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  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…
    • National Parks Nearby Parque Natural del Estrecho (Encompasses the coastline and marine area) ⁠Parque Natural del Estrecho is a natural park, not a national park: 19,177 hectares of…
    • Population 18,500 ⁠18,613 inhabitants on 1 January 2025, the municipal register figure the English Wikipedia…
    • Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type C/F sockets ⁠230 V, 50 Hz. Sockets are Type C (Europlug) and Type F (Schuko).
    • Property Tax IBI (Impuesto sobre Bienes Inmuebles) annually, approx. 0.4% - 1.1% of cadastral value. ⁠IBI is an annual municipal tax on owning real estate, and the city sets the rate. A…
    • Property Transaction Tax ITP (Transfer Tax) in Andalusia is a flat 7%. ⁠In Andalusia, a resale from a private seller pays transfer tax at 7% (since 28 April…
    • Regional Travel Comes Bus Service (Estación de Autobuses Tarifa) to Sevilla or Málaga. ⁠The bus station is on Calle Batalla del Salado. Comes buses run to Algeciras (about 45…
    • Religious Sites Iglesia de San Mateo (16th-century Gothic church in the center) ⁠Iglesia de San Mateo, Sancho IV el Bravo 8. Built in 1506 in Gothic style on the remains…
    • SIM Card Movistar, Vodafone, and Orange (Available at shops on Calle Batalla del Salado; approx… ⁠Buy at an Orange or Movistar shop and bring photo ID for prepaid registration. Orange…
    • Studio Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €4,200 per m² (e.g., 35 m² = €147,000) ⁠About €4,644 per square metre in Tarifa ciudad in October 2026, from Fotocasa asking…
    • Studio Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €3,100 per m² (e.g., 35 m² = €108,500) ⁠About €3,153 per square metre in Facinas in the same October 2026 Fotocasa index, the…
    • Tap Water Drinkable and safe, though many locals prefer bottled water due to high mineral content. ⁠Generally safe to drink throughout Spain. Southern supplies can have a higher mineral…
    • Tax System Worldwide income basis for residents (>183 days) ⁠Residents pay Spanish income tax on worldwide income. Non-residents pay tax on…
    • Theater Venues Teatro Municipal Alameda (Calle Alameda) ⁠Teatro Municipal, on Paseo de la Alameda.
    • VAT 21% (IVA) ⁠21% standard VAT (IVA). A 10% reduced rate covers some food, new homes and tickets to live…

    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

    • 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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