These are the three most affordable holiday destinations across Spain for a quick August getaway

SPAIN has revealed its three cheapest holiday destinations for last-minute summer getaways as prices continue to spiral in the traditional coastal tourism hotspots. National study

23 Aug, 2026 @ 15:30

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Coming To Alpujarra Jo Intro Capileira In Autumn 2

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Nowhere to Lorca, everything to me: A personal journey through the Sierra Nevada mountains in Spain’s Granada

JO Chipchase takes a personal journey through the Sierra Nevada mountains in Granada, a place described by Federico Garcia Lorca as the 'land of nowhere'

23 Aug, 2026 @ 14:40

Andalucia·Granada·Lead·Olive Press Travel

Who are the human traffickers dropping migrants onto busy beaches in Spain – and what happens to the new arrivals once they land?

THE traffickers work tirelessly to drop thousands of people onto the shores of mainland Spain each year, charging up to €12,000 a head.

23 Aug, 2026 @ 13:26

International Affairs·Lead·National News·Politics

Take a trip to Sevilla and appreciate the wonder of Pontius Pilate’s house

ONE of Sevilla’s most beautiful monuments, Pontius Pilate’s House is a place of grace and elegance. Graceful columns, beauty everywhere you look, scented bougainvillea cascading

23 Aug, 2026 @ 13:20

La Cultura·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Sevilla

Nearly 12,000 holiday rental properties purged from official registry in Valencia

Holiday rental numbers plunge 15% in a year across Spain’s Canary Islands – but demand remains sky-high

THE number of holiday rental properties advertised online in the Canary Islands has fallen by 15% in just one year, according to new official figures.

23 Aug, 2026 @ 12:15

Canary Islands·Lead·Property

Luis Rubiales kissing Jenni Hermoso at the 2023 Women's World Cup

Famous birthdays: Luis Rubiales – the disgraced Spanish football chief brought down by an unwanted World Cup ‘kiss’

DISGRACED former Spanish football boss Luis Rubiales turns 50 today, almost three years after he was forced to resign over 'kissgate'

23 Aug, 2026 @ 11:17

La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain·Sport

Lifeguards in Mallorca tourist hotspot to strike over working conditions at height of summer season

LIFEGUARDS in a Mallorca tourist hotspot loved by Brits are set to strike later this month amid an ongoing row over working conditions.

22 Aug, 2026 @ 17:45

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

THIS WEEK IN SPANISH HISTORY: The birth of Lope de Vega, a 70s film star and a Liverpool football legend

IN the latest edition of 'This Week in Spanish History', Michael Coy covers film stars, footballers, cartoonists and vicious criminals.

22 Aug, 2026 @ 17:00

La Cultura·Lead·On This Day in Spain

From Cole Palmer in Marbella to the Beckhams and Michael Jordan in the Balearics – inside Spain’s summer celebrity trail

WITH the return of the Premier League season tomorrow marking the beginning of the end of the summer, it’s little surprise that so many of

22 Aug, 2026 @ 16:00

Balearic Islands·Celebrity·Lead·Marbella·Sport

Councillors who delayed vote on demolition of 20-year eyesore hotel under investigation as Algarrobico drama drags on

SEVEN councillors who delayed a vote to cancel the building licence for the controversial Algarrobico hotel on an idyllic stretch of Spain’s southern coastline have

22 Aug, 2026 @ 15:32

Almeria·Crime & Law·Environment·Lead

Guardia Civil officer pursuing a narco boat

Ten arrested after narco gang opens fire on Guardia Civil during dramatic high-speed chase off Andalucia coast

TEN suspected members of a drug trafficking gang have been arrested after opening fire on a Guardia Civil patrol boat during a dramatic chase off

22 Aug, 2026 @ 15:10

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Huelva·Lead

Leader of German narco empire supplying drugs across Europe is arrested in Marbella

THE leader of a German narco empire accused of supplying huge quantities of drugs across Europe has been arrested in Marbella.

22 Aug, 2026 @ 14:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Hollywood star Sydney Sweeney soaks up Spanish sunshine with boyfriend aboard €350m mega-yacht in Mallorca

HOLLYWOOD superstar Sydney Sweeney has been spotted soaking up the Spanish sunshine aboard one of the world’s most luxurious superyachts.

22 Aug, 2026 @ 12:35

Balearic Islands·Celebrity·Lead·Mallorca

World Cup hero Gavi donates €1.3 million to build homes for the homeless in Andalucia hometown

FIFA World Cup hero Gavi has pledged to donate a seven-figure-sum to help build new homes for homeless people in his hometown in southern Spain.

22 Aug, 2026 @ 11:45

Andalucia·Lead·Sport

Make Meta pay! Calls for urgent crackdown on tech giants as global fraud epidemic costs victims a staggering €9.4 trillion

A Spain-based anti-fraud firm is demanding tougher action against Meta and other tech giants, arguing they should be held financially responsible for scams spread through

22 Aug, 2026 @ 10:30

International Affairs·Lead·National News·National News·Other News·Technology

How Max Beach grew into a Costa del Sol landmark and helped transform the Riviera area of Mijas in just seven years

Max Beach has helped transform Riviera del Sol in Mijas Costa into a lively dining destination.

22 Aug, 2026 @ 09:00

Andalucia·Entertainment·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga

Malaga hotels complain beach closures in high summer have damaged city’s reputation internationally

HOTELIERS and opposition politicians are all blaming the same ageing sewer network for beach shutdowns that Malaga in peak Feria week.

21 Aug, 2026 @ 16:21

Environment·Lead·Malaga·Politics·Weather

Swirling red storm on the meteorological map

US Hurricane centre is monitoring a rare August Atlantic storm threatening Spain this weekend

The American agency has given the system a 20% chance of developing traits of a tropical storm by early Sunday.

21 Aug, 2026 @ 15:44

Lead·Weather

Got lots of tats? International TV shoot in Malaga is casting for ‘tattooed men of any ethnicity’ to film in September

TATTOOED men are being offered the chance to appear as extras in an international TV series filming in Malaga next month. Casting agency Modexpor is

21 Aug, 2026 @ 15:30

Andalucia·Entertainment·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Brit pensioner, 74, rescued from brink of death after heatstroke left him trapped in his Murcia home for three days

A BRITISH pensioner was rescued from the brink of death after a severe heatstroke left him trapped in his Murcia home for nearly three days.

21 Aug, 2026 @ 14:50

Health·Lead·Murcia

Ryanair slams Spain for delayed flights, claiming country’s air traffic control network is ‘worse than France’

BUDGET airline Ryanair says Spain’s state-run Enaire air traffic control network is now worse than its French equivalent and has demanded urgent measures from the

21 Aug, 2026 @ 13:45

Lead·Travel News

Huelva wildfire stabilised after two weeks of firefighting – 33,000 hectares scorched in one of Andalucia’s biggest-ever blazes

THE wildfire burned land equivalent to 45,000 football pitches and forced the evacuation of 700 residents in Huelva and nearby Sevilla.

21 Aug, 2026 @ 13:45

Andalucia·Environment·Huelva·Lead·Weather

‘Dangerous’ British fugitive arrested in Spain after fleeing UK high-security hospital where he seriously injured fellow patient

The 34-year-old fugitive was also wanted by authorities in the UK.

21 Aug, 2026 @ 12:33

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Young boy, 10, dies in northern Spain after leaping from third-floor window to escape house fire

THE ten-year-old leapt from an apartment in Burlada, Navarra, after a blaze broke out in the home around 5pm on Thursday.

21 Aug, 2026 @ 12:22

Lead·Northern Spain

WATCH: Thunderstorm and 140km/h winds leave trail of destruction in Valencia – sparking fires, bringing down trees and damaging 16th-century church

MORE than 4,000 lightning bolts struck the province during a thunderstorm on Thursday, sparking at least nine forest fires and sending firefighters scrambling to contain

21 Aug, 2026 @ 11:20

Lead·Valencia·Weather

Spanish tennis star Carlos Alcaraz to make long-awaited return from injury at US Open

SPAIN'S top player will return this month to defend his US Open title after a four-month lay-off caused by a wrist injury.

21 Aug, 2026 @ 10:56

Lead·Murcia·Sport

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