‘Come on Boris – Benidorm is safe!’ Mayor launches direct plea to PM begging for Spain to make the green list
THE Benidorm Mayor has called for the region to be given a travel corridor with the UK. In a direct plea to the UK’s Prime
REUNITED: “It’s wonderful to be home” say Brits returning to Spain as restrictions lift
AN EXPAT couple who spent months stuck in England unable to return to their villa in Spain and collect their beloved rescue dog from kennels
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Health services in major British expat area of the Costa Blanca in Spain will be publicly-run from October
TORREVIEJA Hospital and the local health department serving 180,000 people will return to public management on October 15. The Valencian Superior Court has rejected a
Top international hotel chain comes to Benidorm and Spain’s Costa Blanca for the first time
THE international Accor Group will open its first-ever Benidorm hotel later this year, operating under the Mercure brand. The ‘Mercure Benidorm’ will be Spain’s eleventh
MOT FOR HOUSES: All buildings over 50 years old required to pass check-ups every 10 years in Spain’s Valencia region
Failure to do so can lead to fines of between €600 and €6,000.
Alicante and the Costa Blanca area of Spain get a real wet lashing in May record
ALICANTE City yesterday(May 23) suffered its wettest day in May for 74 years. The State Meteorological Agency(AEMET) said that rainfall reached 53.8 litres per square
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT: Spain’s Valencian government relaunches green agenda now COVID is stabilised
THE Valencian regional government is hoping to relaunch its green agenda now that the COVID situation is stabilised. Valencia was one of the first areas
Benidorm’s ‘WIGS R US’ has one of the biggest selection of wigs across the Costa Blanca and Spain
WIGS R US is based in the famous indoor market in the ‘new town’ area of Benidorm on the northern Costa Blanca. This well-established shop
British residents in Spain rejected for driving licence exchange DESPITE meeting all requirements post-Brexit
DOZENS of British expats in Spain are being told they can’t exchange their driving licences and will have to take a Spanish test because their
BENIDORM presents a new way of booking everything for the perfect holiday on Spain’s Costa Blanca
BENIDORM has unveiled a one-stop internet site where tourists can book everything for their holiday, including tickets to get there. The new portal was unveiled
Heartless fraudster cons elderly Benidorm lady of over €40,000 in bogus search for remains of parents killed in the Spanish Civil War
A conman swindled €43,600 from a 91-year-old Benidorm woman in a bogus search to find the remains of her parents who died in the Spanish
GOOD AS GOLD as tricksters fool jewellers on Spain’s Costa Blanca into buying fakes
A young couple swindled jewellers and gold exchange stores across Alicante City by selling them fake trinkets and rings with a gold-style covering sprayed onto
Top Benidorm theme park to partially reopen on Spain’s Costa Blanca in July
BENIDORM’S Terra Mitica theme park will welcome visitors from July 3 after being shut throughout 2020. It will be the first time the park will
Alicante calls time for 2021 on one of the top outdoor events of the year on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ALICANTE Council has cancelled this year’s San Juan Hogueras(Bonfires) celebrations to extinguish the chance of an autumn rescheduling. It’s the second year that the Hogueras
Heatwave brings out law-abiding visitors to Benidorm and across Spain’s Costa Blanca
A big rush of visitors to Benidorm and the Costa Blanca over the weekend did not fuel a parallel rise in COVID health safety rule-breaking.
FALLAS IN SEPTEMBER: Iconic Fallas festivities in Spain’s Valencia region will take place in September this year
As well as the actual monuments, the Fallas involve a huge number of activities and people, including flower offerings, extremely loud mascleta firecracker displays, parades,
EN VALENCIÀ, PER FAVOR: Irish linguist launches self-study course to help British and Spanish residents in the Valencia region learn the local lingo
THE situation will be familiar to the vast majority of expats who relocate to the Valencia region, especially in smaller, more ‘traditional’ towns. You make
How an epic bicycle journey across southern Spain revealed some surprising delights
When British traveller Chris Atkin set out to cross southern Spain making a 1,300 km route between Valencia to Gibraltar by bicycle, he didn’t know
New MTV documentary investigating the death of Kirsty Maxwell in Spain’s Benidorm is a stark reminder of dangers faced by Brits abroad
KIRSTY Maxwell was just 27 when she plunged from a 10th floor balcony in Benidorm after a night out partying with her friends on the
DOWN ON THE FARM: Plans underway to launch first ‘open farms’ day in Spain’s Valencia region to promote sustainable and local production
IF the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it is to appreciate the importance of local commerce – specially when it comes to food. Producers,
Benidorm and other major Costa Blanca cities get ready for the busiest weekend of the year
MAJOR centres across the Costa Blanca are stepping up their security measures this weekend in anticipation of a big influx of visitors. Alicante, Benidorm, Denia
COSTA SCORCHER as Benidorm and Spain’s Costa Blanca will sizzle this weekend in spring heatwave
WARM winds originating in the Azores will bring scorching temperatures to the Costa Blanca this weekend. Average May values of 23 degrees will be shattered
Alicante’s postponed San Juan Hogueras celebrations could be held this autumn on the Costa Blanca in Spain
ALICANTE’S biggest outdoor event of the year, the San Juan Hogueras(Bonfires) celebrations, could be held in the late autumn. The Hogueras were cancelled in June
Victim ‘left for dead’ in Spanish holiday home after Costa Blanca horror stabbing says she is ready to move on
A SCOT waiting for justice to be served four years after she was brutally stabbed and left for dead in her Costa Blanca holiday home
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