Spain Travel Advice Updated: Nitrous Oxide Fines and Gibraltar Travel Information
The UK FCDO updated its travel advice for Spain, adding information about fines for the sale or consumption of nitrous oxide (laughing gas) in some areas and updating information on traveling between Spain and Gibraltar. Travelers planning to transit through France or Gibraltar are advised to check the respective travel advice.
Impact and considerations
For business travelers, awareness of local regulatory changes (such as nitrous oxide fines) helps avoid legal issues, and updated Gibraltar travel information impacts cross-border itinerary planning.
Key points
- Fines apply for the sale or consumption of nitrous oxide in some areas of Spain.
- Updated information on traveling between Spain and Gibraltar.
- Check travel advice for France or Gibraltar if transiting through those territories.
Sources and time
- Primary source
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
- Other sources
- 0
- First source publication
- 11 Aug 2026, 17:23
- Page published
- 12 Aug 2026, 13:29
- Last updated
- 12 Aug 2026, 23:46
- Original links
- FCDO Travel Advice:Spain travel advice (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 19 Mar 2013, 08:00