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Legendary American architect behind Bilbao’s iconic Guggenheim Museum dies aged 96: Here’s how to best enjoy his masterpiece

THE legendary architect who designed Bilbao’s iconic Guggenheim Museum has died aged 96 following a brief respiratory illness, his chief of staff confirmed on Friday.

8 Dec, 2025 @ 15:00

Basque Country·Bilbao·La Cultura·Lead·Travel News

Into the abyss: The Olive Press dives down into the Desfiladero del Tajo which will be one of Andalucia’s key highlights in 2026

IT will be one of the most exciting adventures for tourists in 2026. When Ronda’s Desfiladero del Tajo is finally completed by early Spring it

8 Dec, 2025 @ 11:53

Andalucia·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Forget Benidorm, discover Altea, the Costa Blanca’s beautiful white-washed and blue-domed secret

FORGET what you think you know about the Costa Blanca. Sure, there are the skyscraper resorts and sprawling, sun-drenched sands, but tucked between the jagged

7 Dec, 2025 @ 13:34

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Heavyweight fan: How Orson Welles swapped Beverly Hills for Ronda’s bullring

THE story of Ronda’s deep connection to Hollywood begins with a local legend: Cayetano Ordoñez (‘El Niño de la Palma’). Born into poverty, the gypsy

7 Dec, 2025 @ 11:59

La Cultura·Lead·Other News·Travel News

The Genal Valley’s incredible copper forest is the perfect winter escape, especially to visit its amazing black pigs, writes Jon Clarke

WE had driven up to the high point of Jose’s 340 hectare farm that straddles some of the wildest countryside in all of Andalucia. For

6 Dec, 2025 @ 12:05

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Strap on your skis as Spain’s Sierra Nevada winter resort opens after healthy snowfall

Christmas came early for Spain’s top skiing resort, as the Sierra Nevada opened in November this year. Europe’s southernmost ski resort, kicked off the season

5 Dec, 2025 @ 12:54

Andalucia·Lead·Travel News

When can I buy advance spring 2026 tickets for the Caminito del Rey – including Semana Santa?

TICKETS to walk Spain’s world-famous Caminito del Rey between March 24 and June 28, 2026 – including the all-important Easter Week – went on sale

4 Dec, 2025 @ 14:56

Andalucia·Lead·Travel News

Benidorm braces for winter surge as Brits flock to the Costa Blanca for a ‘proper British Christmas’

BENIDORM is preparing for a winter surge as Brits flock to the Costa Blanca for the festive period. With Benidorm’s festivities attracting more tourists every

3 Dec, 2025 @ 15:15

Lead·Travel News

EES chaos over? Spanish government finally confirms which queue Brits with TIE cards should join at the airport

SPAIN’S Interior Ministry has finally confirmed that British residents holding a TIE card must not use the new Entry Exit System queues or automatic gates

2 Dec, 2025 @ 18:35

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Search abandoned for British cruise ship passenger, 76, who fell overboard into Atlantic Ocean near the Canary Islands

THE search for an elderly British man who fell from an adults-only cruise ship near the Canary Islands has been called off with the passenger

2 Dec, 2025 @ 15:25

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife·Travel News

Flying home for Christmas? This simple trick will make sure you don’t get lumped with the middle seat

IF you’re flying home for Christmas follow this simple method to make sure that you don’t get lumped with the middle seat. The trick, which

2 Dec, 2025 @ 15:15

Lead·Travel News

Watch out on the roads: Spain gives Tesla green light to test unmanned cars all over the country without restrictions

ELON Musk’s car brand Tesla has been handed a significant boost after the government approved tests of its self-driving vehicles on Spanish roads – without

2 Dec, 2025 @ 10:02

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Spain dishes out fresh travel advice for citizens visiting the UK as major visa overhaul comes into effect next year

SPAIN’S foreign office has published fresh advice for those wanting to visit the UK from next year – with big changes to how visas work

1 Dec, 2025 @ 18:37

Lead·Travel News

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

Malaga police now tell Brits who are resident in Spain they should NOT join the EES queue at the airport – and doing so by mistake could have nasty consequences

POLICE at Malaga Airport have issued new instructions telling British residents in Spain that they must not use the EES queues or automatic gates when

1 Dec, 2025 @ 18:35

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

The UK is debuting a new passport next month – these are the major changes

THE UK is unveiling a brand new passport – including enhanced security and a different coat of arms. The alterations, set to be rolled out

28 Nov, 2025 @ 11:55

Lead·Travel News

‘Man overboard’: Huge search underway for Brit cruise ship passenger who fell into the Atlantic near the Canary Islands

A FRANTIC search is underway near the Canary Islands after an elderly British passenger on an adults-only cruise ship fell overboard. The alarm was sounded

28 Nov, 2025 @ 11:05

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife·Travel News

Spain’s airport company hit with €10m fine for installing facial recognition cameras intended to speed up boarding

SPAIN’S airport company has been hit with a €10 million fine for installing facial recognition cameras intended to speed up boarding. These cameras took pictures

26 Nov, 2025 @ 13:15

Lead·Travel News

British pub giant Wetherspoon's to open its first bar in Spain at Costa Blanca airport

Wetherspoon’s global takeover starts at Alicante airport in Spain – Dilip Kuner gives his verdict

WELL, it’s official. Wetherspoon, the UK’s much loved (?) haven of cheap pints and dodgy carpets, is taking over the world – and it’s starting

26 Nov, 2025 @ 11:53

Food & Drink·Lead·Opinion·Other News·Travel News

Plans for Spain’s €5bn Mediterranean Corridor rail network are confirmed with some glaring omissions – as Madrid is favoured and Malaga nowhere to be seen at all

THE finished version of Spain’s €5 billion ‘Mediterranean Corridor’ rail network has finally been announced — but not to universal fanfare. While some regions are

25 Nov, 2025 @ 16:29

Lead·National News·Travel News

Scenes of chaos at Tenerife South Airport as EES rollout continues to gridlock Spain’s airports

EES rollout continues to gridlock Spanish airports with scenes of chaos spotted at Tenerife South Airport. Departures and arrivals at the terminal saw long queues

25 Nov, 2025 @ 13:15

Lead·Tenerife·Travel News

Ronda’s Cortijo del Canto is a true fantasy escape, where privacy is coupled with nature and history

IT feels like the home of a Roman senator, while its arrival reminded me of a scene from Eyes Wide Shut. But while Stanley Kubrick

24 Nov, 2025 @ 10:29

Andalucia·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Olive Press offers its top tips as Spain’s gastronauts wait to see who joins the Michelin-rated creme de la creme

SPAIN’s culinary spotlight is about to be thrown on Malaga’s Sohrlin Theatre as it hosts the 2026 Michelin Guide presentation for the first time. November

23 Nov, 2025 @ 14:33

Food & Drink·Lead·Travel News

Travel chaos in Spain: Fuming passengers are ‘trapped' on stifling hot AVE train outside a station in Madrid

Train journeys between Madrid and Barcelona will take UNDER two hours after Spain agrees to bump up top speeds to 350km/h

TRAVELLING by train between Spain’s two biggest cities will soon take less than two hours, according to plans unveiled by the government earlier this week.

23 Nov, 2025 @ 13:30

Barcelona·Lead·Madrid·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Ronda has struck the imaginations of poets, artists, bullfighters and musicians for thousands of years

RONDA doesn’t just appear; it confronts you. As the road bends, this captivating city leaps into view, rising like a white pearl surrounded by the

23 Nov, 2025 @ 12:01

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

The Ronda dining scene has developed into one of Spain’s finest in the two decades I have lived there, writes Olive Press editor Jon Clarke

IT might seem counterintuitive but you need to head deeper and deeper into the industrial estate to find one of the true secrets of Ronda.

22 Nov, 2025 @ 13:46

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

Revealed: The location of British pub giant Wetherspoon’s first-ever bar in Spain

JD WETHERSPOON has announced its first-ever pub in mainland Europe will be at Alicante-Elche airport. The outlet has been named Castell de Santa Barbera after

21 Nov, 2025 @ 16:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Travel News

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Legendary American architect behind Bilbao’s iconic Guggenheim Museum dies aged 96: Here’s how to best enjoy his masterpiece

Into the abyss: The Olive Press dives down into the Desfiladero del Tajo which will be one of Andalucia’s key highlights in 2026

Forget Benidorm, discover Altea, the Costa Blanca’s beautiful white-washed and blue-domed secret

Heavyweight fan: How Orson Welles swapped Beverly Hills for Ronda’s bullring

The Genal Valley’s incredible copper forest is the perfect winter escape, especially to visit its amazing black pigs, writes Jon Clarke

Strap on your skis as Spain’s Sierra Nevada winter resort opens after healthy snowfall

When can I buy advance spring 2026 tickets for the Caminito del Rey – including Semana Santa?

Benidorm braces for winter surge as Brits flock to the Costa Blanca for a ‘proper British Christmas’

EES chaos over? Spanish government finally confirms which queue Brits with TIE cards should join at the airport

Search abandoned for British cruise ship passenger, 76, who fell overboard into Atlantic Ocean near the Canary Islands

Flying home for Christmas? This simple trick will make sure you don’t get lumped with the middle seat

Watch out on the roads: Spain gives Tesla green light to test unmanned cars all over the country without restrictions

Spain dishes out fresh travel advice for citizens visiting the UK as major visa overhaul comes into effect next year

Malaga police now tell Brits who are resident in Spain they should NOT join the EES queue at the airport – and doing so by mistake could have nasty consequences

The UK is debuting a new passport next month – these are the major changes

‘Man overboard’: Huge search underway for Brit cruise ship passenger who fell into the Atlantic near the Canary Islands

Spain’s airport company hit with €10m fine for installing facial recognition cameras intended to speed up boarding

Wetherspoon’s global takeover starts at Alicante airport in Spain – Dilip Kuner gives his verdict

Plans for Spain’s €5bn Mediterranean Corridor rail network are confirmed with some glaring omissions – as Madrid is favoured and Malaga nowhere to be seen at all

Scenes of chaos at Tenerife South Airport as EES rollout continues to gridlock Spain’s airports

Ronda’s Cortijo del Canto is a true fantasy escape, where privacy is coupled with nature and history

Olive Press offers its top tips as Spain’s gastronauts wait to see who joins the Michelin-rated creme de la creme

Train journeys between Madrid and Barcelona will take UNDER two hours after Spain agrees to bump up top speeds to 350km/h

Ronda has struck the imaginations of poets, artists, bullfighters and musicians for thousands of years

The Ronda dining scene has developed into one of Spain’s finest in the two decades I have lived there, writes Olive Press editor Jon Clarke

Revealed: The location of British pub giant Wetherspoon’s first-ever bar in Spain

Horror on the Costa del Sol as woman’s legs are crushed beneath reversing bus bound for Marbella

‘We’re all really worried’: Every centimetre added to full Montejaque dam could cause 20 million litres of water to overflow

Bargain boom in Spain: Low-cost supermarkets grab record market share with more shoppers hunting for cut-price deals

Mystery solved after human skull found in Malaga drain identified as 59-year-old man who disappeared during Covid pandemic

WATCH: Iconic Barcelona tower shakes violently as Catalunya is battered by 160km/h hurricane-force gusts