Spain Media Directory by Shooting Box

MULTIMAP / SPAIN - a useful site for travelling and location search. Plug in your address and it will show your exact location on a map. Plug in two addresses and it will give you exact directions from one place to the other.

EXPEDIA - for flights, hotel, car hire, etc. One stop travel service. Uses scheduled airlines only.

EASYJET / GO - probably the best European budget airlines flying to Alicante, Bilbao, Barcelona, Ibiza, Madrid and Malaga.

RYAN AIR - new route to Gerona / Barcelona. Really cheap flights.

MONARCH - Gatwick to Alicante and Malaga. Very good rates.

AIR 2000 / FIRST CHOICE - charter flights (and all holiday services) to all main resorts in Spain.

AVRO - the UK's largest flight-only company offering a big choice of charter and schedule flights.

BRITTANY FERRIES - Plymouth to Santander twice a week march to November

P&O FERRIES - twice weekly from Portsmouth to Bilbao.

FRENCH MOTORAIL - take your car on a train in France from Calais to Biarritz or Narbonne near Spanish border (linked with EUROTUNNEL www.eurotunnel.com and Ferries – see above).

RAIL EUROPE - rail connection to Spain including ELIPSOS SLEEPER – an overnight connection from Paris to Barcelona and Madrid linked with EUROSTAR from London to Paris.

SPANISH RAILWAYS - for travel by rail in Spain including EuroDomino discount pass.

BUDGET - car rental in Spain at good rates.

HOLIDAY AUTOS - some of the best deals for the car rental in Spain.

LAS NEGRAS - Small fishing village situated in the Cabo de Gata-Nijar Natural Park. This is one of the most beautiful and relatively unspoiled areas of the Spanish coastline and has the most famous filming locations in Spain. Contact Natalie at natalie@lasnegras.com for accommodation and all information.

AON - specialist media insurance could cover you for filming in Spain.

COLUMBUS DIRECT - high quality low cost travel insurance for your private and professional trips to Spain.

THE UNIVERSAL CURRENCY CONVERTER™ - the world's most popular currency tool, allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange rate calculations on the Internet, using live, up-to-the-minute currency rates.

BABELFISH TRANSLATION (YAHOO) - very useful for a quick automatic translation on the Internet: Spanish - English and other major important languages.

CERVANTES - Spanish language classes. The only official Spanish Government language centre. It is the largest worldwide Spanish organization, and it has over 35 branches in 4 continents.

J. WALTER THOMPSON – the world's leading agency with offices in Madrid and Barcelona.

SAATCHI WORLDWIDE - one of the world's leading creative organisations. They employ over 7,000 people in 138 offices in 82 countries including Spain.

GLOBO MEDIA - one of the biggest production company in Spain. Really nice and very professional people. Great website.

EFE - Spanish News Agency.

EUROPA PRESS MADRID - news from Spain and Spanish world news.

TELEVISION ESPANOLA / TVE - national TV station in Spain covering the world. The London office is simply great – great people and great work.

ANTENA 3 - full-scale national broadcaster of drama, entertainment, news and sports programs. It is the biggest private TV-broadcaster in Spain.

GIBRALTAR BROADCASTING CORPORATION - GBC provide Radio and Television services in Gibraltar.

ACTV / SPANISH TV CAMERAMEN ASSOCIATION - (Asociación de Camarógrafos de TV y Video) is a non-profit organization whose aim is to raise the profile of the camera related professions and to focus on the exchange of information and the ongoing training.

FOREIGN PRESS ASSOCIATION - Spain (El Círculo de Corresponsales Extranjeros).

COSTA PRESS CLUB - international press club for Spanish and foreign journalists. Costa del Sol. Málaga.

JOURNALIST EXPRESS - organised portal for journalists including research, news, education, statistics, jobs, writing resources business and travel sites.

The contemporary Spanish film industry is thriving, PEDRO ALMADOVAR , ALEJANDRO AMENÁBAR and FERNANDO TRUEBA are respected directors worldwide, while the names of actors like ANTONIO BANDERAS , PENELOPE CRUZ and JAVIER BARDEM are recognized everywhere. There was a time, though, when the Spanish film industry was less buoyant, but the country itself was much in demand for locations. The golden age of film-set Spain was the sixties and its capital was Almería. The nearby Tabernas desert, the only true desert in Europe, was a magnet to film producers, and a number of the sets that were used at the time can now be visited. Finally the famous Spanish masters: CARLOS SAURA , LUIS BUÑUEL and SALVATOR DALI and the classic masterpiece: 'UN CHIEN ANDALOU' ('AN ADALUSIAN DOG').

MINI HOLLYWOOD - The desert near the village of Tabernas was the scene of many Spaghetti westerns. Some of the movies that were shot here are legendary: SERGIO LEONE'S 'Dollars' trilogy' – ‘A fistful of Dollars’, ‘For a few dollars more’ and The good, the bad and the ugly’ – starring Clint Eastwood as the Man with No Name, 'DJANGO' with FRANCO NERO , the sequels to which never seemed to end. Over a hundred titles were at least partially filmed in these dusty streets.

CABO DE GATA-NIJAR NATURAL PARK - This is one of the most beautiful and relatively unspoiled areas of the Spanish coastline and has the most famous filming locations in Spain featured in many movies including: INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE , LAWRENCE OF ARABIA , CLEOPATRA, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, PATTON, THE WIND AND THE LION.

JOHN LENNON’S ALMERIA - Almeria is is well known for being the location for films such as "Lawrence of Arabia", "Patton" or Sergio Leone´s dollar trilogy. John Lennon wrote Strawberry Fields Forever in this south-eastern city of Spain. He got inspiration for the song in 1966, during the six weeks he spent filming “How I won the war”. Furthermore, John came back from Almeria with his forever present "granny" glasses. Besides, Ringo and George visited him and Ringo would come back in 1971 to film "Blindman".

PLANET TALK - cheap international calls. UK Rate for Spain: 7p a minute (subject to changes, needs to be checked).

VICOM - contact them if you want to save money on international phone calls from Spain.

TELEFONICA - the major telecommunication company and Internet provider in Spain. If you ring Telefonica free on 1004, you can ask to english-speaking support staff.

UK DIVERT - UK calls diverted to Spain for free! Get a UK telephone number that rings in Spain. No diversion or transfer charges, just £10 per month for a UK telephone number. No hidden charges, UK caller pays normal UK call rates.

YAC.COM - the YAC Number is a FREE service which gives you 'One Number' for all your incoming phone calls, faxes and voicemail. A YAC Number is a way for you to take more control over your daily communications.

SUR IN ENGLISH - Spain's largest English-language publication. Published by the Málaga daily newspaper Sur, with community news, Spanish news, columns, and large classified ad section.