Spain occupies approximately 80% (the remaining 20% is occupied by Portugal), of the Iberian Peninsula, in the southwest of Europe. In the north Spain borders on France and Andorra, with the Pyrenees forming a natural frontier.

Spain is the 3rd country of Europe in extension and the 5th in population.

There are five big mountain ranges crossing the country, and about 50% of the country is located on an elevated plain.

Landscapes are extremely varied, some almost desert-like; others green and fertile. Of course there are the long coasts, east along Mediterranean Sea from Pyrenees to Gibraltar, and west along the Atlantic Ocean and Cantabrian Sea, the major part of the Iberian Peninsula's western coast is occupied by Portugal.