October 2023

More Brits than ever to visit Spain’s Costa Blanca this winter: Alicante airport braces for over 2 million UK arrivals

BRITISH travellers are set to make up a third of all passengers using Alicante-Elche airport during the winter season which runs until March 30. Airport owner AENA says its number of scheduled seats totals 6.4 million- up by 23.2% compared to a year ago, and states that British passengers account for 2.1 million of the

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This hotel in Spain’s Andalucia is the best rural retreat in Spain – according to The Times

THE Times has named a five star hotel in Andalucia as Spain’s best rural retreat. La Bobadilla offers luxury accommodation in the Sierra de Lonja, a mountain range on the border between Malaga and Granada.  Run by the prestigious hotel chain, Barceló, The Times named it the ‘best rural escape for families’.  It was also

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‘British storm’ Ciaran set to batter Europe from Iceland to Gibraltar with ‘explosive cyclogenesis’ in time for All Saint’s Day tomorrow

THE latest autumnal storm to menace Spain is set to make landfall tomorrow on All Saint’s Day, bringing with it strong winds and heavy rains. Named by the UK Met Office, it is forecast to gather strength under a process known as ‘explosive cyclogenesis’ to become particularly intense. Also known as a ‘weather bomb’, it

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WATCH: Staggering and suffering bull in village festival in Spain’s Guadalajara outrages animal welfare groups

A SUFFERING and struggling bull filmed at a village fiesta in Spain’s heartland has provoked yet more controversy and accusations of animal cruelty. The annual Tendilla festival, held in the province of Guadalajara in honour of San Bartolomeo, the town’s patron saint, sees a running-of-the-bulls-style event. In a harrowing video filmed on October 7, an

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Beach revival project almost finished but without promised promenade on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A €15 million regeneration project to replace sand on Denia’s Les Deveses beach will finish earlier than scheduled because plans for wooden promenade have been scrubbed. Three breakwaters and new dunes have been created as part of the project to resurrect a sandy beach that had all but disappeared due to extreme weather over decades

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Two men arrested a YEAR after German expat, 20, was found run over in Spain’s Mallorca: Police say victim was thrown into the road from a van before being hit by a car

TWO men have been arrested in Palma and Malaga for killing a young German tourist in Mallorca after they threw him out of a van straight in the path of an oncoming car. The German, 20, known as Tim V. died on October 8 last year with the initial view being that because he was

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Barcelona museum throws open its doors to naked visitors: Nudist club admires treasures in the buff

THE exhibits in Barcelona’s Museum of Archaeology of Catalonia were treated to quite the sight when it played host to a 90 minute nudist tour. Members of the Catalan Naturism Club strolled through the museum’s halls completely in the buff, offering a more ‘natural’ perspective on various works of art. Visitors had the opportunity to

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Nursing home scandal: 10 workers are arrested for reckless homicide after ‘covering up how resident died in a car park’ in Spain’s Murcia

TWELVE workers at a Murcia nursing home are being investigated over the death of a resident after her family received anonymous letters that she didn’t not die naturally. The letter from an employee claimed that management at the San Isidro de Yecla home threatened staff so that the ‘true cause’ of death did not come

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