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Security

Security
Security in Spain: although most of the country has not too high criminality rates, the street crimes against tourists are almost a constant, specially in the tourist zones. They increase in Madrid and Barcelona. It is for that reason that tourists have to be specially in visits to museums, monuments, restaurants, subways, buses, train stations and ATM.

Robberies: criminals usually work in pairs or groups. While one distracts to tourist (asking a direction while he shakes a map to him, or dropping something on him) the other one takes control of its possessions. Another way chosen by thieves is to surround its victim in the middle of a multitude, to rob him and disappear. There were reports of thieves who presented themselves as civilian police, guided the tourist to a quiet place and stole him everything.

Some advice: Those travellers who wish to have a peacefully stay should follow few basic rules:
* the best way to handle with money is through traveller checks, changing them when its needed;
* as far as possible, leave valuable articles (jewels, traveller checks, credit cards, airplane tickets, etc) in the safe-deposit box of the hotel. It is also possible to find companies that offer a service of safe-deposit boxes in the Yellow Pages.
* Do not leave luggage in a car without watching.
* A travel insurance to cover the expenses of any loss or robbery that may have its very useful.

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