What time do people start drinking in Spain?


What time do people start drinking in Spain? In Spain, drinking starts around 1:30pm with the aperitivo. An aperitivo is a popular tradition throughout parts of Europe. It's all about slowing down, whetting the appetite, and enjoying the company of friends over a drink or two.


Can you buy alcohol at night in Spain?

Under the new regulations, alcohol is prohibited from being sold in late-night stores. Any store caught selling alcohol between the hours of 9.30pm and 8am face fines of up to €600,000 or risk being closed down for three years.


What is the 2 drink rule in Spain?

The two drink rule restricts anyone with a wristband from getting more than two drinks at a time.


What time do Spanish go to bed?

As a result, Spaniards who would eat at 1pm or 1.30pm continued to eat at their usual time (now 2pm or 2.30pm), continued to have dinner at 8pm (now 9pm) and continued to go to bed at 11pm (now midnight).


What time do Spain eat breakfast?

A typical Spaniard eating schedule is as followed: – Desayuno (breakfast): anywhere from 7am to 9am, depending on how early you start your days. – Almuerzo (mid-morning snack): roughly 10am to 11am. Most Spanish schools have a patio time where the students are given this time to eat their almuerzo.


What do people do at night in Spain?

A lot of Spaniards start out their evening by ir de tapas, a sort of tapas bar hop. You go around to a few tapas bars, having drinks and sharing tapas, getting the night going and forgoing hunger until actual dinner time arrives. The sun's going down, so it's obviously time for some pre-dinner tapas!


Why is dinner so late in Spain?

Why do they eat so late in Spain? Spain's famously late mealtimes are due to the fact that the country has been geographically in the wrong time zone since World War II! During all that time, Spaniards have eaten at the same time they always have in regards to the position of the sun in the sky.