Airports
Spain has several international airports, being the most
important Barajas, in Madrid, from where it is possible
to arrive at the city in taxi, bus or subway. Other cities
with international airports are: Barcelona, Alicante,
Bilbao, Malaga, Seville, Valencia and Santiago de Compostela.
Airplane
The Spanish flag airline is Iberia,
that covers the international and domestic destinies.
The great majority of international companies has flights
to the most important centres of Spain. Other companies
that take care of the cabotage destinies are Spanair
and Air
Europe.
Cars
Spain has a roads network of more than 150,000 kms. The
freeways are well maintained and cross the country from
north to south, someone’s requires a toll in pesetas.
The allowed speed limit are of 130 km/h in the freeways,
90 km/h in other roads, and descends to 50 km/h in populated
areas. It is obligatory to have the driving licence in
use and is recommendable to contract an insurance.
Rent: all the companies of more important
car rental are in Spain.
Train
The railway network is directed by the state company RENFE
and connects all the regions of the peninsula. The trains
count usually with conditioned air and car restaurant.
There are high speed trains between Madrid and Seville
and Madrid and Malaga. Tourist trains exist, like the
Transcantábrico and Expreso Andaluz, a good way
to discover those regions. The Spanish railway service
is one of the cheaper in Europe and has discounts like
the Railway Tourist Card, that allows limitless trips
between three and ten days in the period of two months.
It’s also possible to use the European railway pass.
The seats reservation is recommended for the interurban
services.
Urban Transport
Subway: there are subway networks in
Barcelona, Madrid, Valencia and Bilbao.
Bus:
All the Spanish cities has excellent bus networks. In
some cities there are common tickets for different transportation.
Taxis: they are in all the great
cities and the usual is to leave a two or three percent
tip.
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