The perfect winter retreat: Discover Arriate, a hidden gem in Spain’s Serrania de Ronda
A winter’s trip to Arriate guarantees great walks, landscape and food, writes Jon Clarke
Prado in the streets: Madrid’s famous museum takes to the road in Spain
IF you can’t take people to the museum, take the museum to the people. Madrid’s world famous Prado museum has set up an exhibition featuring
Spain’s Seat uses railway to link Barcelona factory with Volkswagen plant in Portugal in effort to cut CO2 emissions
CAR manufacturers are not noted for their green credentials, despite their move towards an electric future. But now Spanish company Seat is taking a step
It’s a dog’s life in Spain!
I HAVE always been a cat person. With a lifestyle that is best described as erratic, cats, with their independent outlook on life have always
Champagne Charlie: Disgraced lawyer in Mallorca jailed after stealing 64 bottles of bubbly
A FORMER Palma lawyer has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for burglary after he stole 64 bottles of Champagne. In
Woman, 30, found stabbed to death in Spain’s Valencia hours after family reported her missing
TRIBUTES have been paid to a 30-year-old woman stabbed to death in Valencia. The woman was found dead at a property on Calle del Conde
SPANISH AUTHOR CARLOS ZAFON: The pen is mightier than the camera…
CARLOS Ruiz Zafon needs no introduction. Arguably the most recognised contemporary writer in Spain, he has an equally successful international reputation. Translated into over 50
A safe haven: As inflation rises and interest rates in Spain stay low, investors turn to new build property
HIGH inflation and low interest rates are pushing investors towards the real estate sector, which is once again becoming a safe haven asset. This is
Spain’s top road race, the Valencia Marathon, celebrates 40 years this Sunday
THE Valencia Marathon celebrates its 40th birthday this Sunday(December 5) after the pandemic forced the 2020 event to be restricted to elite runners only. First
Costa Blanca mayor faces COVID-19 vaccine queue-jumping trial after judge in Spain throws out appeal
A Villajoyosa judge has rejected an appeal from a Costa Blanca mayor that there’s not enough evidence for him to be prosecuted for illegally getting
Marihuana menagerie: Police in Mallorca find animals chained up in filthy conditions during drugs bust
POLICE have arrested seven people after they found horses, dogs, roosters and even exotic fish living in filthy conditions when they raided two marihuana farms
Christmas markets bring some cheer to Mallorca
COVID may have taken a toll on traditional events on Mallorca last year, but this time round, it is not all gloom. As the festive
Four children rescued from filth-strewn house with cockroaches, fleas and animal faeces in Spain
FOUR children who were forced to live among garbage and animal excrement have been rescued from their cockroach-infested home in Sevilla. The neglected kids, aged 11,
Man brutally beat his partner to death within hours of arriving on the Costa Blanca in Spain
A Hungarian man, 51, has been convicted by an Alicante jury for killing his partner in a brutal assault at their Costa Blanca home in
Young boy, 14, left with burst eardrum after vicious classmate attack in Spain’s Valencia
A TEEN has been left seriously injured after being attacked by a gang of thugs from his school in Valencia. The 14-year-old man was pounced
Man arrested after trying to sell items donated to victims of La Palma volcano
A TENERIFE thief snagged €15,000 worth of donations that had been collected for victims of the La Palma volcano – then tried to sell the
Gigi Hadid on break in Spain’s Mallorca
AMERICAN supermodel Jelena Hadid, better known as Gigi Hadid, has arrived in Mallorca. The daughter of property developer Mohammed Hadid and former Dutch model Yolanda
Kraftwerk and Arctic Monkeys set for La Cala de Mijas on Spain’s Costa del Sol
THEY are one of the most influential bands in the electronic music genre, and now Spanish fans will be able to see Kraftwerk life. The
Smuggler gets €8 million fine after yacht carrying drugs sank off the Costa Blanca in Spain
FOUR people have been jailed and given massive fines after a plan to sail into Torrevieja with 2.4 tons of hashish went badly wrong. The
CLAN WAR: More arrests made following shooting of man in Gypsy families’ feud on Spain’s Mallorca
MORE arrests have been made over a bloody feud between two gypsy families that led to an infamous shooting in Mallorca. Police have detained two
Two Swedish men face 5 years jail in Mallorca for robbing and burning brothel
TWO Swedes who robbed and set fire to a brothel in Palma are facing five years in jail. The events took place in 2019, when
Spain’s Unicaja Banco reaches deal to cut 1,513 jobs and close hundreds of branches
SPAIN’S fifth-largest bank, Unicaja, has reached a deal to cut up to 1,513 jobs and close a quarter of its branches. The bank announced cost-cutting
Bouncing back : 6 million international visitors to Spain’s Balearic islands in just 10 months
SOME six million international tourists visited the Balearic Islands in the first 10 months of the year. This was an increase of 261% compared to
Ryanair accused of treating passengers like dogs for accepting bookings for cancelled flight to Spain from Morocco
A Spanish tourist stranded in Morocco has accused Ryanair of treating customers ‘like dogs’ and ‘deceiving people’ after taking bookings for cancelled flights out of
Health chiefs say a new COVID-19 wave is hitting Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain
THE Valencian Community is at the start of a sixth wave of the COVID pandemic according to a regional health ministry report. Rising COVID cases
UPDATED: Where in Spain COVID passports are required and for what activities
SPAIN’S central government has not introduced a nationwide policy concerning COVID health passes and whether they should be required to enter certain establishments or to