The UK Foreign Office has flagged up the need for British travellers to carry additional documentation when visiting Spain.
On the ‘Entry Requirements’ section of the FCDO travel advice portal, it says three additional documents are required by tourists.
“At Spanish border control, you may need to show a return or onward ticket; show you have enough money for your stay; show proof of accommodation for your stay, for example, a hotel booking confirmation, proof of address if visiting your own property (eg second home), or an invitation from your host or proof of their address if staying with a third party, friends or family,” says the advice.
It adds: “The Spanish government has clarified that the ‘carta de invitation’ is one of the options available to prove that you have accommodation if staying with friends or family.”
More information is available from the Spanish Ministry of Interior, says the FCDO.
Brits must also check their passport is stamped if they enter or exit the Schengen area through Spain as a visitor.
“Border guards will use passport stamps to check you’re complying with the 90-day visa-free limit for short stays in the Schengen area. If relevant entry or exit stamps are not in your passport, border guards will presume that you have overstayed your visa-free limit,” says the FCDO.
Brits can use e-gates at airports and then hand their passport to the border officer for stamping after they have passed through.