Useful information to study Spanish in Spain

Spain's main mobile operating companies are Movistar, Orange and Vodafone along with other low cost companies. If you wish to call your country while you are in Spain, a variety of calling cards that give you an amount of time of speaking depending on the price of the card: 5, 10 and 15 euros budget. These cards can be both used from a landline or from a mobile phones and can be bought at newsstands and specialized communication stores. The call consumption depends on the destination and the lenght of the call.

If your stay in Spain is going to be long, you can also buy a SIM card for a prepaid mobile phone. All Spanish operators offer this product, which you can connect to Internet at booths, bars and cafes with a wireless service. All around Spain, there are also wireless services at the airports, train stations and shopping malls.

Renfe is the Spanish state company of rail service throughout the country. The technology of high speed (AVE) trains is being implemented gradually around the Spanish territory. Currently, Ave train links are: Madrid-Valladolid, Madrid-Sevilla-Malaga, Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona and Madrid-Valencia.

Throughout Spain, there is an extensive network of buses operating, however, each road route between two cities is owned by different companies. So in order, to know which company is working in your city you must go to the bus station or check online.

Spain has got an excellent network of airports. The biggest ones are Madrid, Mallorca, Barcelona, Tenerife, Malaga, Gran Canaria and Alicante. All airlines have flights to Spain.

If you take your car on your trip to Spain, please note that our country has a great network of roads and highways for easy access to everywhere.

Finally, Spanish islands and Spain main Mediterranean cities are also connected and there are sea routes that connect passengers with the United Kingdom, the Balearic Islands and the Canary Islands.