FAQs: Travel

For both hiking and cycling the best time is spring (March to June) and autumn (September to November), although winter can also be very nice if you come prepared (it gets dark around 18 and nights can be cold in the mountains, but generally nice sunny weather during the day).

Andalusia is Spain’s warmest region. It has average yearly temperatures of 17ºC, around 600mm of rainfall and some 3,000 hours of sunshine, with long, hot summers and short, mild winters. But of course it depends at what altitude you are cycling or hiking…Sierra Nevada for example has a truly high-mountain climate. See also our blog

The rain in Spain falls mainly…

Normally stores open around 09.00–10.00 and close for lunch and siesta around 13.30–14.00. All restaurants are open for the typical hot, copious lunch with wine or beer until 16.00. At 17.00–17.30 the stores open again until 20.30–21.00, although a few stores stay open all day (normally the bigger supermarkets).

Banks open from 08.30 until 14.00, and there are always many ATM’s in towns and cities and also often in villages. In Spain the currency is euro.