going to calella in feb next year. i will be bringing back 3200 cigs and 60 g/virginia. 1600 for the wife and the same for the mother in law, tobacco for myself. they smoke different brands. does anyone know if customs will give me a hard time about this and is there any govt legislation that point to an answer. i am definately not selling these on, they are intended for myself and immediate family.

normal accepted limits by customs is 3200 cigs or tobacco for your personal use.
if you do get pulled at customs i would think you will get a very hard time, especially if you are bringing back different brands of ciggies and tobacco.

in your circumstances i would bring back some ciggies and some tobaccco, keeping to limits ie 1600 cigs(all of 1 brand) and however much tobacco is half the accepted limit(30 pouches i believe), and if i got pulled at customs i would argue that i smoke tobacco during the week and proper ciggies at weekend and when going out -it will help to have an open packet of ciggies in your possession
claiming 1600 cigs are for your wife or MIL as a present would not help you i'm afraid.

You are allowed to bring back in theory as much as you want for personal use(includes gifts, but not used in payment for ANYTHING) but custom guide lines are 16 sleeves of ciggies each and 60 pouches of tabbaco each.
If you are a frequent traveller then you may have problems but if not then you should be fine.
Mick.

I think that if you get a " tug " from customs it depends to a large extent on what sort of mood thay are in and, obviously the quantities you are bringing back. I was stopped and grilled at Dover a few months ago, even though i was under the so called guideline limit.

Although the cutoms guidelines are 3200 cigs PLUS 3 kilo's of tobacco, they are supposed to be for personal use. Even if you stick to the guidelines, if you bring back different brands they may take the view that you mean to sell them on and could give you a hard time.

Remember that HMCE are a law unto themselves, so don't complicate matters by saying you intend to give some away as presents.

In theory, as has been previously stated, there should not be any limit on the ammount you can bring into this country, if it's for personal use. Unfortunately, as far as cutoms & excise are concerned, that is very often not the case.

i am off to Barcelona on 28th feb for 1 day, i was wondering where the best place is to get fags, well stocked. i know its only the tabacos that sell them,but with only 4hrs to get from airport, get fags and back again its going to be a bit rushed.
or is there a well stocked tabacos at the airport, which would be handy

Are you flying into Barc airport itself?

As far as I know there`s a train that runs into the centre every 20 minutes so you should have time to find a Tabac shop and get back to the airport.

Plenty for sale at the airport but a couple of euros dearer than the Tabacs.
(although they may restrict the amount they sell you)

Here`s a link that gives you the prices (same prices all over Spain in the Tabacs)

thanks for the link, i already had link for tabacs giving prices.
just wanted to know how easy it was to get to the centre and if there was a few tabac shops

http://www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com/airport/barcelona-airport-transport.html

20 minutes

thanks for the link, very helpful

hi, does anyone know if there are any tobacconists in girona and if they are the tabac shops with the brown and yellow coloured sign. and if anyone has been lately how much the ciggies are. also how much is taxi from girona airport to girona.
thanks
tracy

hi, does anyone know if there are any tobacconists in girona and if they are the tabac shops with the brown and yellow coloured sign.

Yes you are correct and they are much cheaper than the UK or duty free I think about £1.20 for 20 long time gave up smoking so don't know fully.

Taxi fare not sure but would guess about 20 Euros.

Hi could anyone tell me the approx cost of tobacco in spain and how much you can bring back. Cheers Deana

Hi

Just back fron Estartit

10 X 50g Golden Virginia 43e, 200 lambert & Butler 29.50e

Thats all we bought so can't help with any other prices

I roll my own so buy Golden Virginia tobacco.I seem to remember that when I bought a few pouches in a state run Tobacos in Torremolinos last June it was 4.30 a pouch,but in Lloret its 4.50.Has it gone up,or can each resort make up their own price.

Merged with existing topic.

The prices should be the same all over Spain. You can check the current prices at http://www.eurotabaco.net/

luci

Looking to book a short break to Lloret de mar 26thdec- 30th dec. Can anyone tell me if there are any tobbaconists open at this time of year, any in the vicinity of the Casino Royal hotel?

most shops in lloret will close on the holiday days, but they will be open during the time you are there.
there is a newsagent/tabac just over the road next to the new bus station, plus others in the town centre shopping area.
just dont leave it till last minute because they open drastically reduced hours on a sunday.

Can anyone tell me if menthol cigarettes (preferably Lambert & Butler) are readily available ?? ... staying at Callela de Parafrugell

Can someone tell me the opening times for the Tabac shops in Girona on SATURDAYS