{"id":289804,"date":"2025-07-25T05:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T05:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/289804\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T05:47:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T05:47:12","slug":"spain-has-new-nickname-for-uk-tourists-on-holiday-and-its-not-flattering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/289804\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain has new nickname for UK tourists on holiday and it’s not flattering"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Lee Bell, a Brit who regularly travels to Barcelona, the name is believed to come from the Basque word ‘giri’, which means ‘blond’ or ‘fair-skinned’.\"SpainSpain has new nickname for UK tourists on holiday and it’s not flattering<\/p>\n

UK tourists holidaying in Spain this summer have been warned the locals have a name for Britishholidaymakers<\/a> – and it is not flattering. British tourists are sometimes named a ‘guiri’ by locals when in Spain.<\/p>\n

According to Lee Bell, a Brit who regularly travels to Barcelona, the name is believed to come from the Basque word ‘giri’, which means ‘blond’ or ‘fair-skinned’.<\/p>\n

Lee explains: “Spanish locals now use ‘guiri’ <\/a>to refer to all types of foreign tourists, especially those from English-speaking countries. While it can be used to refer to any foreigner, it’s most commonly used to refer to British visitors specifically.<\/p>\n

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“This is especially the case for the stereotypical \u2018Brit abroad\u2019 – a term for an embarrassing tourist who travels to foreign countries with no intention of integrating with the culture there.”<\/p>\n

Lee added: “If you get called a guiri, don\u2019t fret, it\u2019s playful – I often refer to myself as a guiri when I visit Barcelona to take the mick out of myself with my local friends, or when I\u2019m doing typical ‘guiri’ things like drinking Sangria.”<\/p>\n

The Brit added: “[Guiris will] also order cliche Spanish menu items like Sangria and paella in very touristy restaurants, or worse still, insist on ordering typical British food items, or looking for a kebab shop after a night out.<\/p>\n

“The Spanish don\u2019t really drink Sangria, it\u2019s seen more of a tourist thing as locals opt for \u2018tinto de verano\u2019 (meaning summer red wine) with gaseosa (a sweet soda water) in the warmer months.”<\/p>\n

Separately from Lee’s warning, Megan Owens told the Sun Online Travel: “If the menu is written in several languages, or has pictures of the food, then it’s most likely a tourist trap.<\/p>\n

“These menus are often laminated or covered in plastic film – Brits should stay away from them.”<\/p>\n

She said: “Sometimes you just have to firmly say no.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to Lee Bell, a Brit who regularly travels to Barcelona, the name is believed to come from…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-289804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114912299903095876","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}