Tag: Bars and Restaurants
Smoking ban on bar and restaurant terraces stays for now in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas
A tobacco smoking ban on Valencia region bar and restaurant terraces introduced early in the Covid pandemic looks like staying in place- at least...
Spain’s bars and restaurants expecting bumper post-Covid Christmas
AROUND this time last year, the emergence of the omicron variant of the coronavirus dashed the hopes of Spain’s bars and restaurants of any...
Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca sends best wishes to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee
BENIDORM has congratulated Queen Elizabeth II on her 70 years as British monarch ahead of this weekend's Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
From Thursday, the Costa Blanca...
TV football pirates hit by police raids to stop illegal screenings of La Liga matches in Spain
THE Policia Nacional have arrested 166 people in a big push against illegal football match screenings in hospitality establishments across Spain.
Those detained were business...
Tourist pickpocket had over €50,000 of stolen goods stashed away in Valencia house in Spain
A tourist pickpocket operating in Valencia was found to have over €50,000 of stolen goods at his home.
The 39-year-old thief was well known to...
Supermarket thieves took ‘cut-price’ orders from Costa Blanca bars and restaurants in Spain
SIX people have been arrested for stealing from Costa Blanca supermarkets and passing on the items at discount prices to Elche bars and restaurants.
The...
Supermarket sweep as serial robber is caught shopping after police spend months trying to catch him in Spain’s Murcia...
AN eight-month probe to capture a serial robber has culminated in his arrest in a Murcia region supermarket.
The Guardia Civil swooped on the shop...
Bars and restaurants demand COVID passports to avoid new restrictions in Murcia area of Spain
THE Murcia hospitality and tourism association, HoyTu, says COVID passports should be introduced 'in all public life' to stop new restrictions on bar, restaurant,...
Benidorm mayor slams discrimination against bars and restaurants in Costa Blanca area of Spain
BENIDORM mayor, Toni Perez, has attacked new COVID-19 restrictions on the Costa Blanca where nightlife businesses can now stay open until 3.00 am but...
Angry Costa Blanca bar and restaurant groups in Spain plan court case over ‘abusive’ COVID-19 restrictions
THREE Costa Blanca hospitality associations are to take the Valencian government to court over its COVID-19 restrictions.
The ALROA, CEOH and ARA groups claim that...
New restrictions for bars and restaurants in parts of Spain’s Murcia region as COVID-19 cases double in a week
BARS and restaurants in 13 Murcia region municipalities will cut indoor capacity by 70% to 30% from tomorrow(July 14) due to rising COVID-19 cases.
The...
Top court rejects extra night-time hours for clubs and late bars in Costa Blanca area of Spain
THE Valencian Supreme Court(TSJVC) has thrown out a bid by regional nightlife and hospitality businesses to overturn opening hour and capacity restrictions.
The TSJVC, unlike...
REVEALED: The damage caused to bars and restaurants in 2020 on the Costa Blanca in Spain by COVID-19 restrictions
A survey claims that the coronavirus pandemic caused a €2.7 billion drop in revenue and 10,000 job losses in the Costa Blanca hospitality sector...
EXTENDED OPENING this week for bars and restaurants in Murcia region of Spain
BARS and restaurants in the Murcia region will be able to stay open until 1.00 am from this Wednesday(June 2).
The decision to allow an...
EXPLAINED: The new Costa Blanca and Valencia restrictions after Spain’s State of Alarm ends
A midnight curfew and extended opening hours for bars and restaurants are the main headlines of amended restrictions announced by the Valencian government this...
Spain’s state of emergency curbs ‘will not end in Catalunya’ – report
CATALUNYA is planning to bring in a new law next week to allow it to carry on with the curfew and other restrictions to...
CHEERS! Bars and restaurants in Murcia region of Spain get midnight closing from Wednesday in fresh curfew hours cut
MURCIA is slashing back its curfew hours for the second time in a fortnight.
As from Wednesday(April 28), the start of the curfew will be...
‘NO LETTING UP’ as Costa Blanca and Valencia areas will not make big changes to Spain’s toughest COVID-19 restrictions
VALENCIAN health minister, Ana Barcelo, has said that it is 'far too early' to loosen up most COVID-19 restrictions in the Valencian Community.
The current...
Easter ‘disaster’ predicted by Costa Blanca and Valencia bar and restaurant group in Spain
A Valencian hospitality business group is predicting an Easter profit collapse of 72% compared to 2019, with some bars and restaurants not even bothering...
LISTED: 37 municipalities in Spain’s Malaga, including Marbella and Ronda to maintain 6pm closure of bars and shops
BARS and shops must continue to close at 6pm in Marbella and 36 other Malaga province towns.
A total 37 other towns, belonging to the...
FIND OUT if you can sit indoors at your local bar and restaurant in Spain’s Murcia region from this...
BARS and restaurants in a large part of the Murcia region will be able to resume serving customers from inside their premises from tomorrow(March...
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL: Bars and restaurants in the Valencia region to reopen in March
BARS and restaurants in the Valencian Community will reopen gradually from March 1 – COVID permitting.
A meeting between the regional Health department and representatives...
ABOUT TURN as bars and restaurants back down from Tuesday reopening threat in Spain’s Valencian Community
PLANS to illegally reopen hospitality businesses tomorrow(February 16) in parts of the Valencian Community have been scrapped.
The call was made last week by the...
BREAKING: Hospitality workers and business owners protest outside regional government HQ in Valencia
AN estimated 200 employees and business owners within the hospitality sector are at this moment protesting outside the regional government headquarters in Valencia city.
Angry...
A fifth of Spain’s Costa Blanca bars and restaurants are predicted to go bust this year
SEVEN thousand bars and restaurants in Spain's Valencian Community, which includes the Costa Blanca, are set to close for good this year according to...