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Weights, Measures and
Electricity
Spain uses the metric system for
weights and measures, including
distances marked on road signs.
The electricity supply in
Spain is 220 volts. Plugs have
two round pins. A standard
travel converter enables you
to use appliances you have
brought from home; these are
available in department stores
in most major towns and cities.
DIRECTORY
Tourists on a sunny street in San Sebastián Embassies
Tourist Information (see p203). In the UK, Tourism for United Kingdom
Torre Espacio. Paseo de la
All major towns and cities have All (www.tourismforall.org.uk) Castellana, 259D, 28046 Madrid.
a tourist information office offers information on facilities Tel 917 14 63 00.
(oficina de turismo), which will for the disabled in Spain. ∑ ukinspain.fco.gov.uk
provide you with maps, lists of United States
hotels and restaurants, and Student Information C/ Serrano 75, 28006 Madrid.
information about the locality. Tel 915 87 22 00.
Holders of the International ∑ madrid.usembassy.gov
Student Identity Card (ISIC) are
Opening Hours
entitled to benefits, such as Travel Safety Advice
Museums, galleries and discounts on travel and reduced
monuments may close on entrance fees to museums and Australia
Mondays. On other days they galleries. The ISIC website lists ∑ dfat.gov.au/smartraveller.
generally open from 10am to travel agencies in Spain gov.au/
2pm and from 5 to 8pm, specializing in young and UK
although in some cases they are student travellers (www.isic.org). ∑ gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice
open all day. Admission is In Spain, you can obtain US
charged for most museums and additional information from ∑ travel.state.gov/
monu ments, as well as some youth information centres
cathedrals and churches. (Centros de Información Spanish Tourist Offices
Admission for many museums Juvenil – CIJ) in large towns Aragón
is free on Sundays. (www.euro26.org).
Tel 902 47 70 00.
∑ turismodearagon.com
Spanish Time Travelling with Children Asturias
In winter, Spain is one hour ahead Spain is a child-friendly country Tel 902 30 02 02.
of Greenwich Mean Time for the most part, and it’s ∑ infoasturias.com
(GMT) and in summer usual for children to Basque Country
one hour ahead of accom pany parents Tel 943 48 11 66.
British Summer Time wherever they go. ∑ turismo.euskadi.eus
(BST), ie GMT + 2. In the evenings, it’s Cantabria
Spain uses the not uncommon to Tel 901 11 11 12.
24-hour clock, so see children with ∑ turismodecantabria.com
1pm = 13:00. their families in Catalonia
restaurants, even at Tel 902 40 00 12.
midnight. By law,
Facilities for the A disabled- children travelling in ∑ catalunya.com/turismo20
Disabled access sign a car must always sit Galicia
Spain’s National on the back seat and Tel 981 90 06 43. ∑ turgalicia.es
Association for the Disabled, wear a seatbelt; babies and La Rioja
COCEMFE, publishes guides to small children should be Tel 941 29 12 60.
facilities in Spain and will help secured in approved children’s ∑ lariojaturismo.com
plan a holiday to suit individual car seats. Nowadays, many Navarra
requirements. Viajes 2000 airports, stations and restau- Tel 848 42 04 20.
travel agency specializes in rants have washing and nappy- ∑ turismo.navarra.es
holidays for disabled people changing facilities.

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