ES40.0°N · 4.0°WPhoto: Benjamin Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSouthern Europe travel guide
Spain
Gaudí, flamenco and late dinners
Spain offers Barcelona's architecture, Madrid's art museums, Moorish palaces in Andalusia and plenty of beaches. Life runs late: dinner at 9 pm is normal.
Places worth your time
Photo: Canaan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Sagrada Família
Barcelona
Gaudí's basilica, still under construction. Book ahead.
Photo: Jebulon · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons Alhambra
Granada
Moorish palace complex; tickets sell out weeks ahead.
Photo: Emilio J. Rodríguez Posada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Prado Museum
Madrid
Velázquez, Goya and El Greco.
Photo: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA. Edited by MenkinAlRire · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons Seville Cathedral and Real Alcázar
Seville
Gothic cathedral and a royal palace with lush gardens.
Know before you go
- Pickpocketing is common on Barcelona's Las Ramblas.
- Many restaurants serve a good-value 'menú del día' at lunch.
Key facts
- Official name
- Kingdom of Spain
- Capital
- Madrid
- Currency
- Euro (EUR €)
- Languages
- Spanish
- Calling code
- +34
- Area
- 5,05,992 km²
- Region
- Southern Europe
Who can get in easily
93 of 198 passports can enter Spain without arranging a visa in advance.
- Visa-free
- Visa on arrival
- eTA
- eVisa
- Visa required
Visa requirements for Spain by passport
IndiaVisa required
United StatesVisa-free90 days
United KingdomVisa-free90 days
United Arab EmiratesVisa-free90 days
ChinaVisa required
SingaporeVisa-free90 days
PakistanVisa required
BangladeshVisa required
Sri LankaVisa required
NepalVisa required
NigeriaVisa required
PhilippinesVisa required
CanadaVisa-free90 days
AustraliaVisa-free90 days
GermanyVisa-free
Pick any passport above to see the full requirements, or use the selector at the top.
Nearby countries
Andorra
France
Portugal
MoroccoSources: Wikipedia's "Visa requirements for … citizens" articles (CC BY-SA 4.0) for 199 passports; Passport Index Data (imorte), scraped from passportindex.org, published 17 Feb 2026 for the rest. Last checked 11 Oct 2026. Cover photo: Photo: Benjamin Smith · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons.