Heading for the heights!
A new walking book Coastal Walks of Andalucía charts 50 great walks along the Costa del Sol, the Costa de la Luz and Gibraltar. Here, Guy Hunter-Watts offers a fabulous alternative look around the Rock
The only way is up for Santander airport
The airport is fast-growing - and it's all thanks to one airline
At the peak of good living in Spain
Continuing the series on the villages of the Axarquia, local estate agent Sally Harrison guides us around Alcaucin…
Thousands left stranded after Spanair goes bust
Spanish airline now faces nine million euro fine after government launches legal action
A cleaner drive in Spain
Car hire giant Europcar is introducing electric cars to its Spanish fleet
Vueling introduce flights from Cardiff to Spain
Three weekly services will run between Cardiff and Alicante, and Cardiff and Mallorca
From Andalucía to the Antarctic
Expat Tiki Kyte joins a BBC crew retracing the steps of explorer Frank Wild who a century ago conquered the Frozen Planet
Iberia Airlines pilots strike once more
A total of 266 flights will be cancelled on January 9 and 11
No half measure for Sierra Nevada snowboarders
The Sierra Nevada is fast becoming one of Europe’s top resorts for snowboarding
Super stylee skiing in Spain
Olive Press editor Jon Clarke hangs out in southern Europe’s top skiing resort
Bee-ing there!
Buzz along to Colmenar, the true hive of the Axarquia, writes Wendy Williams
Racing along the raisin route
A great way to see the Axarquia is to take a tour by car around the so called ‘raisin route’ or Ruta de la Pasa, writes Sally Harrison
Sweet dreams
Jon Clarke discovers that the Axarquia has a long and rich history of winemaking
A chilling experience in the Axarquia
John Keogh takes a trip up the celebrated Chillar Gorge
Axarquia: A land of rebellion and renaissance
Why I fell in love with the confusing ham-shaped wedge of rutted hills and dry river valleys known as the Axarquia
My Top 10 places to visit around Ronda
Following a request from a reader, Paul Whitelock chooses his Top 10 places to visit around Ronda having already shared his Top 10 places in Spain and in Andalucía and his Top 10 favourite spots in Ronda itself
A Roman Holiday in Casares and Manilva
Casares was named after Julius Caesar, who cured a nasty skin complaint while staying there, discovers Jon Clarke
A view truly fit for a king as the Olive Press climbs continental Spain’s highest peak
The Olive Press sent JAMES BRYCE to the highest point in continental Spain, Mulhacen, in Granada, which according to legend is the final resting place of a Muslim monarch
Gaucin: A view from the top
Wendy Williams admires the views from the Balcony of the Serrania de Ronda and discovers what gives Gaucin its ‘zing’…
Crash landing for Spain’s first private capital airport
Ciudad Real Airport is to be left without flights
Living the high life in Spain
Wendy Williams explores a magical region of myths, mountains and sleeping mayors
British tourists blow holiday budget
Tourists usually spend 395 euros more than they planned
Spanish holiday costs slashed
Families are being offered breaks for up to 50 per cent off
What’s the point of Pamplona?
TRAVEL SPECIAL: James Bryce takes his life in his hands at the celebrated Running of the Bulls in Pamplona and discovers there is plenty more to the region than the drink-fuelled revelry suggests.
Riding the wind on the Costa de la Luz
JON CLARKE takes a trip along the Costa de la Luz, Andalucia’s most unspoilt, if sometimes rather breezy, coastline
Spanish footsteps of the gods
JAMES BRYCE took a trip to Chiclana and Sancti Petri, where it is said that the Temple of Hercules once stood and Roman leaders Hannibal and Caesar took their hols
LATEST NEWS FROM THE OLIVE PRESS
International tourist spending betters pre-pandemic levels in Spain’s Andalucia
TOURISTS have spent more money than before the pandemic in Andalucia, according to data released by the Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE).
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