France/Spain Border requirements 24 January 2022 at 12:19PM in Coronavirus travel help & info 4 replies 132 views

Onawingandaprayer

Anyone driven from France to Spain recently? Just wondered what the Health Restrictions are for fully vaxed travellers.

emmajones1976

It was mentioned in another thread there are currently no checks on the land border. However you have to get into France first, so their restrictions/criteria apply.

Onawingandaprayer

A follow up question then; I’ve read that at the Spanish border you’ll need a valid Covid vax certificate PLUS  proof of an antigen test taken 48hrs previously. But I’ve also read the same requirements with Or in the middle not PLUS!  Anyone actual knowledge of this? We’ll have had an antigen test, but about 72hrs previously! Thanks 

emmajones1976

Go off the FCO site which says ONE of those applies. Although as said in another thread, they were not currently being enforced.

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/spain/entry-requirements

Overland travellers from France (excluding children under the age of 12 years old) may need to show one of these documents to enter Spain by road or rail:

• a document certifying you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19
• documentation certifying that you have undertaken a diagnostic test (e.g. PCR, LAMP, TMA or antigen test) and tested negative within 48 hours of entering Spain
• a medical document certifying that you have recovered from COVID-19 within the 6 months before travel

Onawingandaprayer

The phrase ‘ONE of these documents’ has cheered me up no end! Thanks!