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Here are the start dates for the EES border system at key Spanish airports popular with British tourists – travellers to Malaga beware

SPAIN began rolling out the European Union’s new digital border system known as the Entry/Exit System (EES) from October 12 — with Madrid Barajas the

23 Oct, 2025 @ 14:39

Lead·Travel News

Heartbreak for owner of dog lost while being loaded onto Iberia flight to Barcelona as EU court rules it is worth the same as a suitcase

A EUROPEAN court has ruled that a dog which escaped and was never seen again while being loaded onto an Iberia flight should be treated

22 Oct, 2025 @ 14:15

Barcelona·Lead·Other News·Travel News

Winner of Spain’s ‘top coastal destination 2024’ to clean up its beaches by banning smoking and music

Spain’s best seaside destination is set to implement new beach regulations to create quieter and more environmentally friendly spaces. San Sebastian – the city that

22 Oct, 2025 @ 12:00

Basque Country·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Fresh crackdown on youth hostels and party boats as Mallorca targets a different profile of visitor

PALMA de Mallorca will ban new youth hostels and tourist rentals, as well as all party boats, in a sweeping move to tackle overtourism. Palma’s

21 Oct, 2025 @ 11:04

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Investigation underway after drone sighting grounds flights at Mallorca’s Palma airport

SPANISH police have opened an investigation after the appearance of a rogue drone near Palma de Mallorca airport on Sunday forced flight operations to be

21 Oct, 2025 @ 09:51

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

What Spain’s ‘Tourism Strategy 2030’ really means — from a new tourist rental watchdog to billions for small businesses

SPAIN’s ‘golden goose’ tourism sector – which fuels one in eight jobs and more than a tenth of the economy – is about to face

18 Oct, 2025 @ 10:00

EXPLAINER·Lead·National News·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Pretentious, moi? World’s most expensive hamburger served at Spanish restaurant with a 3.7-star TripAdvisor rating

ASADOR Aupa in Cabrera de Mar, Catalunya, has decided it’s time to change the burger game by slapping an eye-watering €9,450 price tag on their

16 Oct, 2025 @ 09:45

Food & Drink·For Foodies·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Cordoba’s famous Flora festival returns as teams duke it out to transform courtyards into dazzling displays of colour

CORDOBA’S streets have exploded into colour as the Flora festival returns to the city, bringing with it over 20,000 flower stems and 5,000 plants. The

14 Oct, 2025 @ 14:45

Cordoba·Day Trips·Don't Miss·Exploring Spain·La Cultura·Lead·Travel News

Costa Blanca airport soars to new September passenger record with a third of travellers from the UK

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport continued to break monthly passenger records with just over 1.9 million people using the facility in September. Over a third of travellers came

13 Oct, 2025 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Tripadvisor Best of the Best restaurants list in Spain features SIX from Malaga province out of just 25

WHEN it comes to dining on the Costa del Sol, the fancy Michelin-starred venues get the headlines, but this year Tripadvisor’s Travellers’ Choice ‘Lo mejor

12 Oct, 2025 @ 10:28

Food & Drink·Lead·Other News·Travel News

The big EES digital border system rolls out on Sunday to great fanfare… at just one airport in Spain

MADRID airport will this Sunday be the first place in Spain to use the new European biometric and automated border control system for non-EU citizens-

11 Oct, 2025 @ 10:00

Lead·Madrid·Travel News

Ryanair bumps up the number of seats to Spain it is slashing next summer to 1.2m – and kills off Asturias completely

RYANAIR’S boss, Michael O’Leary has announced the budget airline will cut 1.2 million seats at Spain’s regional airports for the 2026 summer season- including the

8 Oct, 2025 @ 18:45

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

‘Tourism is no longer the main driver of the Spanish economy’ as growth figures are halved

SPAIN’S tourist industry growth has slowed down significantly according to sector group Exceltur which claims it is no longer the ‘main driver of the country’s

8 Oct, 2025 @ 17:45

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Brussels bureaucrats set to shoot down Spain’s €179m fine against airlines over charging extra for hand luggage

THE European Commission has launched legal action against Spain over a €179 million penalty imposed on budget airlines for charging passengers extra for hand luggage

8 Oct, 2025 @ 13:30

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

‘Wake-up call’ for Brits: Second homeowners in Spain face travel bans when 90/180 ‘blind eye’ regime ends next week

BRITS are facing a clamp down on access to their second homes in Spain when the EU’s new digital border system starts next week. From

7 Oct, 2025 @ 18:15

Lead·Travel News

WATCH: Luxury British cruise ship loaded up with thousands of high-paying passengers pulls into port in northern Spain

THIS is the moment the cruise liner Silver Dawn manoeuvres into Vigo port loaded up with thousands of well-heeled British visitors yesterday. The Silver Dawn

7 Oct, 2025 @ 15:30

Galicia·Lead·Travel News

Magaluf nightclub bouncer arrested for assaulting two British tourists- one of whom could lose their sight in one eye

British tourism industry chooses Magaluf as the venue for its annual conference – ‘it’s changed’

THE UK’s leading travel association has raised a few eyebrows by choosing the Mallorca resort of Magaluf as the setting for its annual industry conference.

7 Oct, 2025 @ 14:45

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Ryanair adds new flights to Malaga – including two from Teesside – after slashing millions of seats to Spain

RYANAIR has strengthened its winter schedule to and from Malaga airport after slashing services to some regional airports. The Irish carrier has boosted flights between

6 Oct, 2025 @ 16:47

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Night at the Bernabeu or big business deal? Why Madrid’s Westin Cuzco must be your first choice in the capital

IT has for decades been the Madrid hotel for anyone flying in for a spot of business, or a big game at the nearby Bernabeu.

5 Oct, 2025 @ 17:25

Lead·Madrid·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

This town is home to a free wine fountain during one of Andalucia’s most popular festivals – here’s what you need to know

ENSCONCED in a sleepy valley among Granada’s Alpujarra mountains, the town of Cadiar is a cluster of quaint, whitewashed buildings where the air is crisp

1 Oct, 2025 @ 11:30

Andalucia·Food & Drink·For Foodies·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

EXPLAINER: Here’s how the new EES border system will work for Brits entering Spain and other EU countries from next month

BRITISH travellers will face fingerprinting, photos and binding questions at EU borders from October once the new Entry/Exit System (EES) comes into force on October

1 Oct, 2025 @ 08:00

EXPLAINER·Lead·Travel News

Arnie and Jared Leto draw 120,000 fans to the Costa del Sol for Malaga’s first Comic-Con spectacular

HOLLYWOOD heavyweights Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jared Leto helped Malaga’s debut Comic-Con smash all expectations. The four-day extravaganza at the Palacio de Ferias y Congresos, which

30 Sep, 2025 @ 09:36

Business & Finance·Costa del Sol·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

As it reaches its tenth birthday, Jon Clarke runs a rule over the Six Senses Douro spa hotel

WHEN leading Asia hotel chain Six Senses decided it needed an outpost in Europe, to show off its incredible eye for detail and how to

27 Sep, 2025 @ 16:59

For Foodies·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Beach rip-off: Cala Major tourists on Spain’s Mallorca charged 288% more for ‘premium’ hammocks!

SUNSEEKERS on one of Mallorca’s most popular beaches are being rinsed for cash, with deckchair bosses demanding up to €70 a day for so-called ‘premium’

26 Sep, 2025 @ 14:52

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Primavera Sound Barcelona announces its 2026 line-up: Here’s what partygoers can expect from Spain’s biggest music festival

HUNDREDS of thousands of partygoers – including tens of thousands of Brits – make the pilgrimage every summer to Barcelona to attend Primavera Sound, widely

25 Sep, 2025 @ 14:33

Barcelona·Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·Travel News

Wizz Air joins the rush to swoop in on Ryanair’s retreat from Spain with 40 new routes

BUDGET airline Wizz Air is capitalising on Ryanair’s ongoing feud with Spanish airport operator Aena by launching 40 new routes to and from Spain. The

25 Sep, 2025 @ 10:33

Lead·Travel News

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Here are the start dates for the EES border system at key Spanish airports popular with British tourists – travellers to Malaga beware

Heartbreak for owner of dog lost while being loaded onto Iberia flight to Barcelona as EU court rules it is worth the same as a suitcase

Winner of Spain’s ‘top coastal destination 2024’ to clean up its beaches by banning smoking and music

Fresh crackdown on youth hostels and party boats as Mallorca targets a different profile of visitor

Investigation underway after drone sighting grounds flights at Mallorca’s Palma airport

What Spain’s ‘Tourism Strategy 2030’ really means — from a new tourist rental watchdog to billions for small businesses

Pretentious, moi? World’s most expensive hamburger served at Spanish restaurant with a 3.7-star TripAdvisor rating

Cordoba’s famous Flora festival returns as teams duke it out to transform courtyards into dazzling displays of colour

Costa Blanca airport soars to new September passenger record with a third of travellers from the UK

Tripadvisor Best of the Best restaurants list in Spain features SIX from Malaga province out of just 25

The big EES digital border system rolls out on Sunday to great fanfare… at just one airport in Spain

Ryanair bumps up the number of seats to Spain it is slashing next summer to 1.2m – and kills off Asturias completely

‘Tourism is no longer the main driver of the Spanish economy’ as growth figures are halved

Brussels bureaucrats set to shoot down Spain’s €179m fine against airlines over charging extra for hand luggage

‘Wake-up call’ for Brits: Second homeowners in Spain face travel bans when 90/180 ‘blind eye’ regime ends next week

WATCH: Luxury British cruise ship loaded up with thousands of high-paying passengers pulls into port in northern Spain

British tourism industry chooses Magaluf as the venue for its annual conference – ‘it’s changed’

Ryanair adds new flights to Malaga – including two from Teesside – after slashing millions of seats to Spain

Night at the Bernabeu or big business deal? Why Madrid’s Westin Cuzco must be your first choice in the capital

This town is home to a free wine fountain during one of Andalucia’s most popular festivals – here’s what you need to know

EXPLAINER: Here’s how the new EES border system will work for Brits entering Spain and other EU countries from next month

Arnie and Jared Leto draw 120,000 fans to the Costa del Sol for Malaga’s first Comic-Con spectacular

As it reaches its tenth birthday, Jon Clarke runs a rule over the Six Senses Douro spa hotel

Beach rip-off: Cala Major tourists on Spain’s Mallorca charged 288% more for ‘premium’ hammocks!

Primavera Sound Barcelona announces its 2026 line-up: Here’s what partygoers can expect from Spain’s biggest music festival

Wizz Air joins the rush to swoop in on Ryanair’s retreat from Spain with 40 new routes

‘Greenhouse’ gas dealers arrested after police find €3m of cannisters set for fridges and air conditioners in Spain

Heavy rain prompts yellow alert for Costa del Sol this weekend

Raids on Costa del Sol topple cocaine gang shipping drugs to the UK

Mallorca’s biggest real estate scam sees three people jailed for 28 years after pocketing €3.3m for non-existent homes

OnlyFans model and wife of John George murder suspect is arrested for the second time in three months on Costa Blanca