I went for a peaceful sub t-300 CV because:
- there was a religious CS and Barrier Reef: I rush bought shrine, and in a few turns got One with Nature pantheon, which gives 16 fpt just from those 2 tiles. Boom, first religion on deity and first to enhance -- lots of early culture from Mosques and Pagodas. Sadly, the AI just loves taking sacred sites, and I am usually not willing to sacrifice tradition for Reformation rush
- there was very little space, enough only for 3 cities, one of which lacked food severely. CV is capital-centric, so I spent all my resources making Madrid awesome
However, bad news is Alex next door, and I had to reload a couple of times to bribe him to war against other AI's. And at the end, when I was about to win in a few turns, everybody denounced and DOW'ed me, so I had to wait for passive tourism instead of concert touring culture runaways.
The start is awesome for Spain, but the location kind of sucks, so all in all it balances itself out. Venice could probably do even better with this start.