Short-toed Snake Eagles are common in Spain, and often seen carrying snakes - an amazing sight! Stephen Daly/Daly Wildlife

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1 Spain EXTREMADURA & ANDALUCIA Short-toed Snake Eagles are common in Spain, and often seen carrying snakes - an amazing sight! Stephen Daly/Daly Wildlife 2019 Wednesday 24th April - Wednesday 1st May (8 days) Small group tour with Fernando Enrique & Gary Elton 2020 Wednesday 22nd - Wednesday 29th April (8 days) Small group tour with Fernando Enrique & Mike Crewe This classic spring birdwatching tour to Central and Southern Spain brings together two of Europe s finest wildlife areas: the fabulous steppes and sierras of Extremadura, and the wetlands and woods of Coto Doñana National Park. Timed to coincide both with the peak of spring migration and the breeding season for Iberia s resident birds - such as Great Bustard, Red-knobbed Coot and Iberian Magpie. There s nowhere better in Europe to see birds of prey, with Egyptian, Black and Griffon Vultures, Spanish Imperial Eagle, Black-winged Kite and Lesser Kestrel among many to look forward to. Superb spring birding in central and southern Spain 4 nights in Extremadura - THE best place in Europe for birds of prey Based at a splendidly situated hotel overlooking beautiful Monfragüe National Park Great and Little Bustards, Black-bellied and Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Great Spotted Cuckoo 3 nights in Andalucia at a super hotel beside Spain's celebrated Coto Doñana National Park Greater Flamingo, Glossy Ibis, Western Swamphen, European Bee-eater, Iberian Magpie Returning for our 30th and 31st years to the region Expertly led by Limosa's English-speaking Spanish specialist Fernando Enrique What's Included? Limosa Tour Leaders Return flights - outbound London Gatwick to Madrid, returning Seville to London Gatwick 7 nights accommodation at two comfortable hotels All main meals included - with drinking water provided during the day Minibus transport All excursions, entry fees, airport taxes and tour based tips LIMOSA HOLIDAYS, West End Farmhouse, Chapelfield, Stalham, Norfolk NR12 9EJ (UK) TEL: +44 (0) info@limosaholidays.co.uk WEB: limosaholidays.co.uk

2 Outline Itinerary Day 1: Fly London Gatwick-Madrid. Transfer west to our first hotel, in Extremadura - right on the doorstep of Monfragüe National Park. Night Monfragüe Days 2-4: From our base near historic Trujillo we have three days to explore beautiful Monfragüe National Park and the steppes and sierras of Extremadura. 3 further nights Day 5: Monfragüe. We travel south into Andalucia and arrive at our lovely second hotel. Night Villamanrique de la Condesa Days 6-7: Discovering the wetlands and woods of Coto Doñana National Park. 2 further nights Villamanrique Day 8: Tour Overview Fly Seville-London Gatwick Spring comes early to central and southern Spain! From February onwards, waves of storks, raptors and innumerable passerine migrants start to arrive, making their first landfall in Europe along the coast of Andalucia. By the time of our visit in April, Booted Eagles will be back over the dehesas, Red-rumped Swallows hawk the skies and the marshes will be a frenzy of activity with ibises, herons and egrets busy nesting. Our spring birdwatching tour to central and southern Spain kicks off in Madrid, from where we head west to Extremadura - the 'wild heart of Spain' - and the fabulous Spanish steppes. Nowhere else in Europe do birds of prey breed in such numbers or variety, while Little Bustards 'blow raspberries' and Great Bustards strut their stuff amid the flower-filled grasslands. Black Stork, Black-bellied and Pin-tailed Sandgrouse, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Calandra Lark, Blue Rock Thrush, Southern Grey Shrike, Spanish Sparrow and Rock Bunting are among many other treats in store. We spend the first four nights of our tour here, staying at a wonderfully situated Hospederia - right on the approach to Monfragüe National Park itself and with great birding right on the doorstep. Monfragüe is magnificent, famed for its spectacular landscape and hordes of Griffon Vultures, which throng the dramatic rock pinnacle of Peñafalcon. Mighty Black and Egyptian Vultures also breed in the park, along with Red and Black Kites, and all five Iberian eagles: Bonelli's, Booted, Short-toed Snake, Golden and Spanish Imperial. We will seek the elusive Black-winged Kite over the beautiful dehesa woodlands, scan for secretive Eurasian Eagle Owl on the cliffs and pay a visit to the historic old town of Trujillo, with its splendid medieval architecture adorned by numerous Lesser Kestrels, Pallid Swifts and bill-clattering European White Storks. Leaving Extremadura, we then travel south into Andalucia for a three-night stay beside Spain s most illustrious national park, the Coto Doñana. Our base here is a delightful, award winning rural hotel located in the northern sector of the park, with a reputation for comfort, great food and friendly staff. This extraordinary corner of Spain also shelters some of the Europe s rarest breeding birds: Eurasian Spoonbill, Squacco Heron, Glossy Ibis, Greater Flamingo and Red-knobbed Coot haunt the marshes and troops of exotic Iberian Magpies roam the warm, scented pinewoods. Chunky Western Swamphens clamber about the reedbeds and dappled Marbled Ducks tuck themselves away on quiet lagoons. In April, colourful European Rollers, European Beeeaters and Woodchat Shrikes will be arriving, Eurasian Hoopoes probe the sandy tracks and jangling European Serins add further to the delights of springtime in southern Spain. During our stay in Doñana we shall also pay a visit to the fascinating 'wild west' village of El Rocío, its wide sandy streets lined with wooden hitching rails, elegant white-washed buildings and a quite magnificent church being more reminiscent of old Mexico than Spain. Waders and Whiskered Terns patrol the marismas beyond. Limosa has been operating a wide-ranging annual programme of birdwatching tours to Spain since 1990, including dozens of trips to Extremadura and Andalucia. Add the unrivalled expertise of Limosa guides Gary Elton (2019), Mike Crewe (2020) and our resident, English info@limosaholidays.co.uk

3 speaking Spanish specialist Fernando Enrique, who was born and raised in Andalucía - and we think you will find this classic two-centre birdwatching tour to Central and Southern Spain hard to beat! Daily Itinerary Day 1 TO MADRID & MONFRAGUE Our spring birdwatching tour to central and southern Spain begins with a morning flight from London Gatwick to Madrid. We transfer west by road toward the rolling steppe, beautiful oak woodlands and wild sierras of Extremadura. It's a three to four hour journey, but we will pause along the way to enjoy a delicious tapas lunch and to scan the flowing spring grasslands for Montagu s Harrier and Bee-eater - and maybe have a first try for the elusive Blackwinged Kite! Early evening arrival at our comfortable rural hotel, a wonderfully situated Hospederia that lies right on the approach to magnificent Monfragüe National Park. This will be our base for the first four nights of the holiday. Cattle Egrets and White Storks forage for lizards and grasshoppers in the pastures, handsome Spanish Sparrows and Spotless Starlings nest in numbers about the scattered Extremaduran farmsteads, and Black Kites float effortlessly over the grasslands. Night at a hotel overlooking Monfragüe National Park Days 2-4 MONFRAGÜE & THE STEPPE GRASSLANDS OF EXTREMADURA Beautiful Monfragüe National Park and the surrounding steppe grasslands are typified by mile upon mile of unspoilt countryside, where centuries of traditional land management have created the unique dehesas: a timeless, park-like habitat of cork and evergreen oaks, foraged by pigs and alive in spring with calls of Hoopoes, Woodlarks, Rock Sparrows, Woodchat Shrikes and exotic Iberian Magpies. Rocky fields and roadside verges brim with an exuberance of wildflowers at this season, Sardinian Warblers give their scolding rat-a-tat-tat call at almost every halt and pink-chested Southern Grey Shrikes perch boldly beside the road. This is perhaps the finest spot in all of Europe for birds of prey and we can expect to encounter a dozen or more different species during our stay. Immense Griffon Vultures patrol the skies, along with Egyptian Vulture and the even more massive Black Vulture, Red and Black Kites, Peregrine and up to five species of eagle: Shorttoed Snake, Booted, Bonelli s, Golden and Spanish Imperial. The latter is one of the world s rarest and most endangered raptors but we have good chances of seeing one here. The scarce Black Stork is perhaps easier to see well at Monfragüe than anywhere else we know, and we ll check a favourite location for the powerful Eurasian Eagle Owl, too. Several of these species breed on or around the dramatic rock pinnacle of Peñafalcon, which lies at the heart of the park and we will spend some time enjoying the spectacle. Truly a magical place, Monfragüe s Cistus and herb-scented hillsides, rocky ravines and plunging valleys are equally rich in small birds. Crag Martin, Thekla Lark, Blue Rock Thrush, secretive Dartford, Subalpine and Western Orphean Warblers, Short-toed Treecreeper, Hawfinch and Red-billed Chough are all present in spring. Parties of bibbling Alpine Swifts sweep the skies and if we are lucky we could find the scarce Black Wheatear, too. The sweeping plain that stretches away to the south is a vital stronghold of the aristocratic Great Bustard. Early mornings offer the best chance to see these magnificent birds (don t worry, it doesn t get light here until about seven!), before the grasslands are lost beneath a sea of shimmering heat-haze. With Hoopoes, Stone-curlews and Calandra Larks calling all about us, from our vantage point overlooking the steppe we shall scan for the dominant males as they perform their extraordinary display. It s one that culminates in the great birds shaking and turning themselves inside-out to become a mass of white feathers - variously described as looking like a foaming bath or a giant chrysanthemum, visible at tremendous range! We should also see and hear plenty of the smaller Little Bustards, blowing raspberries at one another with their inflated Newcastle United-stocking necks! The grasslands are interrupted by bands of low rocky sierras and slow-flowing rivers, and for info@limosaholidays.co.uk

4 sheer variety of birds this whole region is hard to beat. Little Bittern, Night Heron, Pin-tailed and Black-bellied Sandgrouse, Greater Short-toed Lark, Spectacled Warbler, Penduline Tit and Golden Oriole are among many that await our discovery. Spanish Sparrows are actually rather scarce in Spain, but can be locally common here with flocks of several hundred sometimes seen. We may also hear the harsh rattling cackle of a Great Spotted Cuckoo, watch Red-rumped Swallows swooping low or find the squat form of an 'angry' Little Owl glaring down at us from one of the massive boulders so characteristic of Extremadura's hard lands. We ll drop by at a wetland site that is home to Purple Heron, Savi s Warbler and Purple Swamphen, and have further chances to look for that troublesome Black-winged Kite. Out in the region s rice fields, we may encounter two tiny introduced finches: Common Waxbill and the startling Red Avadavat - in their white-spotted breeding plumage, males of the latter look not unlike a fast-flying strawberry! Before leaving Extremadura, we ll pay a visit to nearby Trujillo and spend a little time wandering the narrow cobbled streets of this historic old town. The Conquistadors may have long since departed this famous place but there are still plenty of White Storks, Lesser Kestrels and Pallid Swifts to enjoy over a quiet drink in the beautiful main piazza. Bring your camera - on a clear day, views across the plains from atop the medieval battlements are superb! Three further nights at a hotel overlooking Monfragüe NP Day 5 SOUTH TO ANDALUCIA & COTO DOÑANA NATIONAL PARK We bid a reluctant farewell to Monfragüe this morning and travel south over good roads towards Seville - no doubt breaking our journey with one or two birding stops along the way. From Seville, we swing west and continue on to reach our second hotel in the sleepy Andalucian village of Villamanrique de la Condesa, with its characterful white washed buildings overlooking the famous Coto Doñana National Park. We will aim to arrive at our hotel in time to enjoy some late afternoon birding in the marismas (marshes) close by. Night Villamanrique de la Condesa Days 6-7 COTO DOÑANA NATIONAL PARK Covering an area of almost half a million acres, the marismas at the mouth of the Guadalquivir comprise one of the most important wetlands in Europe. Our birding here might well begin with a look at nearby wetland areas as well as the Park s visitor centres. Fernando was born and raised in Andalucia and this is a region he knows especially well. Amongst a rich diversity of birds, Doñana boasts many that are rare or absent elsewhere in Europe and, if the water levels are right, the marshes can be crammed with birds. Spoonbill, Purple Heron, Little Egret, Whiskered Tern, Collared Pratincole and many migrant waders are among those to be seen, as well as regional specialities that include Greater Flamingo, Squacco Heron, Glossy Ibis and Western Swamphen. Depending on water levels, we may also visit some less well-known minor lagoons around the fringes of Doñana that can hold rare specialities such as Red-knobbed Coot, Black-necked Grebe, Whiteheaded Duck and Marbled Duck. No visit to the Coto would be complete without a trip to the protected zone of the Corredor Verde and the Dehesa de Abajo. The former is always a great place to watch for raptors and is one area where the rare Black-winged Kite and Booted Eagle, Europe s smallest eagle, hunt. The Dehesa de Abajo is a sight to behold in spring, with large expanses of flowering meadows where Bee-eaters sweep low, feeding over multi-coloured carpets of scented flowers. The surrounding wild olives or acebuche trees hold one of the largest concentrations of White Storks nests in Spain, where the birds actually nest on top of the trees. A flooded lagoon at the edge of the dehesa can hold large numbers of duck, including Red-crested Pochard, as well as Gull-billed and Black Terns hawking for insects. As the day progresses, we can enjoy visits to various hides and take a walk through the resinscented pinewoods and shady Cork Oak groves. Flocks of Iberian Magpies flit through the lower branches, Crested Tits and Firecrests work through the canopy, and furtive Dartford and Sardinian Warblers scold us from the scrub. Along tracks to the José Antonio Valverde Visitors' Centre on the fringes of the northern info@limosaholidays.co.uk

5 marshes, migrant Spectacled and Subalpine Warblers can often be found, along with Common and Great Spotted Cuckoos. The sandy tracks that bisect the drier, drained farmlands hold all the southern European larks. Crested Larks are our constant companions, their melancholy song given in flight, and others we could see include Thekla, Calandra and both Greater and Lesser Short-toed Larks. Migrants passing through the area in spring can include Night Herons in the tamarisks, Hoopoe, Black-eared Wheatear and Red-rumped Swallow. Alert Southern Grey and Woodchat Shrikes survey the scene and, as the daytime temperature starts to rise, birds of prey become more noticeable. In April, these can include Red Kite and the ubiquitous Black Kite, Marsh Harrier and Short-toed Snake Eagle. With luck, we may find the endangered Spanish Imperial Eagle, which nests in the national park. Two further nights at Villamanrique de la Condesa Day 8 COTO TO SEVILLE, FLY LONDON We should have time to enjoy some further birdwatching in and around the Coto today. Afternoon transfer to Seville for our evening flight back to London Gatwick, where our spring birdwatching holiday to Spain concludes. Trip Information Group Limit Max 10 participants & 2 leaders Birds species Accommodation 7 nights accommodation at two good hotels. Our tour commences in Extremadura, where we spend four nights at the Hospedería Parque de Monfragüe overlooking magnificent Monfragüe National Park, some 25 miles north of the town of Trujillo. All rooms have private facilities. In Andalucia, we have three nights at the delightful and extremely comfortable Hotel Ardea Purpurea, an award winning rural hotel close by the village of Villamanrique, on the northern fringes of the Coto Doñana National Park. All rooms have private bathroom with shower as well as air conditioning. Meals All main meals are included in the price and are of very good quality, commencing with a late lunch on arrival in Spain on Day 1 and concluding with lunch in Andalucia on Day 8. Breakfasts and dinners will be at the hotels. Our lunches may variously be taken at a local venta (cafe) or as picnics in the field. Walking Easy. Most walks are short and over easy terrain. Comfortable walking shoes or lightweight boots with sturdy soles are advised. Weather Generally fine at this time of year although, even in southern and central Spain, there can be April showers! Average daytime temperatures typically range between 17-22C (62-72F), occasionally hotter. Flights We fly British Airways and/or Iberia, outbound from London Gatwick to Madrid, and returning Seville to London Gatwick. Ground Transport By minibus. Photos Opportunities for bird photography can be good-excellent, especially raptors and storks at Peñafalcon in Monfragüe National Park. Tour Cost * (8 days): 1745 (inc flights from London) Land only: 1595 Deposit: 300 Single Supp: 185 Cost includes Services of expert Limosa guides Flights London Gatwick-Madrid (outbound) and Seville-London Gatwick (return) 7 nights hotel accommodation in Spain All main meals (with drinking water provided) Minibus transport All excursions, entry fees, tour based tips and taxes Map & Limosa checklist of birds Cost excludes Insurance, drinks, airport/in-flight meals and snacks & other items of a personal nature. * tour costs shown. Please note costs for our 2020 tour TBA (available summer 2019) info@limosaholidays.co.uk

6 About Your Guides Fernando Enrique Fernando is our resident Spanish expert, a bird tour guide, all-round naturalist and biologist whose home is at Algeciras overlooking the Strait of Gibraltar. As a child, he was fascinated by the kettles of raptors that formed above his home and being born in the Strait, Europe s most important bird migration route, helped shape his love of birds and nature. At 18, Fernando became one of the youngest bird-ringers in Spain, while his eagerness to learn about more and more species led him to travel widely in Europe, Africa, Asia and Central America. Despite his relatively young age (he's now 32), he has already worked on projects with a number of species - some facing serious conservation problems - including Montagu s Harrier, Lesser Kestrel, Griffon Vulture and White Stork, as well as projects to study the effects of wind farms on birds. Spanish is Fernando's first language but his command of English is excellent and he is a delight to travel with, earning rave reviews from participants. He leads our tours to Guatemala and northern Morocco as well as those across Spain. Having lived and worked in north, central and southern Spain, he knows the birds of these regions exceptionally well. Gary Elton Gary is a principal Limosa guide who lives in Norfolk, where he divides his time between guiding for Limosa and working at Holme Bird Observatory, on the Norfolk coast. A former Herts Bird Club committee member and warden of a local nature reserve in north London (where he lived and birded for over 35 years), he is a qualified ringer with a particular fascination for studying bird migration in the Mediterranean. In addition to leading most of Limosa s Norfolk breaks over the past 10 years, Gary's growing repertoire of overseas tour destinations includes Greece, Spain, Iceland, Sri Lanka, Gambia, Borneo, Florida, Mexico and Panama. He often joins our guided BirdWalks in Norfolk and regularly pops up on TV wildlife programmes, having featured on everything from Springwatch to Bill Bailey's Birdwatching Bonanza. Gary is great fun and his enthusiasm for birdwatching is infectious. He rates Spain as one of his all-time favourite birding destinations and has led 9 previous tours to Extremadura and Andalucia for Limosa as well as making several private birding trips there. Mike Crewe Born and raised in Oxford, Mike first joined Limosa in 1997 having spent 16 years working in horticulture - his love and knowledge of which subject still often shines through. In 2009, after 13 years working for us - both in the Limosa office and as a guide - Mike emigrated to New Jersey with his American wife Megan, to take up a post at the Cape May Bird Observatory. Tour leading has always been his first love however, and he returned to the fold early in 2016 to resume his tour leading duties with Limosa! Aside from birds, Mike claims his other real passion is for plants. However, those who have travelled with him on tour will know that this isn t strictly true for one quickly comes to realise that he s a very highly accomplished all-round naturalist who takes great pleasure in sharing his discoveries with others. When he s not away from home guiding our groups across Europe, Asia, Africa or the Americas, Mike s is also one of the voices that may greet you when phoning the Limosa office. Mike is a veteran of numerous Limosa holidays to Spain over the past 20 years. What You Say... This was my first overseas birding holiday and it will not be my last! Extremadura and Andalucia were carpeted with wildflowers and our two epert guides [Fernando and Gary] helped us spot 176 bird species, including a large number of raptors, waders and warblers. As a single person, I greatly appreciated the relaxed, welcoming atmosphere in the group and the opportunity to make new friends. Accommodation and meals were ezcellent too. Many thanks Limosa for such a special trip." MA, Extremadura & Andalucia tour This was the best trip I have been on for number of species and huge volume of every type of bird. The guides [Fernando and Gary] were so good at making sure we all saw everything." PL, Extremadura & Andalucia tour Just to thank you guys and let you know we really enjoyed the trip last week. Fernando was an excellent guide he was extremely hard working, knew his birds and their calls inside out and held his own entertaining us in the info@limosaholidays.co.uk

7 evening and in the bus. Being a local, he was able to ensure we were well looked after in restaurants too. M&JW, Extremadura & Andalucia tour Fernando was an excellent guide and he was able to pass on his knowledge very well. His local contacts with fellow local guides proved very useful while out in the field. RD, Extremadura & Andalucia tour Having toured with many other companies in the past we found Limosa exceptional in pretour information, service and quality of communication. The situation of both hotels is excellent - the surrounding countryside is varied and ideal for birdwatching... We shall certainly recommend this trip to our birdwatching friends." J&HM, Extremadura & Andalucia tour Financial Security Limosa Holidays is a fully bonded Tour Operator and a member of the Association of Independent Tour Operators (AITO). We hold an ATOL (Air Tour Operators Licence) granted by the CAA, providing for your protection in the event of Limosa Holidays' insolvency. Our ATOL licence number is ATOL For tours not including the cost of a flight from the UK or for holidays booked by you as Land Only, all payments made to us are fully bonded through the Association of Bonded Travel Organisers Trust Limited (ABTOT). Our ABTOT membership number is For details please see our brochure or website: Limosa Loyalty Discount We are proud of the number of loyal customers who travel regularly with us. As our way of saying thank you, we offer a Frequent Travel Discount. Under the scheme, everyone who takes four trips with us is entitled to claim a 5% discount on their 5th trip. *1 *1 Conditions: This offer applies to the basic tour cost only and excludes certain commissionbased trips, extra costs such as additional flights or accommodation, private extensions and cancellations. Discounts cannot be given in lieu of tour deposits or off the cost of single room supplements. Please note discount must be requested at time of booking! How To Book Check availability on our website or with our office. We are happy to hold Provisional Reservations for up to 7 days. After this, we do require a Booking Form and deposit to confirm your place on tour. Any unconfirmed space will be released. Book Online, by Phone or by Post You can book and pay the deposit simply and securely Online via our website, using the Book This Tour button on the relevant tour page or the Booking tab at the top of the page. Telephone bookings must be confirmed in writing by completion of a Booking Form (there's one tucked inside every brochure or as a PDF download from our website), which can be mailed to us in the time honoured way. Be sure to read our Booking Conditions and General Information (found at the back of our brochure, on our website or available from our office on request) prior to booking. When to Book Early booking is advised since flights and accommodation are much more easily secured well in advance. To encourage early booking, we are pleased to offer an Early Bird Discount - see our current brochure or website for details. All our tours are limited to small group sizes. So they can fill up quickly - sometimes even before our new brochure comes out! Single rooms in particular can often be in short supply and among the first to go, so do try to plan well ahead if you definitely require one of these. Last-minute Bookings: We inevitably receive a few unexpected cancellations over the course of a season so it is always worth enquiring about vacancies on any tour - even for those departing in just a few weeks! info@limosaholidays.co.uk

8 Payments Deposit: The amount of booking deposit per person is shown alongside every tour. We accept deposit payments by electronic bank transfer (please ask for our bank details), UK debit card and cheque (made payable to Limosa Holidays and drawn on a UK bank in GBPounds Sterling). For payment of booking deposits only we also accept Visa and MasterCard credit cards. Balance: Full payment of the tour balance is due not later than 12 weeks prior to departure (20 weeks in the case of certain tours such as cruises or those involving rail travel). We will send you an invoice before the balance is due. We accept balance payments and any additional payments (e.g. interim flight deposits, flight upgrades, extra hotels etc) by electronic bank transfer (BACS), UK debit card or cheque. Payment by overseas customers must be in GB Pounds Sterling and may be made by electronic transfer direct to our bank (please ask for our bank details). We do not accept cheques on US Banks in US Dollars, or cheques in Euros or Eurocheques. Credit cards - please note: (i) We do NOT accept credit cards or overseas debit cards for balance payments (including any additional or interim payments) from customers living within the UK or European Economic Area (the EEA is the EU countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway). (ii) For customers living in North America, Australia and all other areas outside of the UK and the European Economic Area we are able to accept payment by Visa and MasterCard credit cards or overseas debit card but with a charge of 2.5% of the transaction amount to help offset card company charges. Late Booking Payments: In order for us to guarantee your airline seats, hotels etc., full payment is required at time of booking for all late bookings (i.e. bookings made within 12 weeks of departure). Other Things You Need To Know Passports & Visas For UK passport holders, for stays of up to three months, your passport must be valid for the proposed duration of your stay. No additional period of validity beyond this is required, but when travelling anywhere overseas we always recommend that your passport has a minimum of 6 months left to run after your intended date of return home in case of unforeseen delay. Brexit - Important Note! The rules for travel to most countries in Europe will change IF the UK leaves the European Union (EU) with no deal. After 29 March 2019: 1. You should have at least 6 months left on your passport from your date of arrival. 2. If you renewed a 10 year adult passport before it expired, extra months may have been added to your new passport s expiry date, making it valid for more than 10 years. Any extra months on your passport over 10 years may not count towards the 6 months that should be remaining for travel to most countries in Europe. The new rules will apply to passports issued by the UK, Gibraltar, Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey. VISA NOT REQUIRED by UK passport holders for this tour. Holders of non-uk passports should contact the nearest Spanish embassy or consulate to enquire whether or not they require a visa. If a visa is required, you need to apply locally. If the embassy or consulate requires you to provide a letter confirming that you are booked on an allinclusive tour, please contact our office and we will be happy to provide one. Note: The UK and EU have agreed the full legal text of the draft Withdrawal Agreement in principle. This sets out that there will be no info@limosaholidays.co.uk

9 change to entry requirements for British Citizens travelling to the EU or for EU citizens travelling to the UK during the Implementation Period (30 March 2019 to 31 December 2020). In the event of changes to entry requirements after the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019, this page will be updated as soon as information is available. Health & Vaccinations Compulsory vaccinations: None. Recommended vaccinations: For travel everywhere (even within the UK) however, we recommend you check you are up-to-date with protection against tetanus, polio and hepatitis A. The above information, together with that contained within our Travel Information sheets (sent to everyone who books), outlines health requirements for this tour. Please note that these details are given for guidance only - and are only for certain diseases - and you must consult your doctor in good time prior to travel as to what immunisations (if any) are needed for your chosen holiday. For full and up-to-date health information we urge everyone to consult The National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) website prior to booking any overseas holiday. NaTHNaC is funded by the UK Government s Health Protection Agency and provides health information for both health professionals and travellers, with information compiled by its own clinical and scientific team. You can search for individual country requirements, which are updated regularly. Your Safety & Travel Advice An unavoidable aspect of travelling abroad nowadays is the risk it may pose to your safety and security. The best advice on current risks is provided by the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO). In order to assess and protect against any risks in your chosen destination we strongly recommended that you refer to the relevant FCO Travel Advice - both prior to booking and regularly before you travel. See It is standard Limosa policy for our office to send a copy of the relevant FCO Travel Advice about the tour to all participants along with their Final Letter (ca. 2-3 weeks prior to the trip). Travel Aware - staying safe and healthy abroad - is a travel safety campaign run by the FCO, and another useful resource. Go to: Travel Insurance Good travel insurance is essential before setting off on any overseas trip. In common with all responsible tour operators, it is a condition of booking that all clients are fully and adequately insured before travelling overseas with us. Be aware that some destinations may require you to produce proof of comprehensive travel insurance (e.g. valid insurance certificate) at immigration on arrival in the country, so you should carry your documentation with you. Your travel insurance should cover against cancellation, curtailment, missed departure, delay, personal accident, death, loss of baggage and valuables (see note below), personal liability and legal expenses. Most importantly, your insurance must cover you fully in respect of medical care and repatriation should you become too ill to continue with the tour, including the cost of emergency evacuation by helicopter or air ambulance should this be necessary. Note that passenger liability insurance covering the transportation that we hire, particularly in Third World countries, may be inadequate; it is therefore important that your insurance cover includes sufficient provision for your dependents in the event of an accident. We recommend that you obtain travel insurance as soon as possible after booking your holiday to ensure you are protected right from the word go in the event of unexpected cancellation prior to departure due to accident or illness. You must inform your insurers of any pre-existing medical conditions (including those of persons not necessarily travelling but upon whom your holiday may depend) that may require treatment during a period of overseas travel or might cause you to cancel the trip info@limosaholidays.co.uk

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