We all think we know about General Franco, Real Madrid and the Sagrada Família.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in London at the weekend to demand that the British government hold a final public vote on the terms of Brexit, among them dozens of Brits who had flown over from Spain.
Spanish police seized over 1.8 tonnes of cocaine from a UK-flagged yacht off Las Palmas and arrested one Brit and two Frenchmen for smuggling.
Tens of thousands of students head to Madrid each summer to take up internship posts in the hope of improving their language skills and exploring Spanish culture. This is everything you need to know to make the most of it.
