Zeuloo

We are renting a car in Madrid and driving to Segovia...on to Avilla...and on to Salamanca where we are staying a couple of nights! Would appreciate any advice regarding eats, what to see and safe and secure parking...hopefully not getting our bags and luggage ripped off while walking the sites! Thnx in advance!

Zeuloo

Just want to add...flying from Salamanca to Barcelona for a few days also! So...any advice as to eats, sites etc. in Barcelona would be helpful also! Thnx!

Bedar

Just make sure all luggage is hidden in the trunk. Leave nothing visible in the car, and I mean nothing.

Robert2533

You should find some decent recommendations on where to dine and what to see in Maribel's Guide to Segovia (http://maribelsguides.com).

As far as not getting your luggage ripped off while out touring, make sure the car you are renting actually has a trunk and is not one of the new models without much luggage area, or is too small. You can also try parking in a parking garage and not on the street or in a open parking lot.

Pegontheroad

Buy a Spanish newspaper and leave it out on the seat with the name showing.

Robert2533

Not just any Spanish newspaper. You need a copy of ABC or the local La Vanguardia.

Michael

<i>Buy a Spanish newspaper and leave it out on the seat with the name showing.</i>

A delusional piece of advice, in my opinion.

Any thief worth his salt will know what is and what is not a local car.

If Spanish license plates are similar to French ones, rental cars will tend to come from one area identifiable by the code on the license plate.

Europcar often has a sticker on the car, indicating that it is a rental.

If in a garage, parking with the car backed up against a wall will make access to the trunk more difficult.

Michael

What to see in Segovia, Avila and Salamanca:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mksfca/...th/4175185614/

and it would not hurt to see what a guidebook like Fodor's might suggest.

Zeuloo

Thanks to all for the great advice!