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Spain to reopen to Brits on Monday despite amber list status

Government
Gary Noakes
21 May 2021

Spain will allow British visitors to enter without a PCR test from Monday, despite it remaining on the UK’s amber list.

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The country has dropped its requirement for visitors from the UK to prove an essential reason for travel to Spain. UK arrivals will not need to present a negative Covid-19 test certificate, as long as they have remained in the UK for the past 14 days.

Holidaymakers will still have to take a test before returning to the UK, and because Spain is on the UK government’s amber list, they will then have to self-isolate for 10 days at home and take PCR tests on days two and eight after their return.

Separately, the Foreign Office is advising against “all but essential travel” to Spain and the Balearics.