How a former Real Madrid star retired from football to become a fisherman
IT’S not the most commonly-trod career path once a successful footballer hangs up his boots. But former Portugal and Real Madrid fullback Fabio Coentrao decided
3 bedroom Apartment for sale in Manilva with pool garage – € 315,000
Apartment Manilva, Málaga 3 beds 2 baths € 315,000 Corner apartment on the middle floor, well distributed with three large bedrooms with lots
Tragedy in Spain’s Galicia after man, 36, killed by malfunctioning fairground ride at local fiestas
A SPANISH man aged 36 was tragically killed in the northwestern city of Vigo in the early hours of Saturday morning, after a fairground ride
Madrid offers tourists free indoor – and air conditioned – cultural events amid crippling summer temperatures
FANCY escaping the heat? Madrid is offering tourists free indoor cultural events in air conditioned venues. Madrid city council is offering tourists and locals alike
Brit, 77, among group of six people arrested in Spain’s Ibiza after refusing to pay €12,000 restaurant bill
SPAIN’S Policia Nacional arrested a group of six people on Thursday after they refused to pay a restaurant bill of more than €12,000 in the
Have you been annoyed by bottle caps in Spain and Europe recently? This might be why
IF you’ve drank a coke in the past few weeks, you may have been irked to find it nearly impossible to remove the bottle cap
Best all-inclusive hotel in the WORLD is in Spain’s Andalucia, according to new ranking – and it’s NOT on the Costa del Sol
THE World Travel Awards have just bestowed the honour of the Best All Inclusive category on a Spanish establishment – and it’s not on the
These are the most popular beers in Spain, according to Google – but do YOU agree?
SPAIN may be the third-biggest producer of wine in the world, but it is beer that is the country’s preferred drink, with the average Spaniard
A Gibraltar football club gets unlikely backing from an England World Cup hero as it launches new strip
ONE of England’s greatest ever football players is launching the season’s new kit for a Gibraltar football club. Sir Geoff Hurst has launched a new
Crackdown on flying with liquids in Spain: EU says new airport scanners are not good enough at detecting potentially explosive substances
REGULAR air travellers have long been obliged to carry only small amounts of liquids with them on flights, after security restrictions were imposed way back
Watch: Huge balls of hail fall in Spain as freak August storms rock Barcelona and Madrid
FREAK August storms caused chaos in Madrid, Barcelona and other parts of Spain on Friday, as hail pelted down and heavy rain caused disruption to
2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Orihuela Costa with pool – € 268,000
Apartment Orihuela Costa, Alicante 2 beds 2 baths € 268,000 Modern style complex with 2/3 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartments with huge terraces and
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
US tourists are flocking to Malaga: Americans accounted for most number of foreign visitors in June after the Brits
THE number of US tourists visiting Malaga city has reached new highs, figures suggest. According to the Hotel Occupancy Survey by the National Institute of
German plane makes emergency landing on motorway in Spain before being hit by a lorry
A LIGHT aircraft made an emergency landing on a Castellon de la Plana motorway on Friday and was hit by a lorry. The incident happened
Drowning crisis in Spain: Three-month death toll on the Costa Blanca is higher than whole of 2023
MORE people drowned on Alicante province beaches between May and July than in the whole of 2023 according to the Spanish Lifesaving Federation. 18 fatalities
Expat athlete helps secure Spain’s first gold medal at Paris Olympics 2024
AN expat athlete has helped Spain to secure their first gold medal at the Paris Olympics. Expat Florian Johannes Trittel Paul, originally from Switzerland, won
Norwegian tourist ‘stabs her husband to death in front of their three children’ during argument on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A NORWEGIAN woman has been arrested on the Orihuela Costa for allegedly stabbing her husband to death in front of their three young children. The
French tourists break into Tivoli amusement park on the Costa del Sol and get caught hiding in Castle of Terror
FOUR French tourists have been arrested on the Costa del Sol after breaking into Tivoli amusement park and trying to hide from police in the
‘It’s a lack of respect’: Spanish tourist is left fuming after being spoken to in ‘foreign languages’ during holiday to Mallorca
A SPANISH tourist has been left fuming after being spoken to in ‘foreign languages’ during a Mallorca holiday. As anti-tourism protests reach a boiling point
Gardener, 20, drops dead while working on grounds of luxury villa in Spain’s Mallorca
A GARDENER died from a heart attack on Monday while working at a Mallorca villa, with heatstroke said to be the likely cause. The 20-year-old
Airbnb crackdown latest in Spain: Major holiday region warns illegal tourist flat owners of €600,000 fines
NEW tourist accommodation laws in the Valencian Community are set to be approved on Friday with penalties ranging between €100,000 and €600,000 for the most
Influencer is shocked by the prices at an Ibiza beach club: ‘I spent more here than on my flight!’
AN ITALIAN couple of social-media influencers got a nasty surprise on one of their recent trips, as they were slapped with a massive bar bill
2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Marbella with pool garage – € 319,000
Apartment Marbella, Málaga 2 beds 2 baths € 319,000 Golf lovers, this is for you! Wonderful groundfloor ay at a corner apartment in
Spain’s rental market keeps heating up: Cost of housing in certain popular destinations soars by almost a fifth in a year
THE cost of renting a home in Spain has spiralled 10.4% in the past year, and it is totally out of control in key cities
Thousands of residents face losing swimming pools and car park spaces on Spain’s Costa del Sol amid legal battle over land
RESIDENTS of four apartment complexes on Spain’s Costa del Sol face losing their swimming pools, gardens and car parks as part of an ongoing legal