Strategic public infrastructures
Certain spaces, due to their characteristics or special association with an institution of company, have specific regulations for use when filming.
Military facilities
Military buildings and facilities are managed by the Spanish Government’s Ministry of Defence. De acuerdo con su ubicación y funcionalidades, los espacios o medios de carácter militar disponibles para la realización de rodajes suelen estar restringidos . Due to their location and functions, military spaces or elements that can be used for shootings tend to be restricted. However, in recent years, films and television series have been shot in military facilities, including the use of vehicles and materials, thanks to the collaboration of Spain’s Ministry of Defence.
If you wish to use locations of this type, you are advised to contact directly the Ministry of Defence delegation in the autonomous community in which filming is to take place, requesting details of the procedures necessary to apply for permits or collaboration.
More info: Spanish Ministry of Defence (Defence Delegations)
Airports
Public funding in Spain
To film in train stations, a permit must be requested, providing the script of the scenes to be filmed and paying the corresponding fees to the public company Adif, a public business entity under the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility.
Adif has a catalog of available spaces where to look for the location by typology or geographic location. At present, there are exclusive or unique locations scattered throughout our country, including modern, historic, classic, small, small stations, railway stations, logistics centers and industrial spaces, other railway infrastructures or unique spaces.
If the scenes are to be shot inside a train, permission must be requested from Renfe. and check that the type of train is on your network. It can also be requested through local networks, either autonomous or provincial. In all cases, the conditions of this type of permit must be checked (fees, deadlines, type of authorized scene, etc.).
Port facilities
The ports of Spain are state-owned. Spain has 46 ports of general interest, managed by 28 port authorities, whose coordination and efficiency control is the responsibility of the State Ports Public Body, a body under the Ministry of Transportation and Sustainable Mobility.. Para solicitar información puedes consultar la relación de las Autoridades Portuarias dependientes del sistema : A Coruña, Alicante, Almería, Avilés, Bahía de Algeciras, Bahía de Cádiz, Balears, Barcelona, Bilbao, Cartagena, Castellón, Ceuta, Ferrol-S. Cibrao , Gijón, Huelva, Las Palmas, Málaga, Marín y R. de Pont, Melilla, Motril, Pasaia, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santander, Sevilla, Tarragona, Valencia, Vigo and Vilagarcía de Arousa
If you wish to film in sports and leisure marinas you must contact the facility in question. You can consult the website of the Spanish Federation of Associations of Marinas and Tourist Ports, which is formed by the Associations of Andalusia, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Catalonia, Murcia, Valencia, Galicia, Asturias and Cantabria, In this link you can access all the associations of all the ports of these characteristics in Spain.
For marinas in the Basque Country, click on the following link.
