Customs

[Jen Juneau]

When crossing from France to Spain do you get a stamp on your passport? Do you have to go through customs?

 

[Deleted member 3000]

When crossing from France to Spain do you get a stamp on your passport? Do you have to go through customs?

No, there is no customs after the airport of entry.

 

[whariwharangi]

With a Schengen visa, you may enter one country and travel freely throughout the Schengen zone. Internal border controls have disappeared; there are no or few stops and checks. This means that internal air, road and train travel are handled as domestic trips, similar to travel from one US state to another. Those who traveled in Europe before Schengen know the difference.

Source
http://www.eurovisa.info/

 

[jmcarp]

When crossing from France to Spain do you get a stamp on your passport? Do you have to go through customs?

Here's the border crossing on the Route Napoleon between SJPP and Roncesvalles. The customs inspectors must have been on a break when we passed through

 

[V-rock]

There is no customs while traveling between the European Union countries.
Probably the old customs buildings still exist at most crossings but they are no longer used for border control.

 

[jdpiguet]

Hi Jen,

As you can see in the movie "Rien à déclarer", the customs has disappeared inside the Schengen countries...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_to_Declare_(film)

Enjoy,
Jacques-D.

 

[BlackDog]

There is no customs while traveling between the European Union countries.

Only true for the Schengen Treaty countries. That still leaves a number of European Union countries operating full border controls.

 

[V-rock]

Well... at least true between France, Spain and Portugal.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

Only true for the Schengen Treaty countries. That still leaves a number of European Union countries operating full border controls.

That looks like UK and Ireland on this map:
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/borders-and-visas/schengen/index_en.htm

 

[madame_shepard]

While it's a totally reasonable question, you'll understand why I giggled a little bit when you experience the "border" for the first time. Buen Camino!

 

[Al the optimist]

There is a guy with a snack van just on the French side of the border. You can get a sello on your pilgrim "passport" from him. That's the closest you will get to a border stamp.