Spain scraps more Covid travel rules in time for the Easter holidays

Spain has eased a number of its Covid travel rules for vaccinated travellers just in time for the Easter half term.

To enter Spain, any non-EU travellers – which includes the UK – has needed to show proof of their EU approved vaccine status, which includes Pfizer, Moderna, Astrazeneca, Johnson & Johnson and Novavax.

But from today, March 1st, vaccines will only need to be WHO approved, meaning those vaccinated with the Chinese made Sinopharm and Sinovac and India’s Bharat Biotech will now be permitted to enter, Spain’s expat newspaper The Olive Press reports.

However, Brits who are yet to receive two doses of a Covid vaccine are still prohibited from entering the country.

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And anyone who had their second jab more than nine months ago will have to provide proof of their booster vaccine (third jab) to be considered as fully vaccinated.

This comes after Spain lifted its controversial Covid rule that banned unvaccinated children between the ages of twelve and seventeen from entering the country.

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Instead, those under eighteen who haven’t had both of their jabs will just have to provide a negative PCR test taken seventy-two hours before arrival.

Though those planning a Spanish getaway will need to proceed with caution; EasyJet recently reminded holiday-goers that popular destinations Ibiza and Mallorca have put a restriction on the number of alcoholic drinks served in all-inclusive hotels.

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The new rule will split the day into a ‘lunch timetable’ and an ‘evening timetable’, with only three alcoholic drinks permitted during each slot.

Other restrictions include a ban on the sale of alcohol in shops between 9:30pm and 8am, pub crawls, two-for-one drinks offers and happy hours.

The rules were introduced by the government of the Balearic Islands in a bid to clamp down on public drunkenness and anti-social behaviour among British tourists.

Most of the new restrictions did come into place in 2020, but due to the Covid pandemic, most holiday-goers are only now discovering them.