A road trip through Spain sounds incredible doesn’t it?  The allure of foreign travel, exploring undiscovered treasures, hidden villas, and exquisite wares beckons you, the adventurer, to step out and give exploration all your stamina.  Imagine driving through volcanic scenery and turning the corner to find azure waters and clean beaches with sugar fine sand.  While Spain doesn’t encourage camping in “the wild,” you will find many RV destinations and resorts waiting for you and your rig to level down and make these camps your home.  Can you RV safely in another country?  Yes, you can!  With the forethought of planning your dream vacation in a country unlike home, you can rent or hire your choice of RV’s and confidently travel to destinations once dreamed about.  Using a special tool created – an “International Guide to Local and National Emergency Services,” will help establish confidence in your safety as you traverse your chosen country to RV through.  Now you can travel with a detailed guide book as your personal “insurance” against the unknowns of travel whether it be RV, planes, trains, or busses and taxis to boot!

There is an excellent site  is filled with hundreds of campground links for RV’ing in Spain, and there are over 300 destination campsites to choose from as well as scenic drives to take advantage..   Many of these include scenery such as nearby beach fronts, sparkling Mediterranean waters, and the laid back flavors of Spain.  Verde, azul, and rosado colors  will wash over you as a rainbow wave.  Sights and sounds will last long into your memory of nights.  Whether Madrid, Barcelona, or the Andalucia Scenic Drive route, you’ll never forget this destination.

While driving through the Andalucia Scenic Route, you’ll find evidences of a “settlement for different cultures (Pebble Culture, Iberians, Celtics,…) but those who left the biggest cultural effect were the Moorish (for more than seven centuries) who formed what was calling Al Andalus. This was a territory that comprised a large part of Spain until, with the marriage of Queen Isabel of Castilla and King Fernando of Aragon making the union of the two kingdoms, finally expelled the Moors and united Spain.”

“Andalucia has eight provinces and all of them have different marvellous views, culture, food, activities: Almeria for the Naturals Parks (as Cabo de Gata and Tabernas Desert, where many Westerns have been filmed) Granada with Sierra Nevada where you can enjoy skiing, or visiting La Alhambra; Jaen famous for the olives trees (the best olive oil in Spain), Malaga for 163 km of coastline and the popular wines, Cordoba for The Mosque is the oldest monument in the West, also famous for its gold and silver jewelry shops, Sevilla is the most popular province of Andalucia for its flamenco culture, kind people and beautiful monuments; Cadiz has 272 kilometres of coastline mostly beaches with fine and clean sand, bathing with the Atlantic and Huelva has the best Spanish ham: Pata Negra de Jabugo.”

To insure yourself a safe and  prosperous journey, Travel SOS has created the perfect booklet to assist you as a guest in the country of Spain – a comprehensive emergency guide to carry along in the event of an emergency problem; whether it is as simple as forgetting your keys in the ignition or as serious as an accident in the countryside.  Each guide has over 100 telephone numbers and contact personnel as well as agencies vital to each country’s intricate emergency services.   For example:  Barcelona, Spain, the city of constant renewal, the capital of Catalonia, is the second largest city in Spain.  Unequivocally Mediterranean, Barcelona was founded as a Roman colony in the second century B.C.  Hence you’ll discover Romanesque influences in architecture as well as Gothic, Spanish, and Catalonian modernisms.  With this city boasting over a million residents and inching upward over four million if the surrounding countryside is included, there is plenty of room for emergencies to take place.  So many people in one place can mean, “a ripeness for problems.” 

By using the Travel SOS guide for your destination, you’ll know which areas of your traveled city to avoid, which evening hours are better for tourists and which hours are better left to the locals.  You’ll discover how to protect yourself from pickpockets, child gangs, and others who thrive off of tourist’s ignorance of their surroundings.  Besides safety lessons, you’ll find helpful information regarding eating facilities, banking institutions, doctors, pharmacies, veterinarians, lawyers, dentists, reputable taxi services, airport information, and weather conditions.

When preparing to travel whether by our favorite, RV, or arriving by plane, and hiring taxis, you can call ahead to Travel SOS, visit their website, and order your travel guide book to be printed off in “real-time.”  This means for you the traveler – the information is the latest news possible in the country of your choice.  Each detail is checked four times by local writers, editors, and other reliable sources throughout the countries.  A note of information here – not all cities and countries have a guide booklet written about them yet.  will have listed those cities and countries available now and those pending final editorial check-off for publication.  So here’s to a safe and fun way to travel worldwide in your RV or by any other mode of transportation.  Happy Safe Travel with Travel SOS! 

(photos and captions are courtesy of Travel SOS – www.fisherstravelsos.com, www.barcelonaspain.com,  http://www.motorhome-rental-spain.com/motorhome-rental-spain-campgrounds/index.htm - Andalucia scenic drive)