More than 127,000 Sephardi Jews outside Spain apply for Spanish citizenship after their ancestors were exiled 600 years ago
The Sephardi Jews set up communities throughout Spain and Portugal before they began to be exiled in the 15th Century
LUCKY DIP: The Spanish €2 coin selling for €1,000 on Ebay
PAUSE for a moment before purchasing your next pint or pincho de tortilla – the €2 coin in your hand could be worth €1,000. This is the top suggested bid on Ebay
Get Faraway closer than you think with dynamic new writers’ retreat in Andalucia
HAVE you been looking for an adventurous way to immerse yourself in writing? Somewhere inspirational to connect with nature, alongside a team of talented writers, dancers, healers, and Andalucía cultural enthusiasts? Well
Iranian officials in Tehran remove one of 283 museum items on loan from Alicante as lithograph showed Queen Isabella II with ‘too much cleavage’
THE Iranian government has confiscated a lithograph on loan from an Alicante museum as it depicted Spain’s Queen Isabella II with ‘too much cleavage’. The lithograph was removed on the order of
UN apologies after attributing Guernica bombing to Spain’s republican forces who were in fact victims of the massacre
UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the error was a ‘horrendous mistake.’
‘Europe’s best theme park’ just opened in Spain and it looks AMAZING
The amusement park has also been voted the Best Theme Park in Europe as well as fifth Best Theme Park in the World
Marbella Film Festival’s upcoming crime flicks will see British stars flock to Spain’s Costa del Sol
Among the films making their international premiere debuts will the crime thriller Trick & Treat which was shot in the town last year
Marbella influencer gains huge legion of followers after creating ‘XL versions’ of high profile bikini photoshoots
She was inspired after seeing photo after photo of skinny and slim women when searching for a beach to visit with her family in Spain
WORTH IT? First findings emerge after Benidorm Mirador destroyed in search of ruins that ‘might not exist’
IT was the backdrop of proposals. Tourists from across the globe flocked to Benidorm’s Mirador del Castillo to walk among its chalk-white balustrades and glance over the shimmering Mediterranean. It filled Instagram
Bartolome ‘Bermejo’ de Cardenas – Spain’s 15th century Gothic artist who almost nobody has heard of
Bermejo’s works can be seen at the National Gallery in London until September 29 or at the Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao
Spain’s long lost ‘Stonehenge’ rediscovered after drought
For residents in Peraleda de la Mata, a village of just 1,400 inhabitants, the ‘miraculous’ event confirms a local legend about buried treasure in the area
How to Turn Your August in Spain Into a Non-stop Party
Spain is among the most popular tourist destinations in the world, especially in summer when this country ‘blooms’ the most. This time of year in Spain is not only good because of
Inside the workshop of an artisan leather designer using the same materials as Gucci and Louis Vuitton in Spain’s Andalucia
LUPE’S smile is wide and toothy. Her copper hair floats around her face in frizzy curls, escaping from the clips attempting to pin it back. She stands at the entrance to her
Which British city is better than Spain for expats?
The Expat City Index has rated 70 cities around the world and ranked them according to four major categories: Economics, Living, Environment and Urbanisation, and Family and Society
Discover a pure Andalucian art form with flamenco at Sevilla’s iconic Casa de la Guitarra
“To ‘have duende’ is to have soul. It is the emotions of the artist converted into pure art. Their talent borders on perfection, it is something magical and authentic”
REVEALED: The five top-earning cultural sites in Spain’s Andalucia
THE Junta de Andalucia has raked in over €1 million from non-EU visitors at attractions like Ronda’s Arab Baths, new figures have revealed. Malaga’s Roman Theatre brought in the most money in
Revealing new book chronicles the founding of the Olive Press, ‘Spain’s most popular expat newspaper’
"A publisher wanted to cut out all the juicy bits so I said no and put it in a draw and only discovered it again recently."
Inside the dinosaur theme park with zip wires, excavation zones and hiking trails coming to Spain’s Costa del Sol
A HUGE ‘Jurassic’ theme park with zip wires and dinosaurs has been announced for the Costa del Sol. The huge development, designed for families, features 19 lifesize dinos and a further 16
Gibraltar’s John Mackintosh Hall theatre to be dismantled and replaced with HUGE 900-seat auditorium
The Queen’s cinema room was proposed for integration into John Mackintosh Hall, but the site will now be kept separate and made free for other uses
RURAL RETURN: Music, dance and theatre festival run by Brit in rural inland town celebrates fifth anniversary
Me Vuelves Lorca is held in a beautiful, handcrafted stone amphitheatre which was built by the local community in 2013 around an ancient corn-threshing circle
Javea’s first-ever Gay Pride parade declared a ‘huge success’ after British participants encounter only one old man ‘growling from a balcony’
THE first Gay Pride parade in the whole of the Marina Alta region of Alicante has been declared a ‘huge success’. A raucous samba band led more than 100 festival goers through
REVEALED: Amy Winehouse wrote three songs from Back to Black while holidaying in Alicante
FEW knew that when the soulful, heart-wrenching vocals of Back to Black hit top-ten charts around the world in 2006, they would turn Amy Winehouse into the first British woman to win
SLOW TRAVEL: Run down your rev count in Ronda where slow travel is the new mantra
In their first piece for the Olive Press, Princeton student interns Regina Lankenau and Maya Eashwaran discover how Ronda has perfected the art of unstructured exploration
Instagram sensation in northern Spain turns out to be TOXIC lake
A turquoise lake in Spain popular among Instagrammers has been revealed to be toxic and ‘dangerous’ to swimmers. Monte Neme, in northern Spain, appears to have crystal clear waters and has attracted
PICTURED: Grisly fate of Pamplona bulls during Spain’s famous San Fermin festival
THE grisly fate of the bulls at this year’s San Fermin festival in Pamplona have been revealed. Each day of the iconic fiesta sees the animals chase runners from the city’s corral
American football star caught jumping over bulls at Spain’s San Fermin as veterans SLAM festival as ‘TOO SAFE’
This year’s week-long San Fermin festival in Pamplona, has actually been criticised for ‘not being dangerous enough’