TRAVELLING by train across Spain is, for many, a much preferred option compared to flying. But while prices have been falling in recent months, flights are often still a lot cheaper. However many do not know that there are lots of ways travellers can obtain discounts on services like Renfe, the country’s state-sponsored railway service. […]
FOR many expats looking to settle down in the south of Spain, the sun-drenched Costa del Sol is the obvious route. But just along the corner, beyond the Rock of Gibraltar, lies the province of Cadiz, an often neglected corner of Andalucia. Idealista, the Spanish property company, has highlighted two towns that show the province’s
A PLAGUE of wild boars has prompted a group of Alicante province mayors to demand an urgent meeting with the regional Environment Ministry. A meeting of civic leaders from the Marina Alta region on Monday has called for an end to the boar ‘problem’ that is destroying crops and is forcing residents to ‘barricade’ themselves
A THRILLER telling the tale of Marbella’s early 2000s corruption scandal has become Spain’s latest blockbuster. ‘El Correo’ follows a young valet as he rises the ranks of an international money laundering gang. The thriller was only released last Friday but has already become the country’s Box Office best seller. Directed by Daniel Calparsoro, ‘El
A BRUTAL Costa del Sol stick-up gang notorious for targeting fellow drug traffickers has been arrested in a complex operation by the Policía Nacional in Velez-Malaga and the Guardia Civil in Valencia. Six Spanish and Moroccan men, aged between 33 and 48, were rounded up in Operation Oconer-Sorry, a series of smash raids across five
SPAIN’S second-biggest newspaper El Mundo has sacked one of its journalists, Jaime Peñafiel, after he made a series of extraordinary claims about the private life of Queen Letizia. The 91-year-old, who worked for the daily for two decades as a columnist, insisted after his firing that he ‘didn’t regret it’. Peñafiel published a book late
SOME 17 state museum collections will be investigated in Spain for their ‘links to colonialism’ in a move branded ‘woke’ by conservatives. Led by the Ministry of Culture, the project is currently being debated in the Spanish parliament. The museum collections will be revised in an attempt to remove ‘gender and ethnocentric bias’ as well
THE iconic Malaga restaurant and winery El Pimpi is to open a new branch for the first time ever, and has chosen Marbella as the site for this new chapter in its more than 50-year history. The new El Pimpi will find its home in the Hotel Puente Romano, and while the new venue will
IF you are looking for a bargain holiday home rental for the rest of winter on the Costa Blanca, then you should focus on the south of the region. A review of prices by rental portal Holidu from 2023 plus a look at this year’s registrations between January and March shows that Javea, Altea, Denia,
SPAIN is forecast to experience record January temperatures as a powerful anticyclone brings unseasonably warm weather to the peninsula. According to AEMET, the Spanish meteorological agency, temperatures in some regions could reach an unusually high maximum of 28C. The spell of warm weather is set to aggravate drought concerns, with reservoir reserves dwindling across the
