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Question regarding entering Spain from Portugal

My husband and I are spending a week in Portugal before driving to Spain for two weeks. I am trying to find out if there are any special forms other than passport and vaccination cards that we need to enter Spain. I see on their embassy and health department sites they mention you need a qr code if you are entering from a non-eu country via air or sea. It says nothing about entering via car. I know Portugal is in the EU but does that apply to us as tourists? I have called everywhere I know to call and I either get a message to say check the website or email the embassy. I emailed the embassy and they responded to check the website. Any help is greatly appreciated.

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My guess is ---- you will just drive across the border. Border checks are long gone. I trust you have checked the fee for dropping a car in Spain since I assume that is your plan.

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No restrictions. You’ll just drive across the border like you’d cross into another state or province (if you’re Canadian).

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Thanks to each of you for your response. We have a car service taking us from Evora to Seville so I won’t be dropping off a rental car in Spain.

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Hi. I have had a similar experience in trying to confirm information with the Spanish government about entering by land as well. See my post on it that I did tonight under the subject/header “Entering Spain by Land from Portugal.” It’s a bit puzzling how hard it is to get a direct and clear answer/response to such an easy question.

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We are US citizens flying into Lisbon. We’ll fly to Seville the next day on Ryanair. Does the same rule apply!