August 2023

[embedded content] Tomatina Festival takes place in the town of Buñol (33 km from Valencia) in the Valencian Community on August 30. The tomato slinging battles have been held annually since 1945 (apart from Covid interruptions), and like most traditions, it started as a jolly jape that got somewhat out of hand. Now 140 tons […]

POLICE have confirmed that the Tenerife wildfire on the north of the island was deliberately started, according to Canary Islands president Fernando Clavijo. Clavijo said police had opened three lines of inquiry but had no news of any arrests. Meanwhile the Canarian government is hopeful that around the 12,000 people evacuated as a precaution since

Police rushed to the scene of a car that appeared to have blood oozing from its boot in the early hours of this morning.  Policia Local in Alcudia, Mallorca, had received a frantic telephone call from a resident who feared a dead or wounded person was bleeding out in the trunk of a parked black

SPAIN’S Royal Household has released the first pictures of Princess Leonor at a military academy, where she will receive the first of three years of training. The heir to throne and future commander-in-chief of the country’s armed forces arrived at the Army Military Academy in Zaragoza on Friday.  The 17-year-old was accompanied by her parents,

A STRONG stench wafting from a Torrevieja flat forced a Guardia Civil break-in with the discovery of a man’s body which had been lying there for at least ten days. Neighbours on Calle Pleaamr in the Rocio del Mar area at the southern end of the city’s coastline raised the alarm at around 10.30pm on

THIS is the moment Spanish fans celebrated their 1-0 victory in the women’s football World Cup final on Sunday. The Lionesses failed to bring football home against a defiant La Roja, who scored off the bar in the first half. British bars and pubs across the Costa del Sol opened early for the clash, with

SPAIN have beaten England in a hard-fought World Cup final in Australia. Olga Carmona scored the only goal with a finish from wide on the left. It is the first time Spain has taken the women’s World Cup trophy – in fact they had never won a knockout round game in a major championship until

THE three most expensive streets to buy a house in Spain are all on the Costa del Sol, according to real estate portal Idealista.  The study reveals that luxury housing development Coto Zagaleta, in Benahavis, is the country’s priciest spot for purchasing your dream home.  The average house in the high-standing urbanizacion costs €10,763,937 million,

BRITS have long mocked Germans for going to extreme lengths to ‘reserve’ the best spots by the pool but now the tables have been turned. In a famous Carling Black Label advert from 1993 a gang of middle aged Germans are seen getting wake up calls at 6.30am before making a dash for the sunbeds

Mijas Costa, Málaga   3 beds   1 baths € 239,000 Beautiful 3 bed house with huge terrace in Mijas This beautiful house consists of three bedrooms and is virtually on one level, with a big roof terrace that is covered and offers space for hobbies, chill out and relax or a gym, such as