eveline44

Unless you have reason to believe that the bottled water is safer than tap water, you are throwing away money (however small) wasting resources and creating unnecessary plastic.

 

Given two choices - both equally safe and tasty - one of which is free... one of which costs money and puts stress on the environment... I'll take the free one.

Actually I read a publication in a scientific journal about 2 years ago that compared the quality (including bacteria) in bottled water against tap water in various places in various EU countries. Conclusion: Tap water was of better quality in most cases. I was surprised! Tap water in Europe is of excellent quality. I am going to check if I can find the journal again.

My husband is Spanish so we go there frequently and for long periods of time. I noticed that even many Spaniards buy bottled water, because it just tastes better ;)

You can contact Condor Travel (http://www.condortravel.com/) and arrange this tour yourself. It cost us about 800 euro per person. You can also book a custom tour and do it more slowly and decrease the chance of altitude sickness.