could someone translate a hypothetical address please so that I may translate the original that I have been given for my friend so that I may arrive at his house without complications…...

e.g.

c / eranc / urb / cristobel.No.39

Thank you in advance for helping me not to get lost

you got a post code for there aswell ,

address would start with we say .  building no and floor apt no , Calle del Mi , Los Eldorado area and post code

Would it not be easier to understand by getting directions from your friend ?

he is Spanish and, therefore, explains it simply in spanish as calle I know is street, urb being urbanisation….i haven’t got a clue about eranc and I assume cristal is the name of the street…....no postcode and that is what is confusing me. I know it is La Nucia, Alicante, but that’s all I have from oiut conversationa…..he doesn’t do email either which makes it all the more difficult as I have to listen extremely carefully and he speaks so fast…...

what can you say there then….

Trust me knowing the postcode will make very very little difference

they work differently here and can apply to many Kms squared - and may 1000s of houses!

the address is as follows as he wrote it:

  c / eranc / urb / cristal LA NUCIA, ALICANTE….

any ideas???

try this

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=EN&geocode;=&q=urb+cristal+LA+NUCIA+alicante+spain&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=29.772081,56.513672&ie=UTF8&ll=38.602786,-0.11261&spn=0.057283,0.110378&z=13&iwloc=A

if you travel from out side the EU and need to fill in a card and if you dont have a address you many not be aloud in . why not get him to fax you the address

Thank You so much….Rob that really helps a lot it was the eranc and c thingy that was a little confusing….nut that map was excellent, but when I didn’t know what to look for…....silly me!!!

Thanks too trudy…I will get him to fax it but I think it will come the same way as the had written one….he is a man afterall…...what can we say about that….they don’t make anything easy at all…...lol lol

Thank You

what city are town is this guy living in ?

I would say that it was Calle Eranc - I know when I write my address I write C/ and then the road name.  Could it be that Cristal is the name of his house as he?s put no house number on there which is a bit strange!  I expect La Nucia is the area of Alicante.  I?ve had a quick look on the “Correos” (Spanish postal service) website and I think the post code is 03530.  I put in the road name as Eranc and the “localidad” as La Nucia and it came up as: Panorama (La Nucia), Alicante, 03530.  Hope that helps and hope you find your way!!

the area is La Nucia, Alicante

I am becoming more confused, but here is the address that I have in full as written by Spanish hands:

His Name which I do know is correct

c / eranc / urb / cristal No.?? (the number I have witheld as I have that one and understand it)
LA NUCIA
ALICANTE

this is it in full Laura

Thanks allm, but any info you could give me is greatly appreciated…

Addresses can be difficult in Spain.

Especially since maps arn`t easy to find beyond tourist leaflets.

Try this although the address you gave is not recognised, if you can get the post code Mappy works off them.

http://es.mappy.com/

Many addresses are complicated and confusing, it may not be known until you get a taxi, but that may prove unwise and costly.

Many Urbs can be apt blocks in cities, some are large Estates, they vary a lot.

I couldn`t find any area in Alicante called La Nucia on mappy, only a calle La Nucia.

But putting into google La Nucia gives these details.

http://www.bancajahabitat.co.uk/information/tourist-information-la-nucia.aspx

So I went further and found this

http://www.paginasamarillas.es/fichas/ig/mega-pc_198154775_000000001.html

There address is Urb Cristal 33, La Nucia and gives a postal code of 03530, so not too far from your friend, maybe worth a phone call.

Mappy shows La Nucia now from the postcode, but no Urb Cristal.

http://es.mappy.com/#d=la+Nucia,+Espa?a&p=map