Off the beaten track: Five destinations to explore in Spain during 2026
Fiona Govan shares her favourite destinations far away from the tourist crowds, where it is still possible to find the authentic Spain.
Alert for holidaymakers in Spain’s Canary Islands: Rare red weather warning issued for extreme heat – with temperatures surpassing 40C
AUTHORITIES in Spain have issued a rare red weather alert for the Canary Islands as a heatwave brings sky-high temperatures to the archipelago. The red
Seven people dead as rickety migrant boat with 180 travellers capsizes in Spain’s Canary Islands
AT LEAST seven people died on Wednesday when a boat carrying around 180 migrants capsized as it was being escorted to a Canary Islands harbour.
Spain announces its first marine national park: 24,000 hectare refuge could come with tourism restrictions
THE Spanish government has approved a proposal to create the country’s first fully marine national park in a move applauded by ecologists. The 24,000-hectare park
Spain’s Maritime Rescue service pulls 187 migrants from waters off the Canary Islands’ coasts
SPAIN’S Maritime Rescue service last night pulled around 187 migrants out of the waters off the coasts of Canary Islands of Tenerife and El Hierro,
Spanish Island is one step closer to becoming world’s first fully green country
A SPANISH island just powered itself with renewable energy for 18 days straight. El Hierro, which started its green energy project in 2014, aims to
97-year-old Spanish man invents system to collect water from mist
Tadeo Casañas came up with his plan after his small island of El Hierro in the Canaries went without rain in 1948
Canary Island El Hierro runs exclusively on wind power
El Hierro ran solely on windpower for the first time
Spanish island first in the world to be energy self-sufficient
Canary Island El Hierro will use combined wind and water power
The volcano lurking in the Canaries
A robot will be sent down today to find out more
Canary Islands volcanic eruption Red Alert issued
Residents of La Restinga on the island of El Hierro have been told to prepare to evacuate