An abandoned train station in Spainhas been totally revamped into a five-star hotel. Canfranc Station in the Aragon Valley, near the French border and surrounded by the Pyrenees, first opened in 1928. The grand international station launched to much fanfare – both the King of Spain and the President of the French Republic were in […]
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ON the verdant slopes of the Alpujarra, the snow melt water from the high Sierra Nevada supports an oasis of blossom and flowers – growing wild and cultivated. For most of the year, visitors can enjoy the floral tapestry of the beautiful area, and eat local fruits grown on the fertile, terraced land. The Alpujarra
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IT’S A FAMILIAR experience for lovers of Madrid’s tapas bars. There’s barely room to move, let alone find a space to set down your drink and tasty bite-sized morsel; an overwhelming hubbub of noise bounces off the walls; and in the midst of all of this chaos, highly professional waiters with a lifetime of experience
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SPANISH law-making is currently under the spotlight. The controversial ‘Solo Si es Si’ legislation, designed to improve the sentencing of sex offenders, based on clear consent, has given some convicts an early “get out of jail” card. This is because it allows the retrospective revision of existing sentences, which wasn’t the intention. Following huge public
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Spain is set to take in over a hundred Syrian survivors whose homes were destroyed by the deadly earthquake that has already claimed over 38,000 lives. José Luis Escrivá, the Minister of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration, expressed his sympathy for the ongoing ‘tragedy’ in Syria and declared that Spain will support the most vulnerable
THE CIVIL Guard has freed a woman who was held and violently assaulted by her partner for a two-month period in a hotel in Castellon province. Their two-year-old son was also liberated by the authorities. The alarm was raised by a daughter of the victim, who alerted the Spanish authorities from her home in France
MORE THAN a thousand people came out to protest in the Spanish capital on Saturday, against a Metro expansion plan that will see the destruction of nearly 300 trees and a popular child’s play area in the Madrid Río park. The regional government, headed up by Popular Party politician Isabel Díaz Ayuso, had originally planned
Estepona, Málaga 3 beds 2 baths € 175,000 Housing ready to move into, it is completely renovated with first quality materials The house consists of a large fully equipped kitchen, a living room with windows that give a lot of light and a view where you can see the sea, three bedrooms, a
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THE second phase of the Sierra Bermeja Forest Restoration Plan, prepared by a multidisciplinary team, will begin tomorrow, February 20, with a €2.4 million budget. The restoration plan covers the area that was devastated by the Sierra Bermeja forest fire in Malaga, in September 2021, which calcined 9.581 hectares. The investment will see the planting
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Spain is home to three of the best destinations in Europe for a party, according to new research. The study by travel logistics app Bounce looked at European cities and their safety ratings, the number of nightclubs and bars and average beer prices to determine a top ten list. Lisbon in Portugal took the crown
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