Spain holiday warning as Brits jetting abroad for summer could be fined £700 for listening to music
SPANISH summer holiday killjoys have imposed a new crackdown on Brits abroad – now fining tourists for listening to music.
Visitors have been warned they face being hit in the pocket to the tune of £700 if caught playing seaside sounds too loudly.
The threats come amid a Spanish summertime clampdown also involving four-figure fines for any boozy Brits who hope to sleep off their hangovers on the beach.
It’s been revealed tourists heading to Spain this summer are at risk if blaring out music too noisily on the beaches of Chipiona in Cadiz.
There is the threat of £260 fines for people with sound equipment and musical instruments.
The same laws apply to people hurling cigarette butts or else littering the shore with nut shells or litter.
And offences deemed most serious can see the penalties rising as high as almost £780, consumer website Health Plan Spain warns.
They urge anyone heading to that region to “pay extra attention”.
The Atlantic coastal town of Chipiona sits in Cadiz, an eastern province which boasts the most Blue Flags for high-quality beaches.
Its seaside town named Cadiz was acclaimed this year for a beach hiding an attractive secret, one of Europe‘s biggest sand dunes.
The Sun Online told earlier this week how rules imposed along the coast in one of the Mediterranean‘s most popular destinations aim to crack down on drunks, including British tourists.
Night-time naps on the shore will be taken seriously by police patrolling the beaches – including in areas such as Valencia, touting fines of up to £1,300.
Other potential penalties include £650 for using soap and shampoo when showering on beaches at resorts such as Benidorm, Malaga and Valencia again.
Going nude on a Spanish beach where it’s not allowed – let alone encouraged as it is at some – could hit you in the pocket for £650.
Some towns including Salobreña will make you hand over almost £2,600 if caught with a beachside barbecue – while resorts declared smoke-free include Andalusia, Asturias, the Balearics, the Canary Islands, Catalonia, Galicia and Murcia.
Visiting Brits were previously told they face fines in Spain if caught driving topless.
Officials in Majorca and Ibiza launched campaigns against booze-fuelled chaos and drunken behaviour – imposing a six-drink-a-day limit instead of having alcohol on tap.
A series of Spain’s popular destinations have recently introduced tourist taxes to bolster their finances.
Popular resorts like Benidorm and the Costa Blanca could be affected – while Barcelona increased its tourist tax price this year and has plans for a further rise next year.
Other cities could soon follow suit, with the capital Madrid considering a tourist tax of its own.
The latest alerts come as beaches at popular Brit holiday hotspot Gibraltar were closed after an oil spill from a tanker.
Beachgoers have also been warned to stay out of the water at a resort due to high pollution, while earlier this week four Spanish beaches were closed due to a “mystery substance”.