Spain suggest they are ready to battle any French and German attempts to introduce quarantine for travelling Brits.
In a boost to holidaymakers, the country's tourism minister has told sun-starved UK residents they may soon be able to travel.
Spain will fight the attempt to get the whole of Europe to enforce mandatory quarantine, spearheaded by officials from France and Germany.
German chancellor Angela Merkel has demanded a blanket 14-day isolation for British travellers across Europe to halt the spread of the Delta Covid variant.
She was supported by French president Emmanuel Macron, despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson holding out hope of easier travel this summer for those with two jabs.
But Spain hope to continue with no such restrictions, and Maria Reyes Maroto appears ready to defy EU leaders, who have agreed to step-up the coordination of travel restrictions.
“We don’t have any restrictions on tourists from the UK at the moment," the tourism minister said.
“They’re the ones who are placing restrictions on people when they return.
“Hopefully we can begin to receive British tourists soon.”
Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya says Spain expect to snub Merkel by allowing British tourists without demanding quarantine.
She said at a press conference in Madrid: “At the moment we are maintaining the measures which enable British citizens to enter our territory.”
Spain's Balearic Islands, Madeira, Malta and Barbados are among the places being added to the UK's green travel list from June 30.
Transport secretary Grant Shapps also confirmed the government intended to drop quarantine for fully vaccinated people returning from amber list countries "later in the summer".
The additions to the green list, with the exception of Malta, had also been added to the green watch list.
The easing of restrictions on UK travellers heading to the Balearic Islands has prompted elation among officials and businesses.
Environment secretary George Eustice hit out at the EU leaders' plans.
Individual countries are able to set their own rules and several nations, also including Italy and Poland, are introducing 14-day quarantine for British travellers.
He said: "Each country is taking their own decisions on this, so it will be for them to judge what approach they want to take.
"I'm not sure that such an approach would be justified given the highly advanced stage we are currently at now in terms of vaccination, with 80 per cent having had one jab and now 60 per cent having had the second jab.
"I don't think such a move would be justified but obviously it's for individual countries to make these judgments."
