You bought postcards in the airport of Beautiful Barcelona, Marvelous Madrid, or wherever your plane landed. You bought more postcards at cute little street vendor booths. You want to send them back home to make your friends jealous of your totally awesome vacation.
But where do you buy stamps? Where is a Post Office box or the Post Office? Fear not, the answers are here.
But where do you buy stamps? Where is a Post Office box or the Post Office? Fear not, the answers are here.
Buy stamps in a cigarette store?
You'll see “Tabac” shops everywhere. Along with tobacco products they also sell—guess what? Stamps! You ask for sellos (say-ohs). Make sure you get internacional (inter-na-see-onal). Or say Unidos Estados (oo-nee-dose es-tah-dose). That's the United States. Right now a stamp costs about 1.30 Euros for either a postcard or letter. Oh, and bring Euros. U.S. dollars aren't accepted.
You'll see “Tabac” shops everywhere. Along with tobacco products they also sell—guess what? Stamps! You ask for sellos (say-ohs). Make sure you get internacional (inter-na-see-onal). Or say Unidos Estados (oo-nee-dose es-tah-dose). That's the United States. Right now a stamp costs about 1.30 Euros for either a postcard or letter. Oh, and bring Euros. U.S. dollars aren't accepted.
You're ready. You wrote a glowing description of your travels on the back of the postcard. You want to pop it into a mailbox and head out for more shopping. You don't see anything that resembles the U.S. Postal Service drop-off boxes in their official red, white and blue color scheme. Or anything with that general rectangular shape that has a hinged door to indicate where your postcard should go.
Postal drop boxes in Spain are yellow. They are cylindrical.
They have “Correos” painted on them. They look like this photo. You might have to hunt just a little bit, but you'll find the smallish lid that lifts up so you can send your postcard to your BFF. Hint: See those three things that look like flaps? It's one of those.
They have “Correos” painted on them. They look like this photo. You might have to hunt just a little bit, but you'll find the smallish lid that lifts up so you can send your postcard to your BFF. Hint: See those three things that look like flaps? It's one of those.
You might need to pay a visit to the Post Office. Look for "Correos." It's hard to miss the bright yellow sign. You can purchase stamps, envelopes with international postage printed on them, packing material, and such.
There's another very good reason to know where the Post Offices are located. Should you need to purchase something from amazon.es (the Spanish Amazon site) during your travels, you can have it shipped to the Post Office of your choice. Be sure to bring your passport when you go to retrieve it, because if you don't, they won't release the package to you.
Now it's time to finish writing those gorgeous postcards and send them to everyone on your list!
There's another very good reason to know where the Post Offices are located. Should you need to purchase something from amazon.es (the Spanish Amazon site) during your travels, you can have it shipped to the Post Office of your choice. Be sure to bring your passport when you go to retrieve it, because if you don't, they won't release the package to you.
Now it's time to finish writing those gorgeous postcards and send them to everyone on your list!
