[tecleandor]

In offices it would usually be from ~14h to 15h or 15:30h. Open to the public, street-level, small businesses (let's say, a butcher, a small hardware store, a bakery...) usually close from 14h to 16h or 16:30h. They open till later than other countries, though, often till 20h or so. That can vary per region and the size of the city, of course.

[anthk]

But not for siesta, for lunch. And, by lunch, for HNers, I mean a mid sized meal, not just a sandwitch.

The problem is Spain is that we have the breakfast and lunch kinda the opposite as the Brits.

Brits eat a big breakfast and a small lunch. We do the opposite. Some coffee and maybe a small pastry, and we are done for breakfast. For luch, we have a first and second dish and a dessert.