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Every change to our researched data, with the old and new value and why it changed. Records are researched from official sources and published through review.

  1. City guide Tarifa

    • Method Generated ⁠Researched
    • 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €3,800 per m² (e.g., 50 m² = €190,000) ⁠About €4,644 per square metre in Tarifa ciudad in October 2026 (Fotocasa, all home types)…
    • 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €2,900 per m² (e.g., 50 m² = €145,000) ⁠About €3,153 per square metre in Facinas in October 2026 (Fotocasa). A 60 square metre…
    • 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €3,500 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €280,000) ⁠About €4,644 per square metre in Tarifa ciudad in October 2026 (Fotocasa, all home types)…
    • 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €2,600 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €208,000) ⁠About €3,153 per square metre in Facinas in October 2026 (Fotocasa). An 80 square metre…
    • Affordable Shopping Spots Mercado Central de Abastos (Fresh produce, fish, and local cheeses) ⁠Mercado Público, the covered market at Colón 5, Monday to Saturday 08:00-15:00. Lidl is on…
    • Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads Spanish Digital Nomad Visa enables a flat 24% tax rate on income up to €600,000 (Beckham… ⁠Qualifying newcomers, including eligible teleworkers, can elect the impatriate regime: 24%…
    • Best Area to Stay for Tourists Old Town (Casco Antiguo) for charm, history, and nightlife. ⁠The walled old town, inside Puerta de Jerez: the castle, the walls and the bars. It is…
    • Best Beach Nearby Playa de Valdevaqueros (Famous for kiteboarding, 10 mins drive North) ⁠Playa de Los Lances stretches about 7 km north along the Atlantic and is the main beach…
    • Best Coworking Space La Cocotera Coworking & Co-living (Calle San Rosendo, 6; €20/day or €180/month) ⁠La Cocotera Hostel and Coworking, Calle San Rosendo, 11380 Tarifa, in the old town. An…
    • Best Hospital Centro de Salud de Tarifa (Local clinic) or Hospital Punta de Europa in Algeciras (25 mins… ⁠Centro de Salud Tarifa, Calle Amador de los Ríos s/n, 11380, phone 956 02 77 00. Its…
    • City Tarifa, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain ⁠Tarifa, a municipality in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, at the southernmost tip…
    • Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) Rules Yes, Spanish 'Transparencia Fiscal Internacional' rules apply. ⁠Yes. Spanish residents are taxed on a foreign company when they hold over 50% and the…
    • Corporate Tax 25% (Standard Spanish CIT) ⁠The general corporation tax rate is 25%. Newly created companies pay 15% in the first tax…
    • Currency & Banking 1 EUR ≈ 1.09 USD; Euro (€). Major banks include BBVA and Banco Santander on Calle Batalla… ⁠Euro (EUR, €). ECB reference on 19 October 2026: 1 EUR = 1.1225 USD (1 USD = 0.8909 EUR)…
    • Dividend Withholding Tax 19% - 26% for residents; 19% for EU/EEA residents ⁠Dividends are savings income: 19% on the first €6,000, 21% to €50,000, 23% to €200,000…
    • Highest Income Tax Bracket 47% (on income over €300,000) ⁠The national general-income withholding scale reaches 47% above €300,000. Combined…
    • Historic Buildings Puerta de Jerez (The medieval gateway to the city) ⁠Puerta de Jerez, the only surviving gate of the original three, and the historic entrance…
    • Historical Sites Baelo Claudia (Roman ruins in Bolonia, 20 mins away; Free for EU citizens) ⁠Baelo Claudia, Roman ruins in Bolonia. Tuesday to Sunday 09:00-14:30. Free for EU…
    • Must-See Landmarks Castillo de Guzmán el Bueno (€4 entry fee) ⁠Castillo de Guzmán el Bueno, Calle Reyes Católicos, Wednesday to Sunday 10:00-15:00…

    fix pass after the batch check. Currency and banking, tap water, the SIM card line, the tax system, the top income tax rate and the tax line for digital nomads reworded to the shared Spain wording of this run's cities; the coworking entry now cites only the listing that shows the address, opening hours and prices; the regional travel line drops the Jerez bus service that no opened page lists; provenance now names this pass's model and date (https://workin.space/en/spain/tarifa/la-cocotera, https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Tarifa, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarifa)

  2. City guide Sitges

    • Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads Beckham Law (24% flat tax for 6 years) or the new Digital Nomad Visa (DNV) tax regime. ⁠People who become resident by moving to Spain, including teleworkers, can opt into the…
    • Best Coworking Space Sitges Coworking (Carrer de l'Illa de Cuba, 10) - Day pass approx. €20. ⁠Coworking Vistamar, 17 Avinguda de la Trinitat, lists an open desk at €250 a month before…
    • Best Local Dish to Try Xató (Cod, endive, and nut sauce salad). ⁠Xató, a salad of endive and cod with a sauce of toasted almonds, chillies, garlic, oil and…
    • Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) Rules Yes, Spanish 'Transparencia Fiscal Internacional' rules apply. ⁠Yes. A Spanish resident company is taxed on a foreign subsidiary when it owns, alone or…
    • Corporate Tax 25% (Standard Spanish CIT) ⁠The general corporation tax rate is 25%.
    • Currency & Banking Euro (€); 1 EUR ≈ 1.09 USD. Major banks include CaixaBank and Sabadell. ⁠Euro (EUR). On 19 October 2026 the European Central Bank rate was 1 EUR = 1.1225 USD, so 1…
    • Dividend Withholding Tax 19% - 26% depending on amount ⁠Non-residents pay 19% on dividends, and treaties can set a lower rate. Residents pay the…
    • Highest Income Tax Bracket 47% (National + Regional Catalonia combine) ⁠The national 2026 withholding guideline reaches 47 percent above 300,000 euro. Actual…
    • Libraries & Study Spots Biblioteca Santiago Rusiñol (Carrer Major). ⁠Biblioteca Santiago Rusiñol is at 13 Plaça de l'Ajuntament in the old town.
    • Local Heritage The 'Indianos' mansions (built by locals who returned wealthy from Cuba). ⁠Mansions of the Americanos, Sitges families who returned wealthy from Cuba and often…
    • Population 29,000 (increases significantly in summer) ⁠32,609 on 1 January 2025, the municipal register figure in the English Wikipedia infobox.
    • Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type C and F sockets ⁠230 V, 50 Hz, Type C and F (Europlug and Schuko).
    • Property Transaction Tax 10% ITP (Transfer Tax) for resale; 10% VAT + IAJD for new builds. ⁠On a resale in Catalonia, transfer tax is 10% up to €600,000. Above that, the average rate…
    • Public Transport Passes T-Usual (unlimited monthly) or T-Casual (10 trips) valid for Zone 3. ⁠Sitges is fare zone 3A. Travel to Barcelona (zone 1) is charged as 3 zones: T-usual €42.70…
    • SIM Card Movistar, Vodafone, and Orange (approx. €15-20 for 50GB data prepaid) ⁠Orange Prepago 10 is 10 euro including VAT for 28 days (80 GB, with 15 GB of EU roaming)…
    • Studio Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €6,200 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = €248,000) ⁠Fotocasa asking prices in October 2026 were €5,833/m² in Centre. The index is not split by…
    • Studio Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €4,500 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = €180,000) ⁠Fotocasa asking prices in October 2026 were €3,923/m² in Levantina - Montgavina…
    • Tap Water Drinkable but hard; most locals prefer bottled or filtered water (e.g., Brita). ⁠Tap water is generally safe to drink throughout Spain. Some southern regions have higher…
    • Tax System Worldwide income basis for residents. ⁠Residents are taxed on worldwide income. You are tax-resident if you spend more than 183…
    • VAT 21% Standard; 10% for hospitality/food ⁠IVA is 21% standard, with reduced rates of 10% and 4%, and 0% on some operations.

    fix pass aligned Tap Water, SIM Card, Tax System and Highest Income Tax Bracket with the country prep and researched Girona wording; added Orange's tariff comparison for the 28-day duration. Best Coworking Space keeps the supported monthly price and address, with its area day price now explicitly unverified; Libraries & Study Spots keeps its address as unverified because the map page was inaccessible. Updated research date and researcher attribution (https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Spain, https://www.orange.es/tarifas/movil/prepago, https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/spain/individual/taxes-on-personal-income, https://workin.space/en/spain/sitges/coworking-vistamar, https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/1579603348).

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