Overview
- The Generalitat has confirmed 20 'tribuna' municipalities in mid‑June as priority viewing sites that together offer more than 50,000 visitor places for the total solar eclipse on August 12, 2026.
- An interdepartmental commission is drawing up transport, parking and crowd‑management plans to channel large visitor flows, limit road congestion and keep people away from protected or high fire‑risk natural areas.
- The Eclipsadas outreach programme trained 25 women scientists who have given school talks to roughly 2,700 students, and the Ministry of Education has run a free MOOC to broaden public learning about the eclipse.
- Experts and agencies warn that the eclipse will occur around 8:30 p.m. near sunset, so viewers need clear horizon lines, certified eclipse glasses or indirect projection and basic supplies such as water and food to stay safe.
- Astronomers and the ESA explain that precise timing comes from predictable lunar nodes and orbital geometry, and the event has already driven astrotourism offers across Spain while marking the first total eclipse visible from parts of the Iberian Peninsula since the early 20th century.