in banks and in larger hotels.

Credit cards can be used in banks, in many hotels, restaurant D elevated category, car rental services, gas stations etc.

If you should lose your credit card in Spain, contact immediately the appropriate credit card company. Telephone numbers see above.

Health - physician attendance
European Union citizens can enjoy, in Spain, insurance protection (Form E111, available from your local post office).  The E111 form covers you for amy medical treatment necessary, but only at a Natinal Health Service Hospital.  For private health - care you will need to pay, possibly in advance.
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Pharmacies (farmacias) are easily recognisable by an illuminescant green cross.
Most medications can be bought over the counter, with no prescription necessary.
Opening times
Pharmacies
Pharmacies are usually open from Monday until friday, from 9:00 - 14:00 and from 16:30 - 20:00 o'clock as well as Saturday opened by 9:00 - 12:30 o'clock.

Banks
Banks open usually from Monday to Saturday from 9:00 - 14:00 o'clock. In the summer months many banks on Saturday are closed. However in the meantime almost any branch is equipped with an automatic card machine, which can be used with most debit cards.

Business
In principle there are no legally regulated closing times in Spain. Each entrepreneur can determine when he wishes to open and close the business.  . Usually  business opening times are Monday to Friday, from 9:00 - 14:00 and from 16:00 - 20:00 o'clock as well as Saturday, from 9:00 - 14:00 o'clock.0 Large department stores and supermarket chains are usually open from from 9:00 - 22:00 o'clock. In the tourism centers many resztaurants and supermarkets are open on sundays.
 
 

Parking at the airport:
Parking at the airport will cost you 0,75 euros per hour.
In Valencia the parking prices are approximately  0.85 euros per hour with a maximum of 6.50 euros for 24 hours.
In San Javier/Murcia you can park free of charge.
 
 

Taxi fees:
There are 2 types of taxi. A and B. A taxi of the class B is only certified for one town.  It runs without meter, having a list of destinations and prices.  A class A taxi runs on a meter, therfore is priced according to distance(kilometers)  In certain cases, there are additional fees, for example luggage fees.
Spanish holidays and weekends will cost slightly more than the average working day.  All prices must include tax.
Here are some taxi telephone numbers:
 
 
 
 
 
 

IVA - value added tax
When reading menus etc. in restaurants, you must be sure of whether prices incluide I.V.A (value added tax), or not.

Postage
With the introduction of the euro, the postage price rose in Spain and now amounts to:
Postage within Spain (up to 20 g) :     0.27 euro
Other European countries:                  0.52 euro,
Writing  inland:                                   2.19 euro
And abroad:                                        2.71 euro

Stamps (sellos) are sold in every post office, and tobacconist.