The Brief

🇪🇸 Spain

Southern EuropeCapital MadridEURSpanish, Catalan
Advisory
Level 2
Exercise increased caution · State Dept ↗
as of 2025-08-11
Weather
86°F / 30°C
Clear sky · H 92° L 64°
Currency
EUR
0.86 per $1
Entry
Requirements
U.S. State Dept ↗
Standing intel: weather, currency & advisory · updated May 28, 2026

What’s moving in Spain

52 stories · last 90 days
The Latest
Cruise — Ocean

Barcelona Accelerates Cruise Tax to €30 Per Head — A €123,500-Per-Call Increase for Mega-Ships

Barcelona's Economy and Finance Commission voted July 15 to immediately accelerate its municipal cruise surcharge to the legal maximum of €24 per passenger — up…

Jul 22
Luxury Leisure

Two Urgent Advisories: Eclipse Rates Maxed Out, Tropical Storm Bertha Hitting Gulf Hubs

With the August 12 total solar eclipse now under three weeks away, Lighthouse data confirms Reykjavik hotels averaging $1,012 per night on eclipse day and…

Jul 22
Cruise — Ocean

Barcelona Jumps to €24 Maximum Cruise Tax — €30 Combined With Regional Levy

Barcelona's Economy and Finance Commission has voted to apply the municipal cruise passenger tax at its legal ceiling of €24 per passenger per day, covering…

Jul 21
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This week
Barcelona triples its cruise levy to €30 total—and says so deliberatelyJul 20
This month
Barcelona Triples Its Cruise Head Tax to 24 Euros — Mediterranean Itineraries Pricing 2027 Forward Should Factor a 30-Euro Combined LevyJul 13
MSC World Asia Completes Sea Trials — December 4 Mediterranean Maiden Voyage ConfirmedJul 4
August 12 Solar Eclipse: Three Weeks Left to Place Clients in Iceland and Northern SpainJul 4
Benetti's *Symmetry* Enters Charter — and Sits Squarely in the Eclipse CorridorJul 3
August 12 Total Solar Eclipse: Three Weeks, Remaining Luxury Inventory in Reykjavik and MallorcaJul 2
Act Now in Europe: Twenty Days to the August 12 Eclipse, and Nolan's Odyssey Already Lifting the PeloponneseJul 1
August 12 Eclipse Path Crosses Iceland and Northern Spain — Premium Inventory Still OpenJun 30
MSC World Asia Clears Sea Trials — December 4 Maiden Now ConfirmedJun 29
August 12 Solar Eclipse: Three Weeks Left to Close Premium Iceland and Spain PlacementsJun 29
MSC World Asia Clears Sea Trials — December 4 Maiden Voyage, Western Mediterranean Year-RoundJun 28
August 12 Solar Eclipse: Twenty Days Out, Availability Along the Totality Path Still ExistsJun 28
Marella Discovery 2 to Permanently Convert to Adults-Only Starting November 2027Jun 26
Mandarin Oriental Punta Negra Opens in Mallorca — Completing a Three-Property Spain PortfolioJun 26
Mandarin Oriental Punta Negra, Mallorca Opens — Brand's Third Spain PropertyJun 25
Mandarin Oriental Punta Negra Opens on Mallorca's Southwest Coast from €1,500Jun 25
Six Senses Ibiza Names 'Bioharmonising' as Its Clinical Identity — and the Pre-Tested Women's Cohort Is Already FormingJun 25
Mandarin Oriental Punta Negra Opens in Mallorca — Nile Expansion Reported but UnconfirmedJun 24
IHG Signs First Kimpton Madrid — Heritage Building in Barrio Salamanca, Opening 2030Jun 24
Vestige Collection Launches Five Properties Across Menorca, Mallorca, Formentera, and Namibia This SeasonJun 24
Earlier
Kimpton Signs for a 106-Key Madrid Hotel with El Corte Inglés — Target Opening ~2030Jun 23
Mandarin Oriental Opens First Balearic Resort, Returns to Manila After 14 YearsJun 23
Vestige Collection Launches Binidufà in Menorca, Adds Mallorca, Formentera, and a Namibia Safari LodgeJun 23
Mandarin Oriental Punta Negra Opens — First MO Resort in the BalearicsJun 22
Mandarin Oriental Punta Negra Opens in Southwest Mallorca from €1,500/NightJun 22
Developments from the last 90 days · Standing intel from REST Countries, Open-Meteo, Exchange Rate API & the U.S. State Department