Descriptive Essay About Spain

Spain is best known for flamenco dancing, Sangria, Bull fighting and its many fiestas. It is the largest country is Southern Europe and is mostly a Roman Catholic country.

With a population of over fifty million inhabitants, and seventeen communities each having its own government, it is a widely diverse country.

Spain has beautiful coastlines and large multinational cities like Barcelona and Madrid, along with the more traditional Spanish towns and cities which still follow old fashioned traditions and cultures.

Home to two top football clubs this country loves it football and a wide variety of other sports are played here including Padel; a form of tennis with a hard racquet.

What to do/see in Spain

Spain is home to such stunning

Please try to check where you are staying in the country and which language they speak, so you can say hello to the locals and show that you want to get involved with the local culture.

• Spain has a great deal of fiestas (parties outside), so please prepare for these times to be loud and very lively. Find out what is happening, go sit on a terrace and watch the festivities as they engulf the local cities and towns. Locals don’t complain on fiesta weekends about the noise, they are aware that there will be noisy times. On normal weekdays/weekends after 10pm if you are being loud in your flat, or out on the street expect to be told off and told to be quiet.

• A point to mention; in Spain there are still a huge volume of smokers. Smoking indoors is now not allowed, but on the terraces and outside there are a lot of people lighting up and there is very little you can do about it. If you want smoke-free, then you need to go indoors.

• Lastly, please always take toilet paper with you, you WILL need it. Lighting in bathrooms is often on timers so make sure you know where this is before you start to do your business so you can press the timer switch again should you need