Found this very fascinating. Please keep writing! How safe is it for a woman to travel alone in Spain?
They had a great time, until the week they were to be leaving for a flight back to the States. On a car trip from Madrid to the east coast, they were robbed by Romanian gypsies. Didn't harm them but stole their money, credit cards and camera and bag containing the film of their entire trip.
It's is pretty safe in Spain but, like anywhere, there is crime.
My wife and I were quite shocked to see women walking carefree through the streets at all hours of the night in Barcelona - and no, they were not prostitutes.
Very safe. My wife traveled there alone for 2 weeks on her house hunting trip and she never felt the least bit threatened. In fact she felt so safe she put in an offer on a house and now we live there full time.