Barcelona Planning Your Trip

Entrance Requirements
Passport . Required for citizens of Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, and the US.
Visa. Required only for citizens of Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK, and the US for stays over 90 days.
Work Permit. If you are an EU citizen, you are not required to obtain a work permit to work in Spain. Those outside of the EU, however, must have both a work permit and a visa.

Embassies And Consulates

Australia: 15 Arkana St., Yarralumla, P.O. Box 9076, Deakin ACT 2600 (☎ 2 62 73 35 55; fax 73 39 18; www.embaspain.com). Consulates: Level 24, St. Martin’s Tower, 31 Market St., Sydney, NSW 2000 ...more

Safety And Health

In any type of crisis, the most important thing to do is stay calm. Your country’s embassy abroad is usually your best resource in an emergency; registering with that embassy upon arrival in the country ...more

Transportation To Barcelona

When it comes to airfare, a little effort can save you a bundle. The key is to hunt around, be flexible, and ask about discounts. Students, seniors, and those under 26 should never have to pay full price ...more

Transportation In Barcelona

Barcelona’s public transportation (info ☎ 010) is quick and cheap. If you plan to use public transportation extensively, there are several Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM; www ...more

Staying Connected

Email and internet are easy to access in Barcelona. Although in some places it’s possible to forge a remote link with your home server, in most cases this is a much slower (and thus more expensive) ...more

Travel Concerns

Ecotourism, a rising trend in sustainable travel, focuses on the conservation of natural habitats—mainly, on how to use them to build up the economy without exploitation or overdevelopment. If you ...more

Orientation

Barcelona’s layout is easy to visualize if you imagine yourself perched on Columbus’s head at the Monument a Colom (on Pg. de Colom, along the shore), viewing the city with the sea at your ...more