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Table of contents

• 01) Preface
• 02) Programme
• 03) Call for Abstracts
• 04) ETS / Elsevier Prizes
• 05) ETS Student Travel Grants
• 06) Sponsors & Exhibitors
• 07) Education Course

• 08) Social Programme
• 09) Accommodation
• 10) Internet Access
• 11) Registration Fees
• 12) Organization
• 13) General Information
• 14) Sponsor & Exhibitor Information

Dear friends and Colleagues,

On behalf of the officers and council of the ETS, it is my great pleasure to invite you to the 38th annual conference of the European Teratology Society, to be held in Barcelona, Spain on 5 to 8 September 2010. The ETS Conference will be held together with ENTIS, the European Network of Teratology Information Services, which shares their meetings with ETS every other year. For the first time in its history, the European Teratology Society will meet in Spain. This event marks the expanding interest in research towards the causes and prevention of birth defects in Europe. At the same time it acknowledges the long-standing interest in reproductive toxicology, birth defects epidemiology and endocrine disruption research in the Spanish scientific community. The conference will be located in a downtown hotel in Barcelona amidst the cities’ many highlights. We encourage you to join and share your work at the conference and enjoy both the excellent scientific atmosphere and the manyfold cultural challenges of one of the most popular cities in Europe.

We have made every effort to keep costs to a minimum in order to attract as many participants as possible, despite today’s uncertain financial climate. Also, Barcelona is easy and cheap to get to, with a nearby airport and rail links to the whole of Europe.

The main symposia will cover the following topics: “Drug safety surveillance”; “Environmental Reproductive Toxicology”; “Alternative testing for Reproductive Toxicity”; “Novel assessment of endpoints in Reproductive Toxicity testing”. In addition, there will be an ETS-Teratology Society USA debate on “The need for an F2 in generation studies to detect reproductive toxicants” and the very popular “Young scientists get-together”. As always, there will be time for free communications and a poster session, in addition to the ETS Award Lecture and the Elsevier Reproductive Toxicology Publication Award Lecture. The education course this year will be “Basic comparative embryology”. Hopefully, we will also find time to make the most of the Mediterranean climate and to get together in less formal gatherings.

Looking forward to seeing you in Barcelona,

Ulla Hass, on behalf of the organising committee.

Preliminary Programme overview

Saturday 4	Sunday 5	Monday 6	Tuesday 7	Wednesday 8
	Registration ETS Council Meeting ENTIS meeting	ETS-ENTIS Symposium Drug safety surveillance	Symposium Alternative testing for reproductive toxicity	Symposium Novel assessment of endpoints in reproductive toxicity
		Free Communications	Free Communications
			ETS Award Lecture
		Lunch, incl. young scientists get-together	Lunch, incl. lunch discussions	Lunch
ENTIS Business Meeting	ETS Education Course: Basic comparative embryology	Poster session	ETS-TS Debate The need for F2 in generation studies
		Symposium Environmental reproductive and developmental toxicology	Elsevier award lecture
		Free Communications	AGM

Call for Abstracts

Participants interested in giving an oral or poster presentation are invited to submit an abstract. You are especially encouraged to send in work on topics related to the main symposia (“Drug safety surveillance”, “Environmental reproductive and developmental toxicity”; “Alternative testing for reproductive toxicity”; “Novel assessment of endpoints in reproductive toxicity testing”) which will be given highest priority when selecting the free communications.

The maximum size of posters is 1000 mm wide x 2000 mm high

Abstracts received before April 1 will be published in “Reproductive Toxicology“. Abstracts received after that date will be published in the handbook to be distributed at the meeting.
If you do not have e-mail facilities, send your abstract in MS Word on a CD Rom plus printout to the Organization Secretariat.

Abstract template:

Authors names in bold, with full first name and second initial, and presenting author with asterisk after surname. Affiliation in italics, name of institute, place and country only. With more than one affiliations indicate by superscript numbers and match with superscript numbers after surnames. One line spacing before body text. Abstract body in plain text in one paragraph, no indents or empty lines. No figures or tables, up to three references acceptable. Organize text in: introduction, methods, results and conclusions. Provide factual text. Avoid general statements like: “results will be presented”. Use 300 up to a maximum of 500 words for complete abstract text (including title, authors, affiliation and body text).
Add preference choice for poster or oral presentation.

Abstract deadline: April 1

Please email abstracts to: ulha@food.dtu.dk

ETS / Elsevier Prizes

In addition to the ETS Award Lecture which is given by a long-standing and well respected member of the Society and this year will be presented by Prof. Erminio Giavini, and the Elsevier Reproductive Toxicology Publication Award Lecture, which is awarded to the best publication in the Journal of Reproductive Toxicology in 2009, there are four prizes awarded for the best posters or presentations: the ETS Prize, two Elsevier Prizes and the Teddy Edward’s Memorial Prize for Research into Congenital Malformations, awarded to the poster or free communication which best exemplifies the aims of the Society.

ETS Student Travel Grants

A limited number of ETS student travel grants (250 E) are available. To qualify for a travel grant, students must submit an abstract for presentation at the conference and apply for membership to the Society. Applications should be made by the student ́s Supervisor to the Secretary of the ETS.

Education Course

Education course on basic comparative embryology

The Education course on basic comparative embryology will provide an overview of systemic embryology for areas such as the urogenital system, the cardiovascular system and skeletal development. As such, it will give important background for evaluating developmental toxicity effects in experimental animals.

Social Programme

Welcome reception followed by dinner. ETS Conference dinner.

The dinner will take place in the restaurant Montjuïc El Xalet. It is unique in Barcelona, placed on the emblematic mountain of Montjuïc. The great panoramic terrace invites you to enjoy a spectacular view of Barcelona.

You can go up to the restaurant with the cable car watching the city becoming smaller. The cabelcar starts at the hotel an brings you right in front of the Montjuic El Xalet. The restaurant is decorated in a warm style with modern and elegant touches. It is the right place to enjoy yourself and have a fantastic evening.

Accommodation

Comfortable accommodation is available on-site, directly in the conference hotel Tryp Apolo.

Please check at: http://www.tryp-apolo.com/en/index.html

B&B package double for single use	€ 120.-
B&B package twin	€ 130.-

Prices are guestroom per night with breakfast included. 7 % taxes not included.

Booking available as part of the registration process (deadline 19th August 2010).

Internet

Internet access will be available in the accommodations and the public areas in the conference hotel. You can buy a 24 hour internet access for 17.- € in the hotel.

ETS Annual Meeting Registration

To register for the ETS Annual Meeting please use the registration form. Using this form you will be able to pay directly via credit card (American Express, Master Card and Visa Card).

Payment by Bank Transfer

Please make bank transfers payable to:
Kay Groothoff
ETS 2010
Bank Account: Hamburger Sparkasse AG, Postfach, 20454 Hamburg, Germany
Bank Code: 200 505 50
Swift No: HASPDEHHXXX
Account Number: 1056 759 531
IBAN CODE: DE71 2005 0550 1056 759 531
Bank charges are the responsibility of the payee.

If you would prefer to post your registration, forms are available from the ETS Conference Organizer.

Registration fees

Until June 30, 2010

ETS Members	€ 345.-
Non Members	€ 420.-
Students*	€ 100.-

After June 30, 2010

ETS Members	€ 410.-
Non Members	€ 485.-
Students*	€ 130.-

Above fees include all ETS lectures, free communications, lunch, welcome reception and ETS Conference dinner.

One-Day registration

Until June 30, 2010

ETS Members	€ 105.-
Non Members	€ 136.50
Students*	€ 52.50

After June 30, 2010

ETS Members	€ 126.-
Non Members	€ 157.50
Students*	€ 63.-

One-Day fees include the ETS lectures, free communications and lunch for the registered day.

Education Course

Until June 30, 2010

ETS Members	€ 70.-
Non Members	€ 100.-
Students*	€ 40.-

After June 30, 2010

ETS Members	€ 100.-
Non Members	€ 130.-
Students*	€ 60.-

* Students registration to be supported by letter of supervisor.

Accompanying Person

Until June 30, 2009	€ 100.-
After June 30, 2009	€ 100.-

Fee includes welcome reception and ETS Conference dinner. Participation in the scientific sessions is not included.

Organization

Solution office e.K.
Kay Groothoff
Bergstr. 2
29646 Bispingen
Germany
Tel.: +49 5194 97449-0
Fax: +49 5194 97449-4
e-mail: congress@solution-office.de

Cancellation and Refund Policy

Cancellations are to be notified in writing to the ETS Conference Organizing office. Refunds will be made under the following conditions:

• You may cancel at no penalty within 48 hours of placing your registration.
• Until 1 August, 2009 a 60% refund of the registration fee will be given.
• After 1 August, 2009, no registration fees will be refunded.

All refunds will be handled after the Conference

General Information

Barcelona

The Mediterranean Sea nudges the coast of the city of Barcelona, while the Collserola ridge (part of the Serralada Litoral) borders the west of the city, with pine and oak woodland, fields and meadows, as well as wetland vegetation.

The Catalan capital, 166 kilometres from the French border and 120 kilometres south of the Pyrenees, is on a plain bordered by two rivers: the Llobregat in the south and the Besòs in the north.

Barcelona, in the area closest to the Serralada Litoral, is dotted with small hills (Monterols, Putget, Carmel, Rovira and Peira), and was once full of streams and small marshes. The promontory of Montjuïc is also by the coast, rising to a height of 191.7 metres.

Barcelona has a surface area of 100.4 square kilometres, forming part of the Barcelonès County, along with Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Badalona and Sant Adrià to the north, and Hospitalet de Llobregat along the southern border of the city.

Venue

Tryp Apolo
Avinguda del Parallel 57-59
08004 Barcelona
SPAIN
Tel.: +34 93 343 30 00
Fax: +34 93 443 0059

http://www.tryp-apolo.com/en

The Tryp Apolo is located in the centre of Barcelona, close to the old heart of the city and best theatres, and with rapid-access routes. It is 10 minutes walk from the Barcelona Trade Fair Center, Congress Palace and just 10 kms from the airport. The closest Metro and bus station are right outside the hotel. Totally refurbished in 2001.

Access to Tryp Apolo

From the Airport El Prat
Almost all charter flighs from Lufthansa, Air Berlin, Germanwings, Iberia and Spanair as well as the so-called low cost airlines are increasingly flying to Barcelona’s main airport El Prat. The airport is not very big and therefore clearly arranged and very well organised.

The Tryp Apolo is only 10 km from the El Prat international airport. Trains run every 20 minutes. You can take the train from the airport to “Plaza Cataluna” and then change into the metro (green line) to Paralelo. The train stops in front of the Hotel.

If you have booked the Barcelona Card via Barcelona.de the airport shuttle is included in the price.

Taxis
You have the alternative to take a taxi from the airport. This costs about 30.- €.

Metro/Bus
Metro lines 2 & 3 (stop Paralelo) and several bus lines stop in front of the hotel.
Single ticket for bus and metro: 1.25 €.

Timetable available here: http://www.tmb.cat/en_US/home.jsp

Car hire
The rental car companies Avis, Hertz, Europcar and Atesa are available at the airport.

Car Parking
The hotel has its own garage (17.- € per day).

Transfer from Barcelona`s airport El Prat de Llobregat
There are two more airport a little distance outside of Barcelona. The flys to this airport are often at a little reduced rate.

Transfer from Barcelona-Girona Airport (Gerona)
Some low cost carriers fly about 75km (about 85 kilometers in the street) in a north easterly direction to Barcelona-Gerona airport.

Access to Barcelon's city centre is via the shuttle bus. These buses are coordinated by the flight timetable and go directly to Estació del Nord in Barcelona. From there you have good connections to the underground network (station Arc de Trionf).
The journey time to Barcelona is about 1hr 10 and will cost you €12/person (single).
You buy the tickets at the counter at the airport in the arrivals hall (after the baggage claim) or in the Estació del Nord on the second floor. The drivers do not sell tickets. Telephone information on the travel time is available at +34 902 361 550 (automatic announcement, please have ready your flight number or flight time).
To take the train you must first take the bus to the Gerona central station and then a train to the Barcelona City Centre.
Directly from the airport you could also hire a car. You could keep it for the whole journey or it can be returned in Barcelona. If you travel in small groups of up to five people it could be financially more benefical than using the shuttle.
Furthermore, it is a real relief should you travel with a large amount of luggage. You will travel at a fixed price and the driver speaks Spanish as well as English.

Transfer from Reus Airport

Next to Gerona, Reus is the second smallest airport which is also mostly used by small cheap carriers. Reus airport is situated about 85 km south west of Barcelona (about 100 kilometers via the road).
There are two transfer options via public transport from Reus to Barcelona and vice versa.

Bus: From Reus airport to Barcelona the bus company Hispano Igualadina is in operation. Their timetable is coordinated in line with Ryanair flights. Bus transfer takes about 1 h 20 m. Departure is in front of the terminal. The bus stops (and departs from the opposite direction) at Place de la Reina station, Maria Cristina Underground Station L3, and at the bus stations of the main train station Sants (Underground station Sants L3 L5).
Signpost: Bus station, Ticket Office (at the entrance of the arrival hall)

Train: The RENFE train departs from Sants to Reus station. From there, you can go the the airport via taxi or bus. Journey time is about 10 minutes. There is a shuttle service from the Reus bus and train station to the airport. The service is coordinated in line with scheduled flights. One journey costs €2/person.

However, you can also hire a car in order to travel. Also, at Reus airport there is the car hire company Avis operating a hand-over point. If you have quite a lot of luggage and in a larger group this could be an alternative to the shuttle bus, which is not necessarily more expensive.

For all timetables and information how to get around the city have a look here.

Key attractions

Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Familia (Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family)
Gaudí's unfinished masterpiece and the city's most outlandish landmark, the Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family, towers crazily above the grid-like streets of the Eixample. Despite being very much a building site, the cathedral has a certain beauty that somehow emerges, despite the omnipresent scaffoldings.

Museu Picasso (Picasso Museum)
The Picasso Museum is one of the city's main tourist attractions, housed in two 15th-century palaces close to the Parc de la Ciutadella. The impressive permanent collection is devoted to the artist's early work, including a large number of childhood sketches, paintings from the Blue Period (1901-1904) and the Pink Period (1907-1920), exhibition posters, ceramics and cubist works.

La Rambla
La Rambla is not one street but rather a seamless series of pedestrian avenues stretching from the Monument a Colom on the waterfront to Plaça de Catalunya in the centre of the city. Lined with trees, cafes, restaurants, flower stalls, shops and newspaper stands, La Rambla is the perfect place in which to stroll and soak up the unique Barcelona atmosphere. Some of La Rambla's most captivating attractions are its famous street entertainers who delight the crowds with their weird and wacky shows.

Attractions along the way include Gaudí's first major architectural project, Palau Güell (Güell Palace), in Carrer Nou de la Rambla.  Plaça Reial, also just off La Rambla, is one of the most attractive squares in the city - elegant 19th-century houses look down on palm trees, lampposts designed by Gaudí, and an eclectic mix of people enjoying the lively atmosphere at outdoor cafes. Other points of interest are the Gran Teatre del Liceu and the legendary Café de L'Opera opposite, as well as La Boqueria, Barcelona's wonderful, bustling food market.

Parc Güell (Güell Park)
With Parc Güell, Gaudí created a fantasy land that seamlessly combines the natural and the man-made, as well as offering good views over the city. The park, originally conceived as a garden city, covers a hill to the north of the city centre. The gardens are enlivened by fantastic pavilions, stairways, columned halls and an organic plaza decorated with stunning broken-mosaic work (trencadís) by Gaudí's assistant, Josep Maria Jujol. At the base of the hill is a house designed by Francesc Berenguer, which is now home to a collection of Gaudí's furnishings and other memorabilia.

Casa Milá
Casa Milá, also known as La Pedrera (the stone quarry), is an undulating apartment block on the corner of Passeig de Gràcia. The building, inspired by the ocean, is an incredible testament to Gaudí's ability to make stone malleable. Apartments (which are not open to the public) are arranged around elliptical patios with no square corners in sight. The roof terrace is watched over by sentry-like chimneys and offers an excellent view across the city to the spires of La Sagrada Familia. The loft space of Casa Milá houses a beautiful museum, Espai Gaudí, dedicated to the architect.

Barri Gòtic (Gothic Quarter)
The maze of streets known as the Barri Gòtic or Gothic Quarter contains an exemplary collection of gothic buildings dating from Catalonia's Golden Age, in the 14th and 15th centuries, interspersed with Roman ruins, delightful squares and numerous bars and restaurants. Plaça Sant Jaume, at the heart of the district, is the epicentre of the city's political life. The square is overlooked on one side by the Renaissance-style Palau de la Generalitat (location of the Catalan government) and on the other by the Ajuntament (city hall). Nearby, the Palau Real on Plaça del Rei houses the Museu d'Història de la Ciutat. The remains of the Roman city of Barcino, beneath the palace, were uncovered in 1931; Roman streets are still visible in the vast cellar space that stretches as far as the cathedral.

Catedral de la Seu
Catedral de la Seu was built between the 13th and 15th centuries, on the site of an earlier basilica, although the spire and facade were not added until the beginning of the 20th century. Highlights include the carved choir stalls, the Capella de Lepanto and the tranquil cloisters containing a pond of white geese.

Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya - MNAC (National Museum of Catalonian Art)
The Palau Nacional, on Montjuïc, was the focus of Barcelona's International Fair in 1929. It now houses the National Museum of Catalonian Art. The museum boasts a stunning collection of gothic, Romanesque and medieval treasures and religious artefacts. The museum also houses the collections of the Museu D'Art Modern. 

Fundació Joan Miró (Joan Miró Foundation)
Also on Montjüic, the Joan Miró Foundation is one of the most innovative galleries in the city. The foundation was a gift from the artist himself and houses a permanent collection of his paintings, graphics and sculptures.

Mançana de la Discòrdia (Block of Discord)
A series of extraordinary houses by Montaner, Gaudí and Puig i Cadafalch make up the Mançana de la Discòrdia (Block of Discord). Gaudí's Casa Batlló, at number 43, looks rather like an underwater grotto, with blue-green tiles on the facade, frog-faced balconies and a reptilian roof. Together they form part of the Ruta Modernista.

Santa Maria del Mar
Santa Maria del Mar is counted among the most beautiful churches in the city and is considered a prime example of Mediterranean gothic architecture. It is located just to the northeast of the Barri Gòtic, at the heart of the fashionable La Ribera district. A 15th-century rose window adds colour to the simple harmony of the columned interior.

Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA (Museum of Contemporary Arts)
Looking rather incongruous in the surroundings of the Raval district, to the west of La Rambla, the brilliant-white Museum of Contemporary Arts is at the forefront of the regeneration of the this district. The museum opened amid a blaze of publicity in 1995 and houses a permanent collection of post-1940s international art, as well as various temporary exhibitions.

The Waterfront
A stroll along the harbourside passeig and wooden walkway is an excellent way to see some of the results of Barcelona's epic regeneration programme. The focus of interest and activity in Barcelona is shifting back towards the sea, with the continued development of Port Vell (Old Port). Barceloneta, the old fisherman's quarter, which dates from 1755, still has some of the best fish restaurants in the city and is now also the gateway to Barcelona's beaches. Further to the east, the Vila Olímpica at Poble Nou, created for the 1992 Olympic Games, is one of the liveliest and most interesting areas of the city.

Shopping
Barcelona is a shopping paradise where modernity and tradition go hand in hand. The shopping possibilities are unlimited and include international and Spanish designers, traditional jewellers, small antique and art shops and not to mention the enormous shopping centres and department stores.
Barcelona Shopping Line is the city's vast shopping area. Its size is impressive: it starts at the old harbour and goes along las Ramblas, Barri Gotic, Portal de l'Angel, continues from Plaça de Catalunya along the stretch between Passeig de Gracia and Rambla de Catalunya with even more shops along Av. Diagonal.  There is a special bus (Tombus) that runs along the shopping line from Plaça de Catalunya to the end of Av. Diagonal.

Barcelona Markets
The atmospheric Boqueria covered market on la Rambla, is not to be missed. The Boqueria is the most famous market in Barcelona and undoubtedly one of the best markets in the world. With its 6,000 square metres of fruits, vegetables, meat, fish and other specialities, this market is a real pleasure to the senses!

Encante de las Glories: Barcelona's flea market includes household items, second-hand clothing, crafts and bric-a-brac. Plaça Reial: Stamps and coins. 
Mercat Gotic: (Plaça del Pi, Subway Liceu). Antiques.

Plaça Josep Oriols: Artist market.

Food
Barcelona is the first non-French city to be nominated the "Gourmand" city of Europe by the prestigious Michelin Guide. The amount of restaurants is unlimited and you can choose from a traditional taberna or trendy restaurant. Just like in the rest of Spain, lunch is between 2 and 4 and dinner is never before 9.

Catalan cuisine is based on seasonal foods: simple products from the land, herbs, fish and meat, with an abundant use of vegetables and olive oil. Another typical aspect is the ease with which the Catalans mix ingredients which are rarely found together, like fish and red meat.

Popular gourmet dishes include botifarra amb mongetes (sausage with white beans), fricandò (pork stew), faves a la catalana (broad beans with smoked ham), Catalan spinach (with raisins and pine nuts), samfaina a puree of bell peppers and other vegetables served with meat or fish and fidéua (a paella made with pasta).

Fish is very popular and easy available. Cod is found in many dishes, in particular esqueixada. Try zarzuela (fish stew) or romesco de pescado (a fish casserole cooked in romesco sauce) or one of the many suquets de peix, Catalan fish soup.

The most typical desserts are miel i mato (soft cheese with honey) and of course crema catalana (crème brulee)

Wine: Catalonia is one of the main wine growing regions of Spain; its most famous production is concentrated in the Penedés area between Barcelona and Tarragona. This area produces excellent white wines and the famous Cava, Spanish champagne which comes from the vineyards of Vilafranca and Sant Sadurnì d'Anoia The best Catalan reds come from Priorat, an area south of Tarragona.

Nightlife
Barcelona is one of Europe's coolest cities and offers nightlife as rich and varied as you would expect in any major city. When the sun goes down you will find all forms of entertainment from traditional fiestas and world-class opera which offer countless opportunities to have fun and enjoy yourself. To keep up to date on entertainment, the best source is the weekly magazine La Guia de Ocio.

The old part of the city is very lively at night; explore the narrow streets of Barrio Gótico or stroll along Las Ramblas to the Old Harbour.

La Ribera, also in the historical center, has recently become a very trendy quarter due to its bohemian atmosphere: Passeig del Born is teeming with trendy bars and restaurants for passing a pleasant evening.

Example is an excellent place for night owls, and is very popular with locals. One of the hottest spots is Calle Aribau.

Gracia: has become one of the liveliest areas of the city, popular with young people and bohemian types.

The Port Olimpic is another good spot for those who like the good life, with its post-modern style restaurants, bars and discos which stay open until dawn.

Getting around
Barcelona's public transport system is an easy-to-use and integrated service that makes travelling fairly manageable.  As well as the regular public transport options, Barcelona has a cable car, tramway and uphill furnicular train for getting around. Barcelona’s bike paths make the city very adapted for cycling and you can easily hire bicycles to explore the city.

Barcelona’s metro system is fairly simple to negotiate. Frequent trains and clearly indicated arrival times make travelling by underground a fast and simpler option.

Weather

Barcelona has a typical Mediterranean climate. The Mediterranean climate is situated between the Latitude Range: 30° - 45° N and in the east of the continents. The winter is relativly humid but mild and the summer is dry. The rainy seasons are the once in between, autumn and spring. The distinguishing marks of this climate are the 3 to 5 months of the dry summer, which is caused by the sinking air of the subtropical highs. There are very few days of extreme temperature, heat or cold, and that`s why the average of the minimum and the maximum in Barcelona is temperate, typical for the Mediterranean mild climate. Early September is expected to be dry and hot.

Language

Catalan is the official language of Catalonia, according to the Statute of Catalonia and the Spanish Constitution, together with Castilian, the official language of Spain.

The city is open to the co-existence of, and dialogue between, different languages. The importance of tourism, and the fact that Barcelona overflows with many different cultures, means that other languages, such as English, French, Italian, German and different Arabic and Asian languages, are all heard on the streets in the city.

In the majority of shops, museums, cultural and social centres and venues in the city, the languages most commonly used for signs, notices and information are the two official languages and English, a fact which enriches the socio-cultural fabric and the everyday life of Barceloneans.

Currency

Euro is the official currency of Spain. Money exchange can be done in bureaux de change and hotels. However, banks give the best exchange rates. To get Euro from a dollar bank account, ATM machines can be utilized as long as your bank is not charging a conversion fee when used internationally. Major credit cards are also accepted in Spain.

Electricity Supply

Electricity supply is 220 volts throughout Spain with 2 pin wall sockets. For any European countries that utilise 240 volts e.g. UK and Ireland most electrical equipment will function adequately. If you intend to use the UK electrical plugs then you will need an electricity plug adapter that will convert the standard 3 pin socket into a two pin socket. In the US where the electricity supply is 110 volts a transformer would be required to step down the voltage to 110 volts. Damage to the electrical appliance can occur if you attempt to use a 110 volt rated electrical appliance with a 220 volt supply.

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