Spain
Spain runs on late nights and strong opinions: Moorish palaces in Andalusia, pintxo counters in the Basque north, GaudĂ’s fever dreams in Barcelona and a capital that considers 1am a reasonable dinner hour.
Best time: April–June and September–October35°C · Clear sky in Madrid
CapitalMadrid
Population48 million
CurrencyEuro (EUR)
LanguagesSpanish; co-official Catalan, Galician, Basque
TimezoneUTC+1
Spain runs on late nights and strong opinions: Moorish palaces in Andalusia, pintxo counters in the Basque north, GaudĂ’s fever dreams in Barcelona and a capital that considers 1am a reasonable dinner hour.
Fun fact
Spain has the second-most bars per capita in the world — and the Sagrada FamĂlia has been under construction longer than the Great Pyramid took to build.
