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Te Telegraph’s Living In Spain guide has been compiled using a variety of source material. Some has come from
our correspondents who are lucky enough to be paid by us to live there, or other journalists who have made
occasional visits, to write travel features or to cover news or sporting events. Other information has come from
ofcial sources.
By far the most useful info on life in Spain in this guide, however, has come from many ordinary people –
ordinary Spaniards willing to share insights into their country and ordinary Britons, many of them Telegraph
readers, who have already made the move you are contemplating, and are now residents in Spain. Tey have
discovered what worked and what didn’t, and gone through the highs and lows that accompany any Expat journey.
It is their experiences that I believe will be most valuable for you as you make your plans to follow them.
Our intention is to provide you with the most comprehensive, up-to-date guide to your destination, with
everything you need in one place, in an easy-to-use format. Our aim is not to sell the country to you, but to give an
honest account of what relocating and living there is really like.
We hope you will fnd this guide of some use, and we wish you well with your adventure. If we can be of any
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•How is it diferent?
•What is the appeal?
Te British love Spain. We love it largely because it has everything we haven’t got at home: reliable weather; space;
good, cheap wine; exuberance; great architecture; famboyance; individuality; all-night bars; chic clothing, and
glorious food.
It is a country that has something for everyone, and for all tastes, from low-brow to high-brow. Te most
populist images of Spain in Britain come from the past few decades of mass tourism; for nearly 60 years, since the
frst package tour touched down in Costa Blanca in 1954, it has been the place to escape to for sun-starved, largely
working-class Britons seeking solace from a grey, drizzly home. Tis is the Spain of Benidorm, Torremolinos,
Fuengirola, the little Costa del Blackpools – resorts that, to their critics, are all concrete, saveloy ‘n’ chips, Union
Jack tattoos, lobster-red beer bellies and vulgarity in the sun. Karen O’Reilly, a British anthropologist who
conducted a study into Te British on the Costa del Sol in the 1990s, found that the British there hardly mixed at
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e � a t s o C s t i r B e h sd e i d u d et s v i l n i a d e n doy o e t c e r o i u c c t o cs u ry t b s l a i cr,y o s s a t b u n, l u k c r l o wv g n i b d n a
e t i l l e t ats v , g n i r y t o t e t a e r c n a l a en d o i i s r e vf o n i a t i r B n i e h t n u s , g t dn u i n c o a n h ut y o i w n n e a d e c a r t , f o y n e o h tr i
real Britain as a country with too many foreigners. Christopher Howse, a Telegraph t s i n m u d l n o a c a r o t i s i v o t
s n i a p r o f 0 2 , s r ad e m y m u s t i l l a p u n e h w e h e t o r w n i , :em sr r h e s t poeh e td n l a i t p i b c n w s e an B w ri e s “ ic n i cm ud a s a
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end? Try: Seville (for its Gothic cathedral, Plaza de Espana, the oranges that perfume its streets); Granada (for its
m ,h s i r y t o o u e ha te b a a r b m a h lp , e c a l a e h t g ; ) e f i l a r e n e a b o d r r ó Co f ( s t i e u q s o m d n a r n ;a ) m e o g d i r bm di r d a r o f (
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north of Madrid, the setting for Ernest Hemingway’s novel of the Spanish Civil War, For Whom the Bell Tolls.
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for St James, whose relics are believed to be buried in the cathedral at Santiago de Compestela. It is of Galicia’s
at s o C e d a l m e t r e ud( h t a e, ) t s a ot C a h t n e m e i d g n i r y t o t t s e r v a hPercebes os l a ( n w o n k s a )e s s e o o l g c ma n o r r a f b
d e h es; h a s t l k - c m o rse r s oe e i t c h s t a c ie l r e adr e r a e nd a r h e t t s b o l n i m .s t n d a i r r u d aaat s e r , dr ne v e r e u h w o y , o g e r e h t
are local bars ofering tapas, or pintxos , s a t i s i d e l l a c n i . e u q s a Bs ll a mr e d n o t w a h t s yn il r a p a s l t u s g a e o br e m o s f o
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m :n a e n ea mr r o e s t i d fe o s s f’ e gi h n i c n w i s a a d p r r d a c d n a y h w t s i e v i e c em 0 r n s5 g r i e o tr io r y s fe i . v v e r a e y
t u B e h t t s e b g n i h tt u o b a s , n i a p y lt i d o r e s n a i s m s r e u c se y ns b t s i r u o n t o e h t a t s o C l e d s , l o s i s t ,i e l p o e p o h w m e e s
o t e v a h e m o cr e s o l c n a h t y n sa r e h t o o t g n i r u g t� u o w o h e f i dl l u o h s e b . d e v i l e � s h s i nd e ae p r v e a v h o c s a i d y p p a h
d end ef a; s i e i l c l - i n k v a r il oyac e b e w s h t i n g o t c e a r h t e f i l s i t r o h s d n a e s r i o f e r o e t h t . ed b e r u o v a s
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How receptive would we be in the UK to millions of Spanish tourists turning Bognor Regis or Brighton into
s el y t s - h s i n a p barrios, as our countrymen turn Spanish resorts into Little Englands? Tose prepared to learn and
es u e e h t g a u g n d a n l a x i m l l ie w v i e c e r a , nd o oo i g t p e sc e a r s s u, s o d i r r a a g iy e , n b e r a g p r eu v t . i a r nh t y t n i o l i b a i c o s
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e c n a d i o f v o a r e vg e n i v a h o t e b . e n o l a
a ll s i h t – , e h, tr s e g h nt e i l h a d u t e fn e iw u t h t o u r ra , e u b t s e i d ey h t t i l a i n e g - s d d a p u o t n ag n i r u l, l x a i m d n a o t
a h t u r t h c i h w s s d r a r i e n v a e p n e r i t f o : g n i y a sE“ n Espana, se vive muy bien ” i. “ ( n s , n i a p e n o s e v )i ” l ry e v s . i l� l e w
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n i rs e i h rt g t on , n i t d u n o n c a a hs c a n e e s e h t y a m , e b y e h t k c a l s s y t i’ l a u qn f i o a p . e f i l E n e v e s o h t o h w e v a h r e v e n
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h t i , w s te s n e e h nmt e i t v e n e es s o h g t n i v i l n i hs s e i v t aig r l n Bc o n l e a e h t m n a e ns a a t r r s e o t c i o d h e w y tl c e a r r e a t r n i
h t i w s . s d r a r i n o a F p , m e h t s n i a p sy i l e tvt s i u o s m o u b l ala . c e x h e t r e h t ane w t o h c u m s t a e b 0 0 3 s y a d f e o n i h s n u s a
. h sr e i a e t e ri y r l i t B o e t r x e e h t s e u t r i v f o e h t s h se i t n a a p m i rl co g f n i p e em ek h t e r . o e m v i t c a ”gd n n r i e a l g e n e u f o y “
Te World Health Organisation claims that the semi-arid coastline of the favourite British expat spot, Costa
, a c n a l B s i te s h e t i h e t c l a a l e p h n o . h t r a e
t a � l l a f o s n i a p s i t o h d n a y n n u s l l a , r ,a e d r y n e u v e o sw r i o a h , ta r m e a m e o r n d s p i u m y b h t o b s h s i n a p d n a
expat marketeers, to sell the dream to those of us still stuck shivering at home. Head 70km inland, to south
f o g , a d a n a dr n a u o y e r a n i E t s o m s - n r i e k h ’s t , t u r oe o p s s o e r e u h t s a r r e i n , a d a v ee r e h w e h t n o s a e ss t s a l m o r f
n r e b m e v o o t a li r p s( n i a p s i s u ory t t n si e n o a h u m t t - o n d c u n n o o i m c e s E . ) e p o r u se u� a e t a fl op l a r t n e cs n i a p
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t o n l l a f y l n i a m n o e s e; h s t n i a l p n i , t c a f e r e h t s i y l d r a y h ln l a a f . n e i ra e e r h r t e h W e h t n i a r n i s n i a p s e o d l l a f s i n i
e h t h t r o n d n a t s e w f o , e h t ry g t n n o u l o a c e h t a c i yt l n, r t a a l s l t a u o c ci n t r i a p g ai c i l a n o e h t p es e u r g e u d t r o b d n a
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s n e’ � e he t r e eh t r u l f o e h, t d e e l xy da t e l s m e e m r f u i s l p u dy l beh hs s - i n t g o n i ri t o t B l u o o n b a e h t s h s i n a p siesta
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History has contributed much to Spain’s composition. Te infuence of the Moors, the Muslim forces who
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y l r a l u c i nt r i a p t a h w s a w e h t m s ,n rd e n h ’a t l r t u r o o ao s eah . a i c u l a d n
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Ali Meehan, 50, lives in Malaga province on the Costa del Sol. She originally moved to Spain for three years
in 2002 before going to Dubai and Tailand but keeping a holiday home there. In 2011, Ali moved to Spain
permanently. She runs Costa Women, a social and business networking community for women living in
Spain http://www.costawomen.ning.com/.
