This means that over 18s must be fully vaccinated and can only enter within 270 days of their second jab, or if they have had a booster, or with a valid recovery certificate from overcoming the virus within the last 180 days.
Fully vaccinated Britons can visit Spain for holidays, without needing to test or quarantine. For those who are unvaccinated, you'll need to be able to show proof of recovery from Covid if you want to visit for tourism.
The rules apply to anyone aged 12 or over, so originally this proved problematic for families wanting to visit with unvaccinated teenagers aged 12-17. However, Spain subsequently changed its rules to allow teens aged 12-17 to visit, provided they have a negative PCR test result and are travelling with vaccinated adults.
Anyone travelling to Spain, regardless of vaccination status, will also be required to fill out a pre-travel form and obtain a QR code to show at border control.
Fur further updates visit the Foreign Office website.
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Yes David, We certainly do have to live with this, and two years is more than enough of these regulations. But to say regulations during these times have not helped stop the problem from becoming, is ludicrous, and if more regulations were put in place to stop thousands of unvaccinated travelling from South Africa back in November for example, the Omicron would not have been half as serious.
Juan your correct, nothing stops the virus. The virus came from China and spread every where. Despite lock downs. The vaccine does not stop infection but will in most case limit severity and new antiviral help recovery. The Covid virus is now part of nature like flu and won’t be going away soon. Mankind has conquered only one disease, smallpox and that has taken over a 100yrs in the making. Covid is a disease we will have to live with.
David- None of these have stopped the virus? It was never meant to STOP it, it was supposed to have prevented the spread, and due to many other Countries relaxing the rules as you have mentioned, do you think possibly these two factors could be related?
And around Europe other tourism dependent nations quietly drop the requirements. What is the point of a pre travel, passenger location form or whatever you call it, none have stopped the spread of the virus. Part of the Covid work creation plan, govt showing control and action. Pointless and wasteful barriers to recovering from the last two years and damaging when looking at the Ukrainian disasters effect on European countries economics. Read Reuters report on Germany’s problems that will drag us all down
More little island mentality Jerry?
A bunch of sillyiness because people didn't get their way of forcing people to be vaccinated. Give it up already..we all know it spreads with or without vaccination....we all know that if individuals want to feel 'more protected' they can make the CHOICE to get a jab. Move on!