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‘SLOW DOWN’: Expats call for caution on notorious Costa del Sol road following viral pics of overturned car

EXPATS and locals have pleaded with drivers to slow down on a notorious road on the Costa del Sol.  It comes after a photo of...

Stormy seas! Protesters gather to oppose cruise ship arrival in Palma

PROTESTERS gathered as the largest cruise ship in the world, the Symphony of the Seas, arrived in Palma on its maiden voyage. The Royal Caribbean...

Just the ticket! Palma car finally towed after clocking up almost €30,000 of fines

ITS existence had reached mythical status for the parking attendants at the Plaza Bisbe Berenguer Palou in Palma. Now finally a vehicle which had been...

British tourist in hospital after 20 foot Magaluf balcony plunge

A BRITISH holidaymaker is believed to be seriously injured after falling off a second-floor balcony in Magaluf. It is believed to be the first perilous...

Five reasons you just have to travel to Mykonos for this summer!

You have already started thinking about your summer vacations and you can’t wait to relax under the sun and dive in cool, transparent waters....

MAKES YOU SICK! Record fine for fake holiday sickness claim for young couple in UK

A BRITISH couple have been ordered to pay a record fine for their fake holiday sickness claim. Liverpool couple Chelsea Devine, 21 and Jamie Melling,...

Spain recorded highest number of young British deaths than any other holiday destination in the world last year

MORE Brits under 40 were killed in Spain than anywhere else in the world last year.  An investigation by The Sun revealed that 49 Brits...

REVEALED: The best tourist destinations in the world – and the UK beats Spain

The awards are based on millions of reviews and opinions from users on TripAdvisor

Monster cruise liner FIVE times bigger than the Titanic sets sail for Malaga

Symphony of the Seas, boasts 23 pools, 20 restaurants and cabins for 8,000 people

DOUBLE TROUBLE: Outrage as Ryanair doubles the cost of reserving standard seats amid claims it purposefully separates families and...

PASSENGERS have been left outraged after Ryanair doubled the price of reserving a standard seat from £2 to £4. The airline has also increased the price...

TRAGIC TRIP: Four women from Mallorca in fatal crash on holiday in Florida

FOUR young women from Mallorca have died in a car crash that left more wounded while on holiday in the Florida Keys. The women were...

AN OCEAN OF OPPORTUNITIES: The Olive Press explores the OD Port Portals Hotel

IT’S fast becoming one of the true social epicentres of Portals. And OD Port Portals hotel is very much THE place to stay for hipsters...

How to make your move to Spain effortless

Life changes don’t come much bigger than moving home, and moving overseas is a good way to increase the challenge by a significant factor....

LIFE’S A BEACH: Balearic beach rated top ten in Europe’s Travelers’ Choice awards

A BALEARIC beach has been named as one of the top 10 in Europe. Formentera’s Playa de Ses Illetes ranked ninth in the TripAdvisor’s...

Jon Clarke took his family on a surf safari in north Brazil, a surprisingly short hop from Spain

IT'S a Brazilian beach version of the Grand National, except these are fishing boats, not horses. The teams start at the top of the sands...

Ryanair cancels ALL FLIGHTS from major UK airports to Spain as Storm Emma takes hold

ALL Ryanair flights from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Leeds Bradford due to the extreme weather currently gripping Europe.  It has also cancelled all flights from Cork,...

Spanish hospitals charging tourists double for care in Barcelona

Shockingly, not even the Hospital de Sant Pau (pictured) know what they are charging the ICPA, which could be in the millions.

Raining Renaults: Don’t be alarmed at the largest student rally in Morocco

We’re talking a pandemic of dinky French hatchbacks plastered with sponsorship stickers, travelling along the highways and byways of Spain in a contest to find the shortest route to Marrakesh.

EU provides record funding to build new power cable between France and Spain

The submarine cable, costing €578 million, will run for 230 miles across the Bay of Biscay to help ease one of Europe’s worst network bottlenecks.

Sierra de las Nieves moves one step closer to becoming national park

The park is home to the largest population of Spanish firs in Andalusia and more than 150 species of birds.

Ryanair announces 29 new routes to Spain in time for the summer

The changes will see more flights coming from Valencia, Alicante and Sevilla as well as domestic flight paths from Sevilla to Alicante and the Canary Islands. 

Spanish grandfather becomes Spain’s oldest Erasmus student

Miguel Castillo, from Liria near Valencia, won the grant to pursue his history degree at a university in Verona after enrolling at Valencia University two years ago. 

Spain’s movie production nearly doubles, according to new report

The report charts the level of production between 2007-8 and compares that to 2015-6 and comes in behind Britain, France and Germany which came first, second and third respectively. 

WATCH: Tourists abandon boat off coast of Spain before it EXPLODES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dGJ_mLvr6s THIS is the moment a boat carrying tourists off the coast of Spain burst into flames before exploding.  Five tourists jumped and swam for their...

Balearic Islands propose limiting the number of cars to cope with tourism

Formentera town hall say the draft bill will limit the number of cars in circulation and cap the number of rental cars and motorbikes.

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