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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 Telde

    • Method Generated ⁠Researched
    • 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €1,800 per m² (e.g., 60 m² = €108,000) ⁠The October 2026 Fotocasa index is not split by bedrooms. San Juan is 1,804 euros per…
    • 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €1,300 per m² (e.g., 60 m² = €78,000) ⁠The October 2026 Fotocasa index is not split by bedrooms. Jinámar is 1,139 euros per…
    • 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €1,650 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €132,000) ⁠The October 2026 Fotocasa index is not split by bedrooms. San Juan is 1,804 euros per…
    • 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €1,200 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €96,000) ⁠The October 2026 Fotocasa index is not split by bedrooms. Jinámar is 1,139 euros per…
    • Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads Spanish Digital Nomad Visa (Beckham Law variant) offers 24% flat tax on Spanish income. ⁠Many passports can stay 90 days in any 180 without a visa. Work needs a permit. Qualifying…
    • Best Area to Stay for Digital Nomads San Gregorio for amenities and local life; Melenara/Salinetas for coastal vibes and fast… ⁠San Gregorio is the commercial centre of the old town. Melenara and Salinetas are the…
    • Best Area to Stay for Tourists San Francisco district for historic charm or Melenara for beach access. ⁠San Francisco for the historic quarter, and Bahía de Melenara, Playa de Salinetas or Playa…

    Fix pass: Currency & Banking now uses the exact prep exchange rate and card guidance; Tap Water and SIM Card use the common Spain wording; Tax System restores the residence test; Highest Income Tax Bracket uses the national withholding and regional variation summary; Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads uses the shared passport-dependent visa and optional impatriate wording rather than the British-only opening and company-tax addendum. Theater Venues is now listed as unverified for its desk hours, address and capacity because the retrieved page did not confirm them (https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Spain, https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/spain/individual/residence, https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/spain/individual/taxes-on-personal-income, https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/spain/entry-requirements, https://teldecultura.org/areas/teatro-municipal-juan-ramon-jimenez/).

  2. City guide Tarragona

    • Method Generated ⁠Researched
    • 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €2,500 per m² (e.g., 60 m² = €150,000) ⁠Fotocasa asking prices in October 2026 were 2,599 euro per square metre in Eixample, not…
    • 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €1,400 per m² (e.g., 60 m² = €84,000) ⁠Fotocasa asking prices in October 2026 were 1,079 euro per square metre in Campclar. A 60…
    • 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €2,300 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €184,000) ⁠Fotocasa asking prices in October 2026 were 2,599 euro per square metre in Eixample. An 80…
    • 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €1,300 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €104,000) ⁠Fotocasa asking prices in October 2026 were 1,079 euro per square metre in Campclar. An 80…
    • Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads Beckham Law (Flat 24% for 6 years) or Spanish Digital Nomad Visa special tax regime ⁠People who become resident by moving to Spain, including teleworkers, can opt into the…
    • Best Area to Stay for Digital Nomads Eixample / Rambla Nova area - Modern amenities and better internet infrastructure ⁠Eixample, the 19th-century grid northwest of the old town, along Rambla Nova.
    • Best Area to Stay for Tourists Part Alta (Old Town) - Roman ruins and historic atmosphere ⁠Casc Antic, the medieval quarter around the cathedral, also called Part Alta, for the…
    • Best Beach Nearby Platja de l'Arrabassada (Blue Flag, walkable from center) ⁠Platja de la Savinosa is the smaller Blue Flag beach north of the centre. Platja de…
    • Best Coworking Space Tarragona Impulsa or Space Up (€15/day, €175/month) ⁠Tarragona Platja Coworking, Josep Pla i Casadevall 3-5, baixos, 43007, lists an open desk…
    • Cashless Friendly Yes, cards/contactless accepted almost everywhere ⁠Yes. Cards are widely accepted in Spain.
    • 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…
    • Currency & Banking 1 EUR ≈ 1.09 USD. Major banks: CaixaBank, BBVA, Santander ⁠Euro (EUR). On 19 October 2026 the European Central Bank rate was 1 euro = 1.1225 US…
    • Dividend Withholding Tax 19% - 26% for residents ⁠Non-residents pay 19% on dividends, and treaties can set a lower rate. Residents pay the…
    • Highest Income Tax Bracket 47% (National + Regional Catalonia surcharge) ⁠The 2026 state withholding scale reaches 47% above 300,000 euro. Each autonomous community…
    • Historic Buildings Casa Castellarnau (14th-century mansion) ⁠Casa Castellarnau, Carrer de Cavallers 14, is a 15th-century mansion. As of April 2026 it…
    • Local Markets Flea Market at Rambla Nova (Sundays) ⁠Bonavista market, about 3 km west, is the large Sunday market (08:00 to 14:00). Mercat…
    • Main Train/Transit Hub Tarragona Estació (Regional) and Camp de Tarragona (High-speed AVE) ⁠Tarragona station on Passeig d'Espanya has the regional trains. Camp de Tarragona, the…
    • Museums & Art Venues MNACT (National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona) ⁠The Museu Nacional Arqueològic de Tarragona (MNAT), on Plaça del Rei, is closed for…
    • Population 135,000 ⁠143,260 in 2025, the municipal figure from the Statistical Institute of Catalonia, based…
    • Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type C/F ⁠230 V, 50 Hz, Type C and F (Europlug and Schuko).
    • Property Transaction Tax 10% ITP (Transfer Tax) for resale properties in Catalonia ⁠On a resale in Catalonia, transfer tax is 10% up to 600,000 euro. Above that, the average…
    • Public Transport Passes T-Mes card (€45/month) or T-10 multi-trip card (€12) ⁠EMT Tarragona in 2026: a single ticket is 1.60 euro on the bus. The T-Tarraco pass is…
    • Regional Travel Renfe Rodalies to Barcelona (1 hour, approx. €8.05) ⁠Regional trains from Tarragona station to Barcelona (França, Passeig de Gràcia or Sants)…
    • SIM Card Vodafone, Movistar, Orange (Prepaid 20GB approx. €15) ⁠Prepaid SIMs usually need identification. Orange Prepago 10 is 10 euro including VAT, with…
    • Studio Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €2,700 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = €108,000) ⁠Fotocasa asking prices in October 2026 were 2,599 euro per square metre in Eixample. The…
    • Studio Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €1,600 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = €64,000) ⁠Fotocasa asking prices in October 2026 were 1,079 euro per square metre in Campclar, the…
    • Tap Water Drinkable, but high mineral content; many prefer filtered or bottled water ⁠Safe to drink. Spanish tap water is drinkable, and a high-mineral taste is a feature of…
    • Tax System Worldwide income basis for residents ⁠Residents are taxed on worldwide income. You are tax-resident if you spend more than 183…
    • Theater Venues Teatre Metropol (Designed by Josep Maria Jujol) ⁠Teatre Tarragona is at Rambla Nova 11. Teatre Metropol, the 1908 modernist theatre by…
    • VAT 21% (IVA) ⁠IVA is 21% standard, with reduced rates of 10% and 4%, and 0% on some operations.

    fix pass after the batch check. Corrected Theater Venues (Teatre Metropol is at Rambla Nova 46 on the city council's page, not on Carrer Armanyà) and refreshed the provenance for this pass. Country facts re-checked against the Spain prep and the Barcelona, Girona and Maspalomas sheets; the bus fares, the coworking prices, the house-price index, the population figure and the museum closure were re-opened and unchanged.

  3. City guide Tarifa

    • Vegan/Vegetarian Options Chilimosa Vegetarian Food (Calle Peso, 6; famous for falafel and curries) ⁠Chilimosa, a vegetarian and vegan cafe at Calle Peso 6, just inside Puerta de Jerez, open…

    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)

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