EasyJet lobbies for pre-Christmas scrapping of all testing requirements for UK arrivals
BUDGET airline EasyJet is lobbying the British government to scrap all COVID tests required by arrivals into the UK in time for the Christmas holidays.
UPDATE: New change to Covid paperwork requirements for UK travellers into Spain
AMIDST all the other concerns about the amount of official documentation required to travel under Covid-19 restrictions, the Home Office have announced another update. Spain
Best view in Barcelona: Landmark tower to open mirador in 2022
BARCELONA’S famous landmark tower, the ‘Torre Glories’, will open a brand new mirador to the public from spring 2022. The viewpoint, which will offer spectacular
Spain’s Valencia to invest €1.5 million to attract British tourists
VALENCIA leader Ximo Puig has announced a plan worth €1.5 million designed to attract more British tourists to the region. He announced his “impact plan”
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 –
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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