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Flight delays warning in Spain: Airport operator Aena is caught up in global IT outage

LATEST: Spain extends COVID-19 travel ban for unvaccinated visitors from most non-EU countries until end of January

SPAIN has yet again extended the existing entry ban on non-essential travel by non-vaccinated travels from a long list of non-EU countries for another month.

7 Jan, 2022 @ 09:15

Coronavirus·Lead·Travel News

Spain’s Malaga recieves first cruise ship calls of the year

AFTER a successful 2021 cruise season, despite navigating the COVID-19 crisis, the new year has already counted two tourist arrivals to the port of Malaga.

7 Jan, 2022 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Voyager A L Etranger Sous Conditions Sanitaires Ile Baleares

SPAIN TRAVEL UPDATE: UK scraps need for pre-departure COVID tests for fully vaccinated arrivals

FULLY vaccinated travellers will no longer have to take pre-departure COVID tests before arriving in England in a change in the rules that comes into

5 Jan, 2022 @ 18:59

Coronavirus·Lead·Travel News

Tourism injected €187 BILLION into Spain’s economy last year, new figures show

Foreign tourist numbers in Spain recover by 70% before arrival of Omicron COVID variant

FOREIGN tourist levels in Spain last November recovered to 70% of what they were in the same month 2019 ahead of the coronavirus pandemic. Figures

4 Jan, 2022 @ 14:20

Canary Islands·Catalunya·Lead·National News·Travel News

Alicante Predicts 2022 As Boom Year For Cruise Ship Arrivals On Spain's Costa Blanca

Alicante predicts 2022 ‘boom’ for cruise ship arrivals on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE City Council says that cruise ship passengers visiting the area will more than quadruple in 2022. The authority also predicts that tourists spending time

31 Dec, 2021 @ 11:36

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News·Valencian Community

Casares: The hilltop haven in southern Spain you need to visit

A SMORGASBORD of sugar cube houses perch on the rolling hills of Casares. Situated amongst woodland on a 1,427ft high cliff, the pueblo blanco is

28 Dec, 2021 @ 19:15

Celebrity·Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Travel News

The best things to do in Andalucia between Christmas and New Year

DECEMBER is the time to make dreams come true. After all the frantic gift-buying, wine-quaffing, food-gobbling on Christmas Day, those days between December 25 and New

26 Dec, 2021 @ 15:45

Lead·Other News·Travel News

Ryanair cuts flights in and out of Spain this January due to COVID-19

RYANAIR says its temporarily suspending more than 80 routes in and out of Spain during January. The budget carrier blames COVID-19 travel restrictions as well

24 Dec, 2021 @ 20:00

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Castellon·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Ibiza·Lead·Malaga·Mallorca·Menorca·Sevilla·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

EasyJet reinforces its base in Spain’s Malaga with three new UK routes for summer 2022

THE lowcost carrier easyJet has announced its plans to strengthen its route network in Spain for the summer of 2022. The three new routes for

22 Dec, 2021 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

UPDATE: US warns American travellers not to visit Spain over fears of rising COVID-19 infections and Omicron variant

THE US moved Spain into the ‘very high risk’ category on Monday and warned Americans not to travel there as infections soar. The Centers for

21 Dec, 2021 @ 11:45

Coronavirus·National News·Travel News

Benidorm faces quiet Christmas as hotels close due to UK booking cancellations across Spain's Costa Blanca

Benidorm faces quiet Christmas as UK cancellations force hotel closures on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BENIDORM faces one of its quietest-ever Christmas tourist holiday seasons as British people cancel bookings due to costly PCR tests and full vaccination requirements for

16 Dec, 2021 @ 17:27

Benidorm·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News·Valencian Community

'Drunk' tourist 'bites a Guardia Civil officer' in Spain after being kicked off BA flight back to London

New budget flights will serve holiday hotspots in Spain like the Balearic Islands and Costa Blanca

BRITISH Airways will start operating ‘low-cost’ flights to eight Spanish destinations this spring out of Gatwick airport. BA is relaunching its budget short-haul division which

16 Dec, 2021 @ 12:00

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·Sevilla·Travel News·Valencian Community

Spain committing 'harakiri' over UK tourism says national hotel association as mass cancellations force lower prices

Spain committing ‘harakiri’ over UK tourists and new child COVID-19 vaccine rules

A Spanish tourism group says the country is committing ‘harakiri’ by requiring proof of full vaccination against COVID-19 for British children aged 12 and above.

14 Dec, 2021 @ 16:33

Alicante·Balearic Islands·Benidorm·Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Revealed: The most Tourists flock to Spain in busiest-ever start to a year

Big holiday discount offers announced for Costa Blanca and Valencia residents in Spain

A new round of holiday vouchers offering big discounts on accommodation will start being issued next week to Valencian Community residents. The voucher scheme began

14 Dec, 2021 @ 15:03

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

SPAIN TRAVEL UPDATE: UK will now issue COVID passport to over-12s

On Monday December 13, the UK government’s website updated its travel advice section for those entering Spain from the UK. In their Foreign Travel Advice

14 Dec, 2021 @ 10:50

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·National News·Travel News

MSC Cruises chooses Spain’s Malaga as port of embarkation for 29 calls next summer

MSC Cruises, the third largest cruise company in the world, reinforces its presence in the city of Malaga, which will be the port of embarkation

14 Dec, 2021 @ 08:45

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

2,100 mile network of cycle-paths planned stretching entire length of Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PROJECT linking 289 different cycle paths throughout coastal Spain is being planned. Some 3,360 kilometres of track (2,100 miles) will stretch from Vinaròs in

13 Dec, 2021 @ 18:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News·Valencian Community

What you need to know about Covid passports: Are foreign vaccination certificates accepted in Spain?

DIGITAL COVID certificates proving vaccination status are now required to enter many bars, restaurants and venues in Spain. You’ll be asked to present your COVID

10 Dec, 2021 @ 15:06

Health·Lead·Must Read·Travel News

Travellers In Mallorca, airport Spain, Photo; Cordon Press

UPDATE: What you need to know about new travel rules between Spain and UK now pre-flight testing is required

THE British government has announced that all international arrivals to the UK will be required to take a pre-departure Covid-19 test to tackle the new Omicron,

10 Dec, 2021 @ 08:15

Lead·Must Read·National News·Travel News

Uber pet friendly rides now possible in Spain’s Malaga, Sevilla and Madrid

Uber pet friendly rides now available in Spain’s Malaga, Sevilla and Madrid

PET owners rejoice as Uber turns fur-iendly with their latest feature: Uber Pet. Uber Pet, charges an additional flat rate to request a driver who’s

9 Dec, 2021 @ 10:00

Getting Around·Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Other News·Sevilla·Travel News

WIZZ OFF: low cost airline suspends service between Gibraltar and London-Luton

WIZZ AIR’S service between the Rock and London-Luton has been suspended due to COVID restrictions. “The uncertain outlook for the travel industry has forced us

9 Dec, 2021 @ 09:15

Gibraltar·Lead·Travel News

Ryanair stop man, 89, from flying home to Spain in ID card dispute

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

3 Dec, 2021 @ 13:09

Lead·Travel News

Balearic boost for buyers browsing online – Mallorca tops the chart in 2021 property searches

THIS year has been arguably one of the most difficult for British people wanting to buy in Spain, but some destinations have had a much

30 Nov, 2021 @ 10:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Travel News

Ryanair, Vueling, and EasyJet get low ratings in new international air travel survey

LOW cost carriers Ryanair, Vueling and EasyJet are among the world’s lowest-rated airlines according to figures compiled by luggage storage firm, Bounce. The study however

29 Nov, 2021 @ 12:19

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