re: #338 Anymouse
When I was stationed in Rota, I travelled to Barcelona several times (for shopping, for touring, for beaches, &c). Made port there many times for liberty. Never any trouble (anecdote, yadayada).
I really liked it. Wish my Spanish was better though. I could get away with not speaking Portuguese in Lisbon. Couldn’t really do that in Madrid, Pamplona, and Barcelona.