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General information about Spain

Сообщение HainanWel.com(e)! » 25 фев 2011, 22:22

02/25/2011 General information about Spain

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Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar; to the north by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the northwest and west by the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal.

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List of prohibitions on the beaches of Malaga
Sur diary compiled a list of some curious prohibitions on the coast of the province of Malaga and aimed primarily at preventing conflicts between vacationers.

Bathing Dogs

As a rule, the presence of animals is prohibited in sandy zone or in areas for swimming. The only exceptions are guide dogs. Traditionally, on the beaches there areas where swimming with dogs condoned, however, the situation began to change in municipalities where there are special beaches for dogs. These include the recently adapted for pets section of coast between Malaga and Rincon de la Victoria, as well as special beaches in Fuengirola, Mijas and Casares.

Occupation places on the beach in Torrox

Like most hotels in the pools, the practice of early rise, placing an umbrella near the shoreline and return after lunch with his family on the beaches of Malaga also gradually starts to be eradicated. New city regulations Torrox states that municipal officials will clean beds and umbrellas set on the beach in the morning and left unattended owners. They will store a maximum of 14 days. During this period, vacationers can return their items, pre-pay a fine of up to 300 euros.

Penalty in 3000 euros for bathing under a red flag in Estepona

Waving a red flag on the beach means that the sea state is not suitable for swimming, and this prevents the majority of municipal regulations. In Estepona violation of this prohibition is considered a serious offense and punishable by a fine of up to 3000 euros. In addition, swimmers can not move away from the shoreline over 200 meters in order to ensure their safety situation in the passage of vessels in the area.

Ban on leaving garbage container near

Leftover food and other waste that can accumulate during their stay at the beach should be left in the containers, and possibly - in tied bags. In Estepona forbidden to put bags around tanks, even in those cases where the latter are crowded - Regulations prescribes reach the nearest container in which space is available.

compensation for damage

Manilva holiday makers who deliberately break the equipment in the showers and toilets or trash cans, will not only pay damages for their repair, but also to make a fine of up to 300 euros.

Ban on fishing day

Various regulations prohibit both underwater fishing, and fishing on the banks of the period from 10:00 to 21:00. Thus, in the summer, this practice is possible only at night - except for special dates, which include Night of San Juan (Spanish analogue Midsummer) and the feast in honor of St. Carmen, when the ban on fishing extends to the night period.

A ban on playing football in Rincon de la Victoria

Play ball on the beaches is prohibited, and the only exceptions are those cuts coast, which due to their size allow you to do it away from the coastline, without disturbing other campers. Usually differences depending on the type of sport is not done, but in Rincon de la Victoria is a ban on the game of football.

The ban on the presence of trailers

Trailer presence near beaches on the coast of Malaga - a common occurrence, but a little city halls are beginning to take steps to avoid such practices. In 2008 in Benalmadena was adopted regulations prohibiting parking trailers throughout the municipality except for specially equipped areas. In addition, owners of vans, struck in the same place for more than 24 hours will be fined. In Torremolinos Trailer parking is prohibited on the sea promenade on the time period, exceeding the standard time of parking, as well as at night.
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The Government of Spain is expanding to 24 cities in the list of major tourist zone
The Spanish Government has decided to add 10 cities to the list of major tourist areas (ZGAT, zonas de gran afluencia turística) with absolutely free schedule of trade, in addition to the existing 14 major cities.

Under the new rules should define autonomy within six months of the city in their regions with areas of high tourist interest: meet these criteria settlements with more than 100,000 inhabitants and high occupancy hotels (600,000 overnight stays during the previous year and / or 400.000 tourists visiting the city on a cruise ship ).

Ten cities, the new rules are San Sebastian, La Coruña, Santander, Oviedo, Gijon, Almeria, Leon, Jerez de la Frontera, Salamanca and Marbella.

They will be added to the existing zones ZGAT: Barcelona, Sevilla, Alicante, Valencia, Zaragoza, Malaga, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Bilbao, Cordoba, Granada, Cartagena, Palma de Mallorca and Santa Cruz de Tenerife as well as the community of Madrid as a whole.

With this measure, the government wants to extend a special regime of free trade schedule a greater number of attractive tourist zones and the use of synergies between trade and tourism (because Spain annually attracts more than 60 million foreign visitors), which in turn will help create jobs .
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The new app will help tourists in case of emergency
Ministry of Internal Affairs of Catalonia launched an application for smartphones that allows you to seek the help of those tourists who do not speak the languages ​​of the 112 service.

This application allows you to select the icon that corresponds to an emergency alert and puts fame through geolocation service 112.

Minister of the Interior in the government of Catalonia Ramon Espalader last Friday submitted a new application for smartphones, designed for all travelers from any country. In case of necessity the application can notify security and emergency situations the problems encountered during the stay of tourists in Barcelona and on the whole territory of Catalonia. Mr. Espalader reminded that safety is the most important element in choosing the touristy places of recreation and named the development of this new European initiative "qualitative leap", which aims to help improve the perception of the country by foreign tourists.
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Safety of tourists in Spain provide international patrols
B tourist areas of Spain, such as Valencia, Andalusia, Galicia and the Balearic Islands are special international patrols consisting of agents of the Spanish Civil Guard, as well as members of the German police and the French and Portuguese Gendarmerie in order to improve the monitoring and protection of tourists.

As reported by police sources, this project is part of the security plan of tourism offered by the Ministry of State Security and involves the coordination of security and police forces of the countries whose citizens are the most visited Spain.

Police presence in the main tourist areas of Spain aims to not only improve safety, but also to promote international cooperation in the fight against global crime, explained in a statement.

Most attention patrols, always operating under the authority of the Spanish Civil Guard, pay zones of increased congestion of tourists, such as beaches, hotels and residential complexes.
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A popular guide to Spain Guia Repsol 2015 on sale now

Guia Repsol - one of the most popular guides to Spain - celebrated this week its 36th birthday next release of an updated new directory for tourists. In addition to new road maps of Spain and Portugal, as well as detailed atlases Spain, Portugal, Andorra and the South of France, it contains detailed descriptions of interesting sights, restaurants, hotels and other tourist infrastructure required for travel planning.

A special place in the directory Guia Repsol holds gastronomy. More than 1,500 upscale restaurants in Spain and their famous chefs are described in the guide, and the most prominent of them TEXT famous "Sun» Sol Repsol.

Also in the new directory 2015 organized selection of the most exciting culinary destinations of 17 autonomous regions of Spain. Here we describe the 34 gastronomic tours, illustrating the traditions of the local cuisine in each of the stated regions. Also included in the Guia Repsol stories of more than 1,700 local products: seafood, vegetables, fruits, meats, cheeses, oils, wines, tips, how to buy quality food that can be cooked out of it and other useful information to organize interesting culinary tour of Spain.
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Menorca will be a big marina

Menorca soon turn into the direction of yachting tourism international level. Port Authority of the Balearic Islands intends to build a port on the 150 berths for large yachts, which will include a shopping center and parking. It is planned to provide all services related income guests.

Port Authority acquired the land located in the northern part of the port of Mahon, a few months ago. The head of the organization Alberto Pons said that the tender for the construction of the port will be held in the next three months. Details of the future complex is not yet known, but apparently, its construction will not affect the agreement with the Maritime Club Mahon (CMM) on the operation of 66 berths in the same bay.

Administration officials say that Port Mahon has all the necessary features to accommodate this type of vessels throughout the year. In their view, the construction of the marina and the new station in the port activates economic activity and lead to major changes for the city and the island as a whole.
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Despite the fact that the administration would like to take the first boat in 2015, the company won the tender will need at least a year to carry out the necessary work.
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Mallorca on the streets drinking alcohol ban Calvia

Municipality of the municipality of Calvia (Mallorca) is preparing a new regulation that would prohibit the use of alcohol on the streets in the tourist areas, as well as organized routes for local bars held for tourists. As the site Hosteltur, similar measures presented adviser of the Balearic Islands of Tourism and Sports Jaime Martinez, designed to increase safety and improve the tourist area of Magaluf.

In addition, the government approved a plan recognition given territory "mature tourist area", so that will be taken to the integral reform of the district. Martinez called it an "important step" that will improve the tourist offer.

In turn, the representative of the Government of Spain, in the region Teresa Palmer said that next year will be demanded of the presence of the British police in the area of Magaluf, as well as specialized groups of agents of the Civil Guard, which will deal with the most worrisome problems of citizens. In particular, the locals complain about drug use in public places, street vendors, robbery with violence associated with street prostitution, etc. However, Palmer acknowledged that the number of such complaints has decreased markedly.

According to the mayor's office Calvia, the new regulations will be adopted before the next tourist season.


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Russia and Spain will accelerate the mutual recognition of driving licenses

Russia and Spain will accelerate the signing of agreements on mutual recognition of driving licenses, the site says the Russian Foreign Ministry, citing the head of the Ministry Sergei Lavrov.

"We agreed to accelerate the signing of agreements on mutual recognition and exchange of national driving licenses - is also an important factor for the development of tourism," - Lavrov said yesterday at a joint press conference after talks with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain Xose Manuel Garcia-Margalit in Moscow.

The Minister noted that now the parties are finalizing the Memorandum of Understanding on the reduction of tariffs for international roaming. "All this is important for practical communication between our citizens, for the development of contacts between people," - said Lavrov.
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