Five reasons you just have to travel to Mykonos for this summer!
You have already started thinking about your summer vacations and you can’t wait to relax under the sun and dive in cool, transparent waters. You
How to remove wet sand from your body in one easy trick
And it works on everyone!
The activities that could see you fined up to €3,000 on Costa del Sol beaches this summer
Playing ball sports on the beach or in the sea, nudism and urinating in the sea can result in fines of up to €750
Torre del Mar beach wins back prestigious blue flag
The stamp of honour is reserved for beaches with exceptional water quality, safety, hygiene, accessibility, services, information and lifeguards.
Fury as Malaga naturist beach is stripped down
The area has been used by naturists for 23 years
Costa del Sol beaches suffer battering again by winds causing ‘worst damage in 22 years’
Torremolinos that suffered the worst hit, with sand swept onto the promenade and flooding.
Two dog beaches planned for Marbella this summer
For seven months from March 15, pooches will be allowed to play on two separate stretches totalling 500 metres
Spain’s coastline to be 100% urbanised by 2267
Spain's coastline will be urbanised by 2267
Horse riding along virgin Mangueta beach in El Palmar
On a two-hour round trip, led by our charming German guide, the views take in fields full of sunflowers, distant hills and, of course, the
Costa de la Luz: Into the light
Rob Horgan takes a ride through the sunbleached 'fresh and natural' towns of the bright and breezy Costa de la Luz
ENVIRONMENT FEATURE: Spain’s most polluted and worst managed beaches win Black Flags
Raising the black flag: Green group honours Spain’s most polluted and worst managed beaches with Black Flag 2016 awards
Manilva and Casares residents hold beach protest after nine-year wait for bridge
Around 100 people turned out to form a human chain after waiting nine years for a four metre bridge
Junta abandons plan for Cabo de Gata beach bar after public outcry
Plans to build a cafe and shop on unspoilt Cabo de Gata beach annulled
Eddie the Hotel Dog ponders beach etiquette
The beach games I like to play
Tourist sues after Spanish website publishes naked photo
An Italian woman is demanding nearly €500,000 in damages after a Spanish website published a naked photo of her on holiday
Silly Season my sweet asp!
Spain’s ‘Snake Summer’ is enough to give you a hissy fit, writes Belinda Beckett, aka Mistress of Sizzle
Life’s a beach on the Costa de la Luz
Despite being a flip-flop down, Rob Horgan scoots along the many amazing beaches of the Costa de la Luz
Over 100 sunbathers have allergic reaction to toxic algae on Almeria beaches
Two beaches remain closed
Bullfighting protest on Estepona’s paseo maritimo
Two activists staged a peaceful protest in reaction to the installation of a stuffed bull on Estepona's paseo maritimo
Divided reaction to Andalucia’s ban on dogs on beaches
The Olive Press asked what people think of Andalucia’s new pooch-prohibition along the Costa de Sol
Dogs to be banned from ALL Costa del Sol beaches this summer
The ban will run from June 1 to September 30 and will apply to all beaches including the specific dog-friendly beaches that have been set
La Venus beach in Marbella first in Spain to get brand new life-saving equipment
Marbella town hall has installed the SOS-Orange system on Playa La Venus to make life-guarding much safer
Two men smuggle over a ton of hash into Spain via Torrox beach… and get caught
Two men who smuggled more than a ton of hash into Spain via Torrox beach have been jailed
Price of a life: 5,000 people drown in Europe each year
Lifeguards on Spain's beaches are hard to be found outside of peak season
SPANISH HOLIDAY WARNING: The cost of guarding lives – how Spain’s Costa del Sol might be found lacking
With the Costa del Sol's 320-days-a-year of sun, are just 90 days of lifeguard duty on beaches enough? As Marbella mourns the tragic drowning of
EXCLUSIVE: British nurse who performed CPR in tourist beach drowning tragedy slams lack of safety warnings
Enquiry launched as British rescue hero questions lack of signs, flags and ambulance delay after drowning tragedy in Marbella