Even though Spain is close by and is considered to be a safe place to visit, you should take out travel insurance before you travel, because accidents can still happen. Your flight may be delayed or cancelled, you may injure yourself walking along the beach, or you may have your personal possessions stolen by an opportunistic pickpocket. Thankfully, our travel insurance for Spain helps cover you for these eventualities and more.
And although the EHIC card is an important document, it doesn’t replace holiday insurance for Spain. Spain has both public and private healthcare, so some treatment might be free if you travel with an EHIC card. But your EHIC card will not cover you for everything; if you need medical repatriation or mountain rescue, for example, you’ll need to pay for it. And if you fall ill or get injured in Spain and require healthcare that isn’t covered by an EHIC card, you’ll have to pay for the treatment yourself – unless you travel with insurance.