Travel Tips from Puente

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The pages listed here are accessible from other places in this website, but we think the information is valuable enough to be highlighted by links from one page.

Click HERE for Cultural tips page

City smarts: Minimize your chance of getting hit by pickpockets when traveling - includes some pickpocket tricks used in Spain.

Hiking safety: Basic rules for safety if you hike on your own in Spain (and elsewhere).

Travel Safety: Is travel safe in today's world?

Public transportation in Spain: Real alternatives to your own wheels

How to layer clothes: some ideas on how to keep warm and dry on the trail - these ideas can be used for urban situations, too.

Packing list: Some ideas on what to pack for your trip to Spain  (link on that page for minimalist packing list).

Madrid Picnics as well as outside the city within 90 minutes drive - and a few places to get wet in rivers or streams.

Madrid Snow     Sigh. Not as much as there used to be but maybe we'll get lucky!

Madrid Walk   Nice route from Prado + Thyssen museum area to the Plaza Mayor and on to the Royal Palace

Spain cross-country skiing    Again, not as much snow as there used to be but hey.....

PLUS our current travel tip on the CORKBOARD:  Suggestions for buying a backpack.

Go to Home Page for Puente, your Bridge to Spain