I have a TomTom 710 (the higher the number the more countries that come pre loaded) and I'm quite happy with it.

We rented a car for one day to move everything from our apartment in the city centre to Tres Cantos from Europa Car and they offered a Nav for 7 euros a day, money well spent, would never have gotten around Madrid if we had tried maps!

If you only need it for limited time see if you can rent one from them.

And yes Nav systems are portable, you can even use them for walking around a strange city. I put mine in my back pack and it turned it's self on and all of sudden I heard "turn left in 50 mtrs"

After taking my new GPS to Spain, I was disappointed to find out that it couldn't pick-up any satellites. I have no idea why. I didn't end up needing it.. however, it would've been nice to see exactly where I was at. Frustrating!

Wesrick, did you eventually get the download for the Spain map? It should have worked (picked up satelite).

Anyone else have any GPS experience in Spain?? Model they use/recommend etc?

I had a wierd experience with my tomtom, the thing wouldn't turn on! Going to visit friends and all of sudden no GPS,the only saving grace was I had thier address and phone number written down from a previous visit so I was able to get to the city and then call for directions.

I was a littel worried as I didn't have the sales receipt anymore. According to the web you just need a pin to reset it, and that did the trick.

still a real pain

RE: TomTom910 and GPS in Spain.

As mentioned above, I gave this unit a test during my visit to Spain in September. I rented a car in Seville and drove to Vejer, Gibraltar, points in between and dropped the car at Seville.

The 910 did very well. I don't use the NAVIGATE TO function but prefer to have it as a scrolling road map which is better for the driver than a paper one. KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROAD. Anyway, most roads, streets, and even some dirt tracks were available. The only problem is the tremendous amount of construction. The new freeways are not on the unit and it will be hard for TOMTOM to keep up. The good thing is the unit can be re-loaded with maps. It comes with a USB cable and through the interet come the maps.

Of course this takes some of the fun out of getting lost. Then again, you can always turn it off and just drive.

Admiral44

I ended up just buying the $150 map. I need to return it.. but probably can't now. So, I think I'll just sell it on Amazon marketplace...

It was unfortunate that the map didn't work. I think if I would've had a difference GPS it would've worked. Because, when I got over the US, it immediately picked up land (over Florida).