Spain Money Saving Tips and Offers

Since the start of Spain's economic troubles in 2008, I have been amazed at the behaviour of a lot of Spanish bars and restaurants.  Many have made no attempts to reduce prices or put on special offers.  Some have even put prices up prices to cover the shortfall from declining customer numbers.  Crazy behaviour.  Contrast that with what happened in the UK during the recession.  There were/are some amazing restaurant deals around.

All this seems to have changed this year, with lots of places putting on great value deals and reducing prices.  I went for a wander last week in my local area and noticed the following special offers:

- 2 tapas bars offering 3 tapas + tubo for €6.00

-2 Spanish restaurants on the sea front offering menu del dia (8-9 euros), which was unheard of previously for this location

-1 bar offering a racion of paella and a tubo for 3 euros

-a new Spanish grill place offering Solomillo/Chuleton/Roast Chicken/Suckling pig + salad starter + chips + rice + drink for between 8 and 10 euros.  All day/night.  I tried this one last week and it was excellent.

I'm sure there are more places in the area doing good deals at the moment but hese were just the ones I happened to see.

I notice that most of the expat type places are just as expensive as ever.  They seem to think they can charge UK prices in Spain...