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Spain's Costa Blanca Comes To London To Tempt British Tourists Back For Holidays (2)

Benidorm and Spain’s Costa Blanca comes to London to tempt British tourists back for COVID-safe holidays

COSTA Blanca tourism chiefs will start a new campaign this December to woo back British holidaymakers to the region. The strategy was unveiled on Monday

2 Nov, 2021 @ 12:12

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

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Spain named the top retirement destination for UK residents

Spain has been named the top retirement destination for UK residents, according to Google search data. Although Spain is number one for Brits, Spain has been

2 Nov, 2021 @ 09:45

Lead·Travel News

Domestic travellers overtake British users of Costa Blanca's Alicante-Elche airport in Spain

Spain extends COVID-19 non-essential travel ban for unvaccinated visitors from most non-EU countries for another month

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

1 Nov, 2021 @ 10:00

Lead·National News·Travel News

Airport hell in Spain as expat gran told to wait outside overnight during thunderstorm

A FURIOUS expat gran was left in tatters after being turned away from an airport in the south of Spain and forced to sleep outside

30 Oct, 2021 @ 18:30

Almeria·Lead·Travel News

Spain’s Malaga to host Seatrade Cruise Med Fair again in 2024

Spain’s Malaga Port expects to see 37 cruise ship calls during November

THE port of Malaga expects to receive 37 cruise ship calls this coming month of November, in what is considered to be the high season

29 Oct, 2021 @ 12:00

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

NHS COVID-19 pass now accepted across EU in move that will ease travel for fully-vaxxed British travellers

THE European Commission has announced that from Friday October 29, the British NHS COVID pass will be accepted as full proof of vaccination, equivalent to

29 Oct, 2021 @ 10:30

Coronavirus·Health·Travel News

Spain’s Renfe network set to challenge struggling Eurostar for tunnel route with possible link from Costa to London in 24 hours

RENFE, Spain’s state-owned rail operator, is having talks about operating a high-speed passenger service between London and Paris that would compete against Eurostar. Since its

27 Oct, 2021 @ 18:45

Costa Blanca·Lead·Madrid·National News·Travel News

Moving to Spain is starting to get easier again as COVID rates lower and new rules become clearer

IT was recently announced that Spain’s Covid transmission rates have taken it into the ‘low-risk’ category for the first time since July 2020. The cases

27 Oct, 2021 @ 15:45

Brexit·Business & Finance·Lead·Property·Travel News

El Saltillo bridge, a hanging bridge in Spain’s Canillas de Aceituno, celebrates first year with 50,000 visitors—and sees local businesses turnover increase by 60%

EL Saltillo de Malaga, a hanging bridge connecting Canillas de Aceituno and Sedella, celebrates its first anniversary with more than 50,000 visitors having crossed its

27 Oct, 2021 @ 11:15

Lead·Malaga·Other News·Travel News

Benidorm Area Hotel Wins 'best Hotel In Spain' Acolade At The World Travel Awards

Benidorm area hotel wins ‘Best Hotel in Spain’ accolade at the World Travel Awards

THE Asia Gardens Hotel & Thai Spa on Spain’s Costa Blanca has walked away with a major honour at the World Travel Awards. The south-east

26 Oct, 2021 @ 14:38

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Hotels·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

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Double standards: Fully-vaxxed Brit expats arriving in UK from Spain discover they don’t have the same quarantine exemptions as those jabbed by NHS

AN Olive Press reader has slammed the “double standards” imposed by UK authorities after discovering a major pitfall of visiting the UK from Spain –

26 Oct, 2021 @ 08:45

Coronavirus·Health·Lead·Travel News

West End: San Pedro has become the more refined, less bling end of Spain’s Marbella with wilder beaches and just as much allure

FORGET the hustle and bustle of Banus, the snobbishness of the Golden Mile and the hordes of tourists in Marbella centre… Head west instead to

24 Oct, 2021 @ 15:00

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

airport suffers 40% fall in travellers to Spain compared to September 2019

COVID rules: Fully-vaxxed travellers from Spain to UK can now use cheaper lateral flow tests instead of PCR

NEW rules allowing fully-vaxxed travellers flying into England to take lateral flow tests instead of PCR tests come into force from Sunday. Fully-vaccinated people arriving

24 Oct, 2021 @ 11:29

Coronavirus·Lead·Travel News

REVEALED: UK has Covid rates SEVENTEEN times higher than Spain but travel restrictions remain

THE UNITED KINGDOM currently has Covid-19 infection rates SEVENTEEN times higher than Spain. Despite this, travel restrictions between the two countries imply that travelling from

23 Oct, 2021 @ 15:45

Coronavirus·Lead·National News·Travel News

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Worried about the reintroduction of mobile phone data roaming fees in Spain and the EU?

YET another unfortunate casualty of Brexit is free roaming. Despite promising not to, many UK networks have announced that they will reintroduce roaming charges

22 Oct, 2021 @ 11:41

Business & Finance·National News·Sponsored·Travel News

REVIEW: is Madrid’s Diverxo chef Dabiz Munoz really the best in the world? He’s not far off, thinks the Olive Press

With news that Dabiz Muñoz has just been named the world's best chef, check out the review by Olive Press editor Jon Clarke of DiverXo

21 Oct, 2021 @ 10:30

Food & Drink·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Morocco bans flights to and from UK ‘until further notice’ due to rising COVID rates but government ‘sticking to Plan A’

MOROCCO has banned flights to and from the UK indefinitely because of the rising Coronavirus infection rates, but government officials still don’t have plans to

21 Oct, 2021 @ 09:15

Coronavirus·Lead·National News·Travel News

Spain keeps its amber status on UK COVID-19 travel lists

NEW TRAVEL RULES: England introduces cheaper COVID testing for fully-vaxxed travellers from non-red list countries including Spain

FULLY vaccinated passengers and children arriving in England from non-red list countries such as Spain will be able to take a cheaper lateral flow test

15 Oct, 2021 @ 10:00

Coronavirus·Lead·Must Read·Travel News

Costa Blanca airport suffers 40% fall in travellers to Spain compared to September 2019

PASSENGER numbers at Alicante-Elche airport still have a long way to go in order to match pre-pandemic figures. Figures for September from airport operator Aena

13 Oct, 2021 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Airport terminals in Spain will reopen for people to greet or wave goodbye to family and friends

Airport terminals in Spain reopening for people to greet or wave goodbye to family and friends

FAMILIES and friends will again be able to wave farewell or welcome arrivals from inside Spain’s airport terminals from this Friday(October 15). For the last

11 Oct, 2021 @ 18:30

Lead·National News·Travel News

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Spain’s hoteliers call for more regulation of Airbnb type tourist rentals but praise Barcelona for leading the way

ON FRIDAY representatives of hotel associations from 36 countries met to demand more regulation of tourist flat rentals such as AirBnb. Didac García, a representative

9 Oct, 2021 @ 15:45

Barcelona·Hotels·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Fawlty Towers? TV host slams hotel in Spain’s Valencia ‘a disgrace’ for worst 4-star experience ever

JOURNALIST and writer Carme Chaparro has publically slammed Valencia’s Four-Star ‘Hotel Conqueridor’, based in the center of the Mediterranean city. The 48-year-old news host, television

9 Oct, 2021 @ 13:00

Lead·Travel News·Valencia·Valencian Community

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EXPLAINED: What are the new rules for travel between UK and Spain now amber list has been scrapped?

NEW simplified travel rules come into force in the UK from Monday October 4, with the traffic light system replaced by a single red list.

9 Oct, 2021 @ 11:39

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Vueling expands its offer this winter with new route between Spain’s Malaga and Munich

THE Spanish low-cost airline has announced that this winter, it will operate flights from the capital of the Costa del Sol to Munich. The new

9 Oct, 2021 @ 11:15

Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Airport authority admits the return of British tourism is ‘key’ to a return to pre-pandemic flight numbers on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE-ELCHE Airport has instantly bounced back from the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, according to AENA. More than 180,000 tourists will be using Costa Blanca’s biggest

8 Oct, 2021 @ 09:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Costa de la Luz: See the light

For relief from the hot and busy Costa del Sol summer, switch on to the Costa de la Luz (or Coast of Light). It’s a

7 Oct, 2021 @ 10:13

Cadiz·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

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