Backpackers' Guide to Spain

A Guide to Spain

Spain Facts

Capital: Madrid
Population: 43,064,000
Currency: euro (EUR)
Religions: Roman Catholic 94%, other 6%
Government: parliamentary monarchy
Languages: Castilian Spanish 74%, Catalan 17%, Galician 7%, Basque 2%; note - Castilian is the official language nationwide; the other languages are official regionally
Climate: temperate; clear, hot summers in interior, more moderate and cloudy along coast; cloudy, cold winters in interior, partly cloudy and cool along coast
Phone Code: 34

Photos of Spain

Photos of Spain courtesy of Observations of an Unimportant Man.

Sidestreets of Valencia - Valencia, Spain

Collecting Wax - Semana Santa - Semana Santa - Granada, Spain

Granada lit by Streetlight - Granada, Spain

A Hooded Penitent - Semana Santa - Granada, Spain

Festivals in Spain

La Tomatina article
Battle of the Wine - Batalla del Vino article
Madrid Pride snippet
Barcelona Guitar Festival snippet
Madrid Night of the Theatres photos
Barcelona Marathon photos
April Fair video
Naval Battle of Vallecas video
Night of the Theatres web site
Teatralia web site

Check out more festivals in Spain

Or take a look at festivals in these cities in Spain: Alcoy All Areas Andalucia Anguiano Barcelona Benicassim Berga, Catalonia Bilbao Bunol Cáceres Cadiz Castrillo de Murcia Catalonian Region Catalunya Cordoba Coria Cornella del Terri, Catalonia Gijon Girona Granada Haro Huesca Ibiza Jerez La Coruna Las Nieves Las Palmas, Gran Canaria Madrid Malaga Montblanc, Catalonia Palma, Mallorca Pamplona Reus, Catalonia Rioja San Lorenzo de Sabucedo San Sebastian San Sebastian de los Reyes Santander Seville Sitges Tarragona Tenerife Terrassa Valencia Valladolid Valls, Catalonia Vendrell, Catalonia Viana do Bolo Vigo Zaragoza

Spain Hostels and Budget Hotels

An Aussie in London features hostels, budget hotels, apartments, b&b's and campgrounds in a number of locations across Spain.

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Spain Hotels

An Aussie in London features hotels in a number of locations across Spain.

Spain Flights

Iberia (Spain) - Iberia is Spain's largest carrier and as well as a huge local Spanish and European network, Iberia services many Spanish speaking countries in Central and South America

An Aussie in London has scoured the web for airlines that fly to Spain. We feature only hand picked links (like the one above to Iberia) through to airline sites that feature flights to Spain.

Spain Tours

Tours in Spain

European Train Travel

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Car Hire in Spain

easyCar - easyCar is one of the easy Group of companies owned by Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of easyJet. easyCar is now represented in over 60 countries with 2,400 rental locations and access to a fleet of some 400,000 cars and like easyJet you'll have to go a long, long way to find a cheaper rate on or off the web.

www.easyCar.com low cost car rental online

Further Spain Resources

Travel Spain web site
Tourism Spain web site

Check out more Spain web sites

Spain Backpackers' Guide