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Visas: Spain, along with Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Portugal, forms part of the border-free travel zone known as the Schengen Area. US, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand and Israeli citizens are among those who may enter Spain as tourists without a visa and stay up to 90 days. EU passport holders can come and go as they please.
Public holidays: New Year?s Day; Epiphany (6 Jan); Saint Joseph (19 March); Good Thursday; Good Friday; Labour Day; Whit Sunday; Assumption (15 Aug); National Day (12 Oct); All Saints? Day; Constitution Day (6 Dec); Immaculate Conception (8 Dec); Christmas Day.
Good buys: Rioja wine, sherry, turron (nougat), leather goods, ceramics, and espadrilles.
Local dishes: Paella, Spanish omelette (tortilla), spicy chorizo sausage, sangria, tapas, and gazpacho (chilled vegetable soup).
Interesting fact: Madrid is the highest capital city in Europe.
Good reading: The Adventures of Don Quixote, by Cervantes.
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