Spain is known for its beautiful scenery, beaches, and relaxed culture. The people are friendly and enjoy socializing. Typical interactions may include kissing cheeks as greetings and putting an arm around someone to give directions. Spanish cuisine includes dishes like tortilla española, pipas sunflower seeds, fresh bread, Rioja wine, olive oil, paella, and sangria. Popular festivals celebrate bullfighting, wine harvests, and tomatoes. Iconic cities like Madrid and Barcelona offer history, architecture, and world-famous football clubs. Spain welcomes over 50 million tourists annually looking to experience its warm climate, affordable prices, and lively atmosphere.

1. Customs and traditions from Spain

2. I am Spanish !
• Spain is a beautiful country with amazing panoramic views at countryside,
good weather and unforgettable sunny beaches for holiday season at
spring, summer and autumn.
• Spanish people most of the time have a good mood, like to have fun,
laughing at all, joking between them, when you meet them or arrive and
leave usually they give you a kiss, one in each cheek. If you are asking for
an address, they usually put their arm over your shoulder just to explain how
to get there, this is a common way of communication, but you don’t get
angry with them because you feel that they have invaded your personal
space. This way of communicating may surprise you when you first arrive to
Spain, but you will quickly adapt to this Spanish customs and traditions and
soon you won’t even notice them.
• Typical Spanish phrases to go out for have fun, are for example: “ir de
picoteo” or "ir de tapas" (meaning: pilgrimage through the bars, eating small
amounts of meal and often outside meal times), "voy a ir de farra" (meaning:
I'm going to go party), “¿Qué tienes de picar?” (meaning: What do you have
to snack?). After lunch, Spanish people use to have a nap (called: siesta)
and after their nap, they usually saying: “Yo estaba sobando” (meaning: I
was napping).

3. Royal Alcazar Palace Hamam Arab Bath

4. Alhambra Granada Spain
• Beautiful Arab roots:

5. Other interesting points about
Spaniards’ food customs
• The Spanish food is not spicy and very seldom hot.
• The Tortillas in Spain are not the same as tortillas elsewhere. You will not
find corn or flour tortillas in Spanish dishes, they use to call tortitas.
La Tortilla Española refers to a very popular and delicious egg and potato
dish.
• Sunflower seeds (it is called: pipas) are the most common snack in Spain.
More importantly, Spaniards are really talented at opening and eating them
at a shocking speed.
• Most Spanish’s households buy fresh bread everyday, they are long
baguettes called Barras or Pistolas.
• Spanish famous Red wine: Rioja and Casillero del Diablo.
• Wine sherry (called: Jerez wine) is simply called 'vino de Jerez'.
• Spain is the number one producer of Olive oil in the world with 44% of the
world's olive oil production, is more than twice of Italy’s production.
• The Paella dish is a Valencian rice dish with ancient roots/seafood.
• The Sangria drink consists of red wine, chopped fruit, sweetener and small
amount of added brandy).
• The most famous Spanish beer: Mahou-San Miguel, Estrella Damm, Estrella
Galicia, Cruzcampo.

7. Why Spain is the best place to go
your next holiday?
• Spain is known for its hospitality and relaxed way
of life, and this is what students and tourists love
about Spain and the Spain culture.
• More than 50 million of tourists visit Spain every
spring, summer and autumn time, because of its
good weather, sunny and subtropical temperature
(33 – 40 ºC).
• Spain is cheap country from Western Europe,
beautiful and fun people, attractions, beaches,
pubs, restaurants internationally renowned for its
cuisine, discotheques, ecology tours, city tours, big
thematic parks and lots of private resorts.

9. Main Festivals and Places to visit
• Historical Royal Palace.
• “Sagrada Familia” the most famous Cathedral at Barcelona, Spain.
• Historical Muslim Buildings (Alhambra Castle, Alcazar Royal palace,
Hammam-Arabic Bath).
• Bullfighting.
• Big thematic parks: Isla Mágica, Terra Mítica, Warner Brothers Park,
Tívoli World, Universal Port Aventura.
• Almudena Cathedral, Seville Cathedral, Cathedral in Santiago de
Compostela.
• Grec Festival.
• Wine harvest Festival.
• Salamanca history and legends.
• The Legend of Cave of Salamanca.
• One of the most popular traditions in Salamanca is known as “lunes
de aguas”.

10. Party and fun !
La Tomatina Valencia
The Carnival of Santa Cruz de
Tenerife - Canary Island

11. More funny places and festivals
• Festival of Saint Agatha (fiesta de Santa Águeda).
• Miguel de Unamuno quote: “You will be victorious but you will not
convince”.
• Rose of Saffron Festival.
• Walking the “Camino de Santiago” (Saint James Route).
• “La Tomatina” Festival (Tomatoes Festival Valencia).
• Los Toros de San Fermín Festival, Pamplona.
• San Isidro Festival Madrid (Chulapas and Chulapos traditional
dresses).
• Cave of Altamira Santillana del Mar, Cantabria.
• On 23th of April, Diada de Sant Jordi or Saint George’s Day-
Catalonia, is often compared to Valentine's Day.
• The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain.
• Ibiza Island is one of the most famous party and holiday Island in the
world.
• Tenerife Carnival at Santa Cruz de Tenerife Island.

13. Most important cities: Madrid and
Barcelona
• The Madrid-Barcelona is one of the city pairs
with most flights per week in the world.
• The Madrid subway is the second largest
underground system in Europe.
• Real Madrid Football Club, Barcelona
Football Club and Atletico of Madrid Football
Club are the most famous football teams in
the world and in Spain.

14. Madrid

16. Barcelona
La Sagrada Familia Port Vell

17. Spain is a country to enjoy! See you
there on your next holiday....

18. End
Alexander Rojas