SEVILLA is another world, and in high summer that world is a beautiful and lonely inferno. The locals flee to the coast (mostly Huelva) while a few foolhardy tourists run rivers of sweat on the tapas bar terraces wishing that they had heeded the warnings of what August is like in Europe’s hottest city. After […]
AS Spain suffers under record sweltering temperatures the drought affecting most of the country continues to worsen. Reservoir levels are dwindling, particularly in Catalunya and Andalucia and Alicante – and with the falling reserves, restrictions on water usage are starting to be rolled out. On the Costa del Sol town halls are reducing the number
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Estepona, Málaga 2 beds 2 baths € 282,000 Magnificent penthouse in Estepona Downtown! With EXCELLENT LOCATION, ONLY 2 MIN WALK TO THE HISTORIC CENTER OF ESTEPONA where you can enjoy the beautiful streets of the town, its stores and restaurants. Close to supermarkets, schools and healthcare center. SOUTH FACING. This bright apartment has
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ENVIRONMENTAL groups are raging after hundreds of dead fish have appeared at Genal and Guadiaro rivers, in Costa del Sol municipality of Casares. Verdemar Ecologistas en Accion have filed an official complaint to Spain’s Guardia Civil, arguing that the dead of the animals are a cause of the environmental atrocities that are being committed in
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El Moncayo, Alicante 2 beds 1 baths € 195,000 Discover the beautiful holiday corner townhouse in a quiet area of Guardamar del Segura, El Moncayo. It is located in a gated community with parking space outside. The urbanization has a community pool. The house has a beautiful garden with several terraces and exits
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A MAKER of anti-acid tablets says advertising posters will be taken down in the Valencia region which suggested the pills would clear heartburn caused by eating Valencian paella. The adverts for Almax featured a photo of a paella with the tag-line: “Almax, and enjoy Valencia without acidity.” Hospitality associations Conhostor and Hosteria Valencia had threatened
A 14TH century monastery outside Gandia in Valencia province is to be converted into a five-star hotel. The Castilla Termal group who operate upmarket wellness hotels in converted historic buildings have taken out a 50-year lease on the Monastery of San Jeronimo de Cotalba in Alfauir. A representative for the building’s owner said: “The Monastery
THE VALENCIA gourmet burger restaurant chain ‘The Fitzgerald’ plans to celebrate its tenth anniversary this year with the opening of two new wholly-owned shops plus ten franchises in Barcelona, Granada, Sevilla, Murcia and Badajoz, among others. It aims to have a network of 50 restaurants by 2024 and one hundred outlets before 2028- it currently
ONE OF the world’s premier road cycle races, La Vuelta, begins in Barcelona this Saturday with a team time trial starting at 7.05pm. Competitors will include Tour de France champion, Jonas Vingegaard from Denmark, alongside the likes of Remco Evenepoel, Geraint Thomas, Juan Ayuso, and Enric Mas. British rider Thomas, 37, part of the Ineos
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THE VALENCIAN town of Buñol is getting ready to see ‘red’ once again as the world-famous La Tomatina festival returns next Wednesday with tomatoes being hurled in all directions. The event always takes place on the last Wednesday of August with a noon start. It’ll be the 77th staging of the annual showdown that attracts
