“Traveling with Dogs on the City Bus in Spain: Rules and List of Cities in 2023”

The question of whether dogs can be taken on the city bus is very common, especially considering the number of limitations that still exist in Spain for traveling with a dog.

Can dogs be taken on the city bus in 2023?

Y yes you can take dogs on the city bus to the surprise of many. Of course, only a handful of Spanish cities are flexible about this and with certain rules.

List of cities where you can take dogs on a leash (without the need for a carrier) on the city bus

Taking dogs on the bus, and without the need for a carrier, is possible in 11 Spanish cities:

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• Barakaldo
• Cartagena.
• Donostia-San Sebastian.
• Fuengirola.
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• Jaen.
• Ourense
• Palma de Mallorca.
• Sant Cugat del Vallès.
• Valladolid.

Access rules for dogs without a carrier

Dogs can be taken on the city bus and without a carrier in these cities of more than 50,000 inhabitants with certain general rules. That is, dogs can go on the bus as long as:

• The dog is on a short leash.
• take your up-to-date health documentation.
• He dog must go with a muzzle (except in Barakaldo and Donostia-San Sebastián; they only accept small dogs in their arms).
• Some cities limit the maximum dog size.
• In Ourense and Valladolid, for example, you have to request a dog card from the Town Hall or from the municipal transport company to take dogs on buses.

List of cities where you can take small dogs in carriers on the city bus

Also dogs can be taken on the city bus in a carrier. Of course, with a weight limit (around 10 kilos). These are the cities:

A Coruña, Albacete, Alcalá de Henares, Alcobendas, Alcorcón, Algeciras, Arona, Badajoz, Badalona, ​​Barcelona, ​​Bilbao, Boadilla del Monte, Burgos, Cáceres, Casteldefels, Castelló de la Plana, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Ciudad Real, Collado Villalba, Colmenar Viejo, Córdoba, Cornellà de Llobregat, Coslada, Cuenca, Dos Hermanas, El Ejido, El Prat de Llobregat, El Puerto de Santa María, Elche, Elda, Fuenlabrada, Gandía, Getafe, Gijón, Girona, Granada, Granadilla de Abona, Granollers, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Huesca, Jerez de la Frontera, La Línea de la Concepción, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Rozas de Madrid, Leganés, Linares, Lleida, Logroño, Lorca, Madrid, Majadahonda, Málaga, Manresa, Marbella, Mataró, Melilla, Mollet del Vallès, Móstoles, Murcia, Palencia, Paterna, Pinto, Ponferrada, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Reus, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Rubí, Salamanca, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, San Sebastián de los Reyes , San Vicente del Raspeig, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santiago de Compostela, Segovia, Seville, Tarragona, Telde, Torrejón de Ardoz, Torrent, Valdemoro, Valencia

Vigo, Vila-real, Viladecans, Vilanova i la Geltrú, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Zamora and Zaragoza.

How much does it cost to take my dog ​​on the bus? The price for dogs on buses isfree in most cities

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Traveling with dogs on the bus is NOT free in these cities

However, there are exceptions. In Fuengirola, for example, you pay an additional ticket of 0.57 euros; while in Palma it costs 0.30 euros extra. To board the bus with dogs in Valencia, you have to ask for the

pet bonus that has a price of 5 euros

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List of cities where you can not take the dog on the city bus Dogs cannot be taken on the urban bus in: Alcalá de Guadaira, Alicante, Almería, Aranjuez, Arganda del Rey, Arrecife, Ávila, Avilés, Benalmádena, Benidorm, Cádiz, Calviá, Ceuta, Chiclana de la Frontera, Estepona, Ferrol, Guadalajara, Huelva, León, Lugo, Mijas, Molina de Segura, Motril, Orihuela, Oviedo, Pamplona, ​​Parla, Pontevedra, Sabadell, Sagunt, San Fernando, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Santa Lucía de Tirajana, Santander, Talavera de la Reina, Toledo , Torrelavega, Torremolinos, Torrevieja, Utrera and Vélez-Málaga. It happens that in some of these cities,

the regulations are confusing

and there are drivers who let you take the dog in a carrier. Other cities such as Arrasate, Errenteria, Hernani, Zarautz and Eibar also join the dogfriendly movement that allows dogs to be carried on the urban bus. In Eibar, for example, they only allow small dogs in their arms.Likewise, Mérida would be among these cities, however,

although its ordinance allows dogs to be tied up on the urban bus