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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

22 Jul, 2019 @ 13:46

La Cultura·Lead

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

21 Jul, 2019 @ 12:25

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

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

21 Jul, 2019 @ 09:59

La Cultura·Lead·Travel News

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

17 Jul, 2019 @ 10:31

La Cultura·Lead

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

16 Jul, 2019 @ 12:09

La Cultura·Lead

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’

16 Jul, 2019 @ 11:30

La Cultura·Lead

US tourist was taking ‘selfie’ when hospitalised by bull in Pamplona

A US tourist has revealed he was taking a ‘selfie’ when a bull gored him in the neck at Pamplona’s San Fermin festival. Jaime Alvarez,

9 Jul, 2019 @ 13:00

La Cultura·Lead

PICS: The Hogueras de San Juan in Alicante were ‘insane’, but that’s why we love Spain, writes Joshua Parfitt

There are few religious festivals you can bring a towel to. There are even fewer you can insult a fireman at. The Fogueres de San

8 Jul, 2019 @ 17:30

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Travel News

FOR CHRIST’S SAKE: Completion of Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia in trouble AGAIN as 3,000 residents fear their homes will become building site

A RESIDENT’S association has begun legal action to stop the completion of Barcelona’s iconic Sagrada Familia. Construction of the emblematic cathedral stalled after architect Antoni

8 Jul, 2019 @ 15:08

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Property

WATCH: American gored in neck and teen bruises spine as annual San Fermin bull run begins in Spain’s Pamplona

Each day six bulls and accompanying steers are released, before the animals take on matadors in public fights in the afternoon

8 Jul, 2019 @ 14:17

La Cultura·Lead·National News

The Olive Press reviews an illegal art exhibition at one of the Costa Blanca’s most-haunted houses

IT was one of Spain’s most sought-after hotels. Elites from across Spain came to relax in its hot springs and dine upon plush carpets beneath

30 Jun, 2019 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

BY GEORGE! Statue of England’s patron saint restored in Spain after infamous botched restoration job

Authorities fined the church and the crafts business €6,010 each

30 Jun, 2019 @ 08:52

La Cultura·Lead

IN PICS: The winning dishes of Masterchef 7, filmed in UNESCO-honoured Denia on the Costa Blanca

THESE are the dishes that won 26-year-old fishmonger Aleix Puig Masterchef 2019. The seventh edition of the hit show was held in Denia and featured

29 Jun, 2019 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·La Cultura·Lead

Abandoned homes photography competition launched on Costa del Sol with hundreds of euros up for grabs

Banks dished out loans to developers, who weren’t concerned if projects flopped, which resulted in €175 billion of wasted housing being abandoned

29 Jun, 2019 @ 10:00

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·Property

WATCH: Live Olive Press TV report from Las Hogueras de San Juan in Spain’s Alicante

29 Jun, 2019 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Travel News

OBVS: Spain the number ONE dream relocation destination for Brits

The vote, carried out by removal company AnyVan, pitted the southern European favourite against the likes of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Dubai

28 Jun, 2019 @ 15:33

La Cultura·Lead

El Mirador de Castillo in Benidorm demolished before tourist season in search of ruins the town hall ‘doesn’t know’ it will still find

ONE of Benidorm’s most iconic landmarks has been partially demolished in search of ruins that authorities ‘don’t know’ if they will find. Tourists, families and

27 Jun, 2019 @ 15:58

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Spandau Ballet’s Steve Norman holds meet and greet for fans in Spain’s Andalucia THIS WEEKEND

The Gold performer will treat revellers to an exciting mix of tunes by David Bowie, Iggy Pop and of course Spandau Ballet

26 Jun, 2019 @ 08:48

Celebrity·La Cultura·Lead·Sevilla

British tea set recovered from 150-year-old shipwreck on show at unique Costa Blanca maritime exhibition

AN exhibition displaying British-made plates, bowls and a tea set from a steamship that sank off the Costa Blanca 150 years ago has opened in

24 Jun, 2019 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

UNEARTHED: First Roman olive oil press EVER on Spain’s Costa del Sol as huge archaeology park planned

The area will become the largest archaeology park on the Costa del Sol and plans to be a major tourism and cultural attraction

24 Jun, 2019 @ 12:17

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

OH MY GOGH: Gun Van Gogh ‘killed himself with’ to be auctioned off while southern Spain tour of his work continues

He died in a field near the French town of Auvers-sur-Oise, where the revolver was located some 70 years later

19 Jun, 2019 @ 12:30

La Cultura·Lead

PALM BEACH: The curious pop history of the Costa del Sol’s most famous chiringuito freshly refurbished for summer

Its owner helped create one of the most successful songs of the early 2000s

16 Jun, 2019 @ 11:00

Celebrity·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

Europe’s largest Lego exhibition arrives on Costa del Sol with models of Disney, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Avengers and more

A Duplo zone with building tables for little ones and an interactive 3D gallery complete the huge array on offer at this unmissable event

13 Jun, 2019 @ 13:38

La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

The road you live in might just be one of Spain’s ‘official’ prettiest postcodes

IF Spain’s streets could talk they would tell incredible stories about their original architects – the Roman, Moorish and Christian conquerors who once lived among

12 Jun, 2019 @ 10:32

La Cultura·Lead

HASTA LA VISTA: New trailer for sixth Terminator movie reveals scenes shot in Murcia and Cartagena

THRILLING scenes for the sixth Terminator movie were shot on the Costa Blanca, a new trailer has revealed. Last summer, a film crew of more

10 Jun, 2019 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

Van Gogh Alive to visit Valencia from July to October

THE world’s most visited multimedia exhibition will arrive in Valencia in July. Van Gogh Alive, which has broken visitor records in over 50 cities across

10 Jun, 2019 @ 14:58

Costa Blanca·La Cultura

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