Last Minute Tips Before you Travel to Spain

• Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1 (Eastern European Time)
  
• Electricity: 220V, 50 Hz (bring an adapter/transformer for your hair drier, laptop, cellullar phone etc.)
  
• Weights & measures: Metric
  
  
• Currency: euro (Euro)
  
  
• Country Dialing Code: 34

Spanish Basic Words
Hello - Hola
Good bye - Adiós
Yes - Si
No - No
OK - D’accord
Excuse me - Discúlpeme
How are you? - Comment allez-vous?
Very well, thanks - Très bien, merci
Please - Por favor
Thank you - Gracias
Coffee - café
Tea - té
What is your name? - ¿Cual es tu nombre?
Nice to meet you - Encantado de conocerte
How are you? - ¿Cómo estás? ¿Que pasa?
Good - Bien
Bad - Mal
So so - Mas o menos
You are welcome - De nada
Where are the toilets? - ¿Dónde está el baño?

Some Spanish Dishes
Tapas are enjoyed in bars all over Spain. Think of tapas as snacks. Each tapas bar will have its own speciality, and it is worth going from bar to bar to sample a little of each.

Tapas
Mushrooms in Garlic Sauce (Champiñones al Ajillo)
Garlic Prawns (Gambas al Ajillo)

Main dishes
Spanish Omelette (Tortilla de patatas) potatoes, eggs, onions
Paella Valenciana de la Huerta - paella is prepared with the ingredients available at the time of preparing it. This produces a great variety of different ones (rice, rabbit, chicken, snails, grated tomato,garrofe(special beans), tabella (white beans), olive oil, saffron, sweet red pepper, ferraura (green beans).
Chicken and Seafood Paella (Paella)

Renting directly from the owners assures very personal attention that the hotels are not able to provide. Please check http://www.exchangezones.com for rentals in Spain

Also check:
Salvador Dali, Human Towers and beautiful beaches
Best Beaches in Spain
Easter in Europe - Holy Week - Semana Santa