Benidorm’s ‘WIGS R US’ has one of the biggest selection of wigs across the Costa Blanca and Spain
WIGS R US is based in the famous indoor market in the ‘new town’ area of Benidorm on the northern Costa Blanca. This well-established shop
British residents in Spain rejected for driving licence exchange DESPITE meeting all requirements post-Brexit
DOZENS of British expats in Spain are being told they can’t exchange their driving licences and will have to take a Spanish test because their
BENIDORM presents a new way of booking everything for the perfect holiday on Spain’s Costa Blanca
BENIDORM has unveiled a one-stop internet site where tourists can book everything for their holiday, including tickets to get there. The new portal was unveiled
Heartless fraudster cons elderly Benidorm lady of over €40,000 in bogus search for remains of parents killed in the Spanish Civil War
A conman swindled €43,600 from a 91-year-old Benidorm woman in a bogus search to find the remains of her parents who died in the Spanish
GOOD AS GOLD as tricksters fool jewellers on Spain’s Costa Blanca into buying fakes
A young couple swindled jewellers and gold exchange stores across Alicante City by selling them fake trinkets and rings with a gold-style covering sprayed onto
Top Benidorm theme park to partially reopen on Spain’s Costa Blanca in July
BENIDORM’S Terra Mitica theme park will welcome visitors from July 3 after being shut throughout 2020. It will be the first time the park will
Alicante calls time for 2021 on one of the top outdoor events of the year on Spain’s Costa Blanca
ALICANTE Council has cancelled this year’s San Juan Hogueras(Bonfires) celebrations to extinguish the chance of an autumn rescheduling. It’s the second year that the Hogueras
Heatwave brings out law-abiding visitors to Benidorm and across Spain’s Costa Blanca
A big rush of visitors to Benidorm and the Costa Blanca over the weekend did not fuel a parallel rise in COVID health safety rule-breaking.
FALLAS IN SEPTEMBER: Iconic Fallas festivities in Spain’s Valencia region will take place in September this year
As well as the actual monuments, the Fallas involve a huge number of activities and people, including flower offerings, extremely loud mascleta firecracker displays, parades,
EN VALENCIÀ, PER FAVOR: Irish linguist launches self-study course to help British and Spanish residents in the Valencia region learn the local lingo
THE situation will be familiar to the vast majority of expats who relocate to the Valencia region, especially in smaller, more ‘traditional’ towns. You make
How an epic bicycle journey across southern Spain revealed some surprising delights
When British traveller Chris Atkin set out to cross southern Spain making a 1,300 km route between Valencia to Gibraltar by bicycle, he didn’t know
New MTV documentary investigating the death of Kirsty Maxwell in Spain’s Benidorm is a stark reminder of dangers faced by Brits abroad
KIRSTY Maxwell was just 27 when she plunged from a 10th floor balcony in Benidorm after a night out partying with her friends on the
DOWN ON THE FARM: Plans underway to launch first ‘open farms’ day in Spain’s Valencia region to promote sustainable and local production
IF the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it is to appreciate the importance of local commerce – specially when it comes to food. Producers,
Benidorm and other major Costa Blanca cities get ready for the busiest weekend of the year
MAJOR centres across the Costa Blanca are stepping up their security measures this weekend in anticipation of a big influx of visitors. Alicante, Benidorm, Denia
COSTA SCORCHER as Benidorm and Spain’s Costa Blanca will sizzle this weekend in spring heatwave
WARM winds originating in the Azores will bring scorching temperatures to the Costa Blanca this weekend. Average May values of 23 degrees will be shattered
Alicante’s postponed San Juan Hogueras celebrations could be held this autumn on the Costa Blanca in Spain
ALICANTE’S biggest outdoor event of the year, the San Juan Hogueras(Bonfires) celebrations, could be held in the late autumn. The Hogueras were cancelled in June
Victim ‘left for dead’ in Spanish holiday home after Costa Blanca horror stabbing says she is ready to move on
A SCOT waiting for justice to be served four years after she was brutally stabbed and left for dead in her Costa Blanca holiday home
Better Hearing, Happier Life? Absolutely!
Here is a fact that might surprise you: you hear with your brain – not your ears. Your ears receive sounds and send them up
Valenciano: 12 words and phrases you need to learn to impress the locals in Spain’s Valencia region
Most locals in the provinces of Valencia, Alicante and Castellon either speak or understand their regional language. In fact, data by Spain’s National Statistics Institute
WHAT A MESS: Plastic invades the beaches of Spain’s Valencia region
Other common objects include cigarette ends, construction materials, cotton earbuds, crisp packets and bottles.
NOT JUST BARS as Benidorm looks for somebody to build a new maritime museum on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A contract to build a new new naval and marine museum in Benidorm has been advertised at €655,000. It will become the fourth museum in
TYRE TANTRUM as angry elderly man on Spain’s Costa Blanca attacked cars because they blocked his garage
AN elderly Costa Blanca resident lost his temper over an increasing number of cars parking outside a motor repair workshop and punctured their tyres. A
Why a Christmas Costa Blanca-made sweet that’s a Spanish favourite is making a move on the United Nations
COSTA Blanca politicians will ask the United Nations to designate November 7 as ‘World Nougat Day’. The Alicante Provincial Council has approved the move to
EXPLAINED: Why bars and restaurants in places like Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca desperately need to stay open until midnight
THE Conhostor hospitality association has called for a two-hour extension on bar and restaurant hours in the Valencian Community to start from Monday(May 10). That’s
Benidorm and Costa Blanca hotels want same ‘green light’ deal from the UK as for Spain’s Canary Islands
HOTELIERS on the Costa Blanca have demanded that the Valencian president ‘knock on the door of Downing Street’ to get the UK to lift travel
LIGHTS OUT: Valencia region is third worst in Spain for light pollution and energy efficiency
Regional government sources insist that a project is currently being drawn up ready for the approval of a regional energy efficiency law in the near