This text is intended to provide you with some practical information on Madrid and Barcelona . As its main purpose is to give you information that you find useful, all comments, additions and corrections based on your own experiences will be gratefully received and incorporated in future editions. This section gives general advice that applies to Madrid and Barcelona. Detailed information about each city follows in separate sections. Over the course of your trip you will easily recover the cost of the card.
City centres can be quite noisy and our hostales are very central.
The sun might be strong, but do take plenty of warm clothes and be prepared for rain. The type of food on offer is of course quite different from British Standard Meals, and food culture is also quite different. Lunch is served quite late, though you can eat from about 1 pm onwards. This will cost less than 1000 Pts and is enough to keep you feeling warm and happy for the rest of the day. That traditional English speciality, tapas , is also available in Spain but is definitely not a cheap option.