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Help with Spanish Postcode or I will never get there...

Sep 30, 2009 · detty_2000 · 14 replies · 5040 views
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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
Sep 30, 2009 · jurdyr
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
Sep 30, 2009 · ROB1305
Would it not be easier to understand by getting directions from your friend ?
Sep 30, 2009 · detty_2000
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....
Sep 30, 2009 · ROB1305
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!
Sep 30, 2009 · detty_2000
the address is as follows as he wrote it:

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

any ideas???
Sep 30, 2009 · ROB1305
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
Oct 1, 2009 · jurdyr
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
Oct 1, 2009 · detty_2000
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
Oct 1, 2009 · jurdyr
what city are town is this guy living in ?
Oct 1, 2009 · laurainspain
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!!
Oct 11, 2009 · detty_2000
the area is La Nucia, Alicante
Oct 11, 2009 · detty_2000
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...
Oct 12, 2009 · Santi
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