October 2021

Making a splash: Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra enjoys the delights of Benidorm and Spain’s Valencia

ACTOR Priyanka Chopra is making a bit of a splash during her recent trip to Spain’s Valencia region – quite literally. @priyankachopra The Hollywood star – and former Miss World – who appears opposite Keanu Reeves in upcoming movie The Matrix Resurrections – has been scuba diving off Benidorm. The new Victoria Secret ambassador claims […]

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COVID rules: Fully-vaxxed travellers from Spain to UK can now use cheaper lateral flow tests instead of PCR

NEW rules allowing fully-vaxxed travellers flying into England to take lateral flow tests instead of  PCR tests come into force from Sunday. Fully-vaccinated people arriving from non-red list countries such as Spain, can now use the cheaper lateral flow test on day two after their arrival in England, in changes introduced at 4am on October

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EXCLUSIVE: Meet the two teenage champion kite surfers riding the waves in Estepona on Spain’s Costa del Sol

FOR some, a perfect day at the beach means a dip in the still waters of the Mediterranean but for two particular boys growing up in Estepona, there is nothing better than when the breeze picks up and whips up the waves. Keanu Merten & Rafa Montero Contreras – Eric Merten That is when Rafa

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EXCLUSIVE: The villa that serves as secret hideout for Princess Diana’s 1990s trips to Spain’s Costa del Sol in next season of The Crown

WITH a price tag of €15 million it is just the sort of holiday villa befitting a princess. In the hills near Benahavis, it boasts eight bedrooms spread over two wings and a cinema, billiards room, Turkish bath and gym. With a heliport next door and with neighbours including President Putin and Cristiano Ronaldo, it

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IMAGES: First snow of the season falls in Sierra Nevada in southern Spain

The peaks of Spain’s Sierra Nevada received their first dusting of snow during the night on Friday, as the weather turned colder across the peninsula. Operators of the ski resort in the mountain range shared images of the first snow fall on the pistes, although it isn’t yet quite enough to start the ski season.

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REVEALED: UK has Covid rates SEVENTEEN times higher than Spain but travel restrictions remain

THE UNITED KINGDOM currently has Covid-19 infection rates SEVENTEEN times higher than Spain. Despite this, travel restrictions between the two countries imply that travelling from Spain to the UK poses more of a threat to health than a journey the other way. Passengers that are ‘doubled-jabbed’ with one of the approved Coronavirus vaccines still have

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Princess of Asturias Awards: King Felipe sends touching message of support to La Palma

THE King of Spain used his speech at the Princess of Asturias Awards to honour the people who lost everything following the volcano eruption in La Palma.  In his address to the audience in Oviedo on Friday, King Felipe VI took the time to acknowledge La Palma and all its inhabitants who ‘have seen their

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