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Entry requirements

It is your sole duty to make sure that you - and any son or daughter travelling to you - have got all the travel documents essential to enter or transit through each country on your own schedule. Please make sure you validate the requirements for every single country because the needed papers for outbound portion of your vacation varies from those needed on return.

Baggage

Airport check-in

Kindly provide yourself in the airport counter or self-service kiosks associated with airline indicated on your own e-ticket. Web check-in and mobile check-in are also available.
Kindly relate to Air Canada for advised check-in times and more details.

Your arrival at location

Transport from airport to Madrid

Madrid Barajas Airport is supported by taxi, metro and bus. Transfers between Terminals 1, 2, 3 and 4 tend to be by shuttle bus. Air Canada routes get to Terminal 1.

By coach

Line 200 stops at Terminals 1, 2 and 3 and links the airport using the Avenida de América.
The bus stops are found at Arrivals/Departures. Passengers should use this service to travel between Terminals 1, 2 and 3 as well as the city center. Line 101 links Barajas Metro, Terminals 1 and 2, and different other convenient stops.

By metro

Through the airport, trains operate from 6 a.m. to 1:45 a.m. every day. Metro Line 8 operates to the center (direction Nuevos Ministerios), but people need certainly to alter at Mar de Cristal (range 4) to achieve the essential main locations. The airport metro end is within Terminal 2.

By taxi

Taxi stands are situated beyond your ground-floor of all of the terminals. Journey time for you central Madrid is about thirty minutes, according to traffic.

By train

There is no direct airport connect to the key railway network.

Hotel check-in

Upon arrival at your hotel, kindly determine yourself at the front end table with your Air Canada Vacations coupon. You will then be assigned your accommodation. Passport must certanly be provided upon check-in.

Resort check-in times can vary with regards to the resort but is usually 3 p.m.

Through your stay

Require help or help with your holiday? Contact Air Canada Holidays Customer Care:

Buying

There are five areas to head for if you are in Madrid shopping: Salamanca, Chueca, the centre (near Puerta del Sol), Princesa and Cuatro Caminos.
Chueca is a fashionable, bohemian area, in which you'll find initial and designer items, with rates to suit. Salamanca, nicknamed The Golden Mile, is the most glamorous location to shop. The stores in the centre of Madrid are great aswell, the most obvious places being the Plaza Mayor, Gran through, Puerta del Sol and nearby streets. If you don't would you like to harm your bank stability you should attempt nearby the institution in the area of Arguelles. Another bargain-hunters' utopia is at Cuatro Caminos into the north of Madrid.

Tipping

Provider is roofed with the price of the dinner or drink. But tipping is a type of practice at taverns and restaurants, resorts and taxis. Most commonly it is around five to 10 percent regarding the complete price.

Water

Liquid in Madrid is safe to drink.

Electrical Energy

Electricity supply in Spain is AC 220 V, 50 Hz. Sockets make use of the round-pin European system. Most accommodations have adaptors.

Money

The currency in Spain is the Euro.

Banking

Banking hours are usually Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., with a few limbs open Saturday, 8:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. (except from Summer to September when all financial institutions near on Saturday).

ATM (cajeros automaticos) are now extensive.

All major credit cards tend to be widely accepted.

Long distance telephone calls

Telephone calls from your resort to Canada can be quite costly and solution charges are high.

Prepaid international calling cards can easily be bought.

To call Canada switch 001 and then the number.

Language

Spanish is the formal language.

Time area

UTC/GMT +1 time
Daylight cost savings time UTC/GMT +2 hours

Disaster

You can ask for a doctor or a dentist through your resort. Hold all of your receipts.
Travelers calling for urgent health care bills is going towards the nearest medical center er (airports and several train stations likewise have health teams and medical facilities).

Getting around

Sightseeing

Leasing vehicle

Air Canada Vacations offers convenient short-term and lasting car rentals throughout Europe.

Metro

The device is open from 6 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., though a few entrances near earlier. There are 12 metro outlines, and system maps in programs detail their colour-coded tracks.

Note the finish section of this range you want, and follow indications towards correct corridor. Exits are marked “salida”.

Taxi

Taxis tend to be a good deal in Madrid. It works under three various tariff schemes. You will discover all tariffs listed on the taxi screen. Spaniards don't tip cabbies, but if you are encouraged, 50 cents is approximately suitable for shorter trips; you can go as high as 10% for a trip on airport. You can easily phone a cab through Tele-Taxi, Radioteléfono Taxi, or Radio Taxi Gremial.

Buses

Red city buses operate from about 6 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. After midnight, buses called “búhos” ("night owls") run out to your suburbs from Plaza de Cibeles. Indications at every stop number all other stops by-street title, nonetheless they're difficult to understand if you do not understand the city well. Get a free course chart from transportation expert's (EMT) kiosks from the Plaza de Cibeles or perhaps the Puerta del Sol, where you can additionally purchase a 10-ride ticket labeled as a Metrobus

Trains

Travelling by train is comfortable and safe, but also for some lines, especially the local ones, it is often easier to use the coach. Madrid has three main train stations: Chamartín, Atocha, and Norte, the past primarily for commuter trains.

Your deviation

Resort checkout

Hotel checkout times can vary greatly with respect to the property, but usually you must vacate the area by noon.

Duty-free exemptions

Kindly present yourself during the airport counter or self-service kiosks of this flight suggested on the e-ticket. Internet check-in and cellular check-in are also available.