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Overview | Once away from the holiday costas, you could only be in Spain. In the cities, narrow twisting old streets suddenly open out to views of daring modern architecture, while spit-and-sawdust bars serving wine from the barrel rub shoulders with blaring, glaring discos. | When To Go | Spain can be enjoyable any time of year. The ideal months to visit are May, June and September plus April and October in the south. At these times you can rely on good-to-excellent weather, yet avoid the extreme heat - and the main crush of Spanish and foreign tourists - of July and August. But there's decent weather in some parts of Spain virtually year round. Winter along the southern and southeastern Mediterranean coasts is mild, while in the height of summer you can retreat to the northwest, to beaches or high mountains anywhere to escape excessive heat. The best festivals are mostly concentrated between Semana Santa the week leading up to Easter Sunday and September to October. | Visas | Spain is one of 25 member countries of the Schengen Convention 10 new members admitted on 1 May 2004, an agreement whereby all EU European Union member countries except the UK and Ireland plus Iceland and Norway abolished checks at internal borders in 2000. | Weather | In general you can rely on pleasant or hot temperatures just about everywhere from April to early November plus March in the south, but minus a month at either end on the northern and northwestern coasts. In Andalucía there are plenty of warm, sunny days right through winter. In July and August, temperatures can get unpleasant, even unbearable, anywhere inland unless you're high enough in the mountains. Snowfalls in the mountains start as early as October and some snow cover lasts all year on the highest peaks | Getting There | Spain is dotted with international airports, and connections with the rest of Europe are good. If you're coming from the UK or from Morocco, you could consider a ferry. Otherwise, bus is the cheapest option, unless you're a whipper-snapper with an under-26 rail pass. |
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 |  | Andalucian Trails | Wander the atmospheric alleyways and plazas of Granada before visiting the extraordinarily well preserved Alhambra Palace. Perched overlooking the city, this beautiful array of sprawling decorative gardens and ornate Moorish buildings is breathtaking. Rising to the south of the city, the Sierra Nevada provides an amazing backdrop of snow-capped mountains for much of the year. |
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|  | | | | Trials of the Alpujarras | In Granada you wander the atmospheric plazas and alleyways and visit the Alhambra Palace – a fascinating collection of ornate Moorish buildings and decorative gardens sprawled across a hillside. The snowy peaks of the Sierra Nevada provide a stunning backdrop to the city. |
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