Site Surveys & Tech Scouting

Here is how this works in practice. Site surveys in Spain run against a regional permitting map that differs by autonomous community. So our recce teams arrive with the right pre-clearance contacts already engaged. We log light, audio, power and access at every option. Heritage UNESCO sites like the Alcázar de Sevilla (Dorne, Game of Thrones), the Alhambra in Granada. The Mezquita-Catedral de Córdoba, Toledo's casco histórico. Salamanca's Plaza Mayor and the Serra de Tramuntana on Mallorca. And surface the filming-window restrictions and tourist-flow constraints that set whether a sequence is shootable on schedule.

Here is the short of it. Coastal and remote-terrain surveys add Spanish Mountain Rescue coordination across the Pyrenees and the Picos de Europa. Plus Guardia Civil liaison on access roads and emergency-vehicle staging. For studio-anchored productions we recce Mediapro Studios Sant Joan Despí (Money Heist soundstages), Filmax Barcelona, Bambú Producciones. RTVE Prado del Rey and Pinewood Iberia Madrid against the same checklist, mapping power draw. Grid routing and stage-door truck access.

Here is the breakdown. Weather, airspace and historic-fabric constraints sit alongside the technical specs in every report. Summer recces across Sevilla, Almería and Madrid log peak temperatures (40°C+ Jul–Aug), surface-radiation readings on stone plazas, and recommended call-time shifts toward 5. 30am sunrise and late-afternoon windows so the heat-protocol budget is locked before pre-production. Drone-airspace checks run through ENAIRE (Spain's air guidance service provider) and AESA (Agencia Estatal de Seguridad Aérea). With restricted-zone notes pre-filed for the Madrid corridor, Barcelona harbour approach. Sevilla's airport ceiling and the Canary Islands tourism overlay.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Our final deliverable is a survey pack — photography, measurements, power maps, access diagrams, weather logs and a permitting matrix flagged by autonomous community. That the line producer hands directly to department heads. With the ICAA tax-rebate-eligibility note and ATA-carnet implications tagged on each location so the production accountant has what they need to lock the schedule.