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Spanish High Court rules that failed airport company must repay government €183m

THE SUPREME Court of Spain has ruled that the management company first contracted to build Corvera Airport, must repay €183 million of a government...

Ibiza named the most expensive Spanish destination to visit this summer

IBIZA has been named as the most expensive destination to visit in Spain this summer.

New €3 million Costa del Sol coastal path approved

With an investment of 3.3 million euros and a total of 2,996 meters of travel, the path will eventually link La Cala with Fuengirola

THE ANDALUCIAN ACROPOLIS: Tucked away in the rugged mountains is Castellón Alto, an ancient abandoned settlement that you need...

YOU need to go back to about 2000 years before the birth of Christ. To be exact, some time between 2200 BC and 1550 BC, that the Argaric people roamed the south of Spain.

British in Spain must carry passport at all times or risk being detained by police, UK Foreign Office warns

BRITS travelling to Spain have been warned to keep their passports on them at all times or risk being detained.  The warning has been made...

New coastal path planned for Spain’s Costa del Sol

Work will soon begin to open an uninterrupted route along the coast from Estepona centre to Rio Guadalmansa

New laws restrict ‘all-you-can-drink’ offers in new crackdown on boozy Brits in Spain’s Mallorca

THE use of excessive alcohol at busy tourist destinations Mallorca and Ibiza has been restricted by the government. The Regional Government of the Balearic Islands...

Eurostar is planning to connect London to Spain

EUROSTAR bosses have announced that they’re planning to expand throughout western Europe, including Spain.

Emergency landings on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Thirty minutes after the flight from Barcelona made its appearance, the Costa del Sol airport had to receive another flight from Madrid

BREAKING: Plane with broken wheel preparing to make emergency landing at Madrid Airport

A PLANE is preparing to make an emergency landing at Madrid airport, it has been announced.

REVEALED: French drivers are worse than British for road crimes in Spain

FRENCH and Portuguese drivers are far worse than British, when it comes to driving offences in Spain. The country’s Traffic Department, the DGT, have just...

Spain experienced most successful year EVER for tourism in 2019 and broke record for seventh consecutive year

SPAIN has experienced its most successful touristic year ever in 2019.

Travel to Campanillas on the Costa del Sol for free in February

With this free movement it is hoped that all Malaga residents will be encouraged to go to Campanillas to make purchases and consume in the district businesses

From next year you will be able to travel from Spain’s Andalucia to space

TRIPS from Andalucia to space have been planned for 2021.

First new cops in SEVEN years to patrol Costa Blanca beaches preventing illegal traders and more

ORIHUELA Costa’s beaches will soon have a far greater police presence, for the first time since 2013. Bathers' security will be improved by the introduction...

Costa Blanca towns away from the coast MUST work together to improve tourism potential, says Vega Baja councillor

SAN FULGENCIO councillor, Darren Parmenter, attended last week’s International Tourism Trade Fair in Madrid, and had nothing but high praise for the event. Indeed, he...

Launch of low cost €5 AVLO tickets collapses RENFE website

A second batch of low fare tickets will be launched today at 8pm

The Alhambra in Granada makes more tickets available to the general public

THE Alhambra has introduced a new measure for ticket sales.

Spain’s Mallorca in talks to limit tourist ships

9 million visitors disembarked last year

Fewer German residents on Spain’s Balearics

GERMAN residents have halved over the last decade

International Tourism Trade Fair underway in Madrid

AXARQUIA’s biggest and best resorts have represented the region at one of the most important tourism fairs in Europe this past week.

Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia named Europe’s top tourist attraction

The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona has been named as Europe’s top must-visit attraction.

Campaigners slam ‘squandering of public money’ as Murcia’s trouble-ridden Corvera Airport celebrates its first anniversary

MURCIA region’s ‘new’ airport, Corvera, celebrates its first anniversary today, after an auspicious opening in January 2019. Although the hi-tech replacement for the much-loved and...

Spain’s Costa del Sol experienced most successful year EVER for tourism in 2019

THE Costa del Sol welcomed a record amount of tourists in 2019.

Costa Blanca holiday home registration doubles in four years, after owners threatened with sanctions

LAST YEAR closed with over 81,000 holiday apartments registered in the region, nearly double the number recorded in 2015. Figures released by the Valencian Community...

Will Malaga join other cities in Spain and Europe and introduce a tourist tax?

MALAGA will not be introducing a so-called tourist tax... for now at least.  It comes after mayor Francisco de la Torre shut down the debate...

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