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EXPLAINER: A guide to Spain’s big January fashion sales
JANUARY is always the time when clothes shoppers in Spain can pick up a bargain in the big sales.
Once Friday's Three Kings holiday is...
The different kinds of Roscon de Reyes you’ll find in Spain on Three Kings Day
THE Christmas period comes to an end on January 6 in Spain, when the last gifts are given to the children by the Magi,...
WATCH: It’s a royal washout as Three Kings tipped overboard on arrival in coastal town in Spain’s Valencia region
ACROSS Spain excited children gathered for the much anticipated arrival of the Three Kings who arrive on the eve of Epiphany bringing gifts.
Sometimes they...
Three Kings procession duplicated to satisfy needs of popular expat area on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE ‘Three Wise Men of the East’ will arrive in Orihuela this Wednesday to distribute gifts to boys and girls of the municipality
But as...
No plans for tougher COVID-19 restrictions for New Year and Three Kings holidays in Costa Blanca area of Spain
FRESH restrictions to counter the latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic are not coming yet to the Valencian Community.
Valencian president, Ximo Puig, said that...
Spain’s Malaga suspends Three Kings’ parade amid concerns over growing COVID-19 cases
MALAGA City has suspended its Three Kings' parade due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
In a press release the City Council said the parade...
Spanish government furious after PP party post video on Twitter ‘wishing’ Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to die
Government officials have threatened legal action over the tweet which saw a father reading out his son's Three Kings wish list
This is the complete list of Spain’s national and regional holidays in 2019
IN 2019 Spain will celebrate nine national public holidays, while Andalucia celebrates a further three regional breaks.
This gives those in Spain's southernmost region a total...
HUGE Christmas bauble coming to Costa del Sol town to ‘encourage Christmas shopping’ before Three Kings arrive by helicopter
A HUGE Christmas bauble is coming to the Costa del Sol in a bid to boost Christmas sales figures.
Some 12 metres in diameter, the...
Three Kings: Where to watch parades in Andalucia on January 5
Millions of people are expected to come out and join in with the huge Cabalgatas de Reyes, which will snake their way through both bustling cities and tiny villages
Festive fun in the Sierra Nevada
‘Nochebuena’ or Christmas eve, when the Spaniards celebrate the festive season with a huge family meal, is usually a sell out
Holiday haze
Mince pies in hand, the Christmas No Man’s Land period is a weird and wonderful time of the year
On the last day of Christmas…
In the run up to the holidays, I had delivered lots of presentations at school about how Christmas is celebrated in England. Little confused faces gawped at me when I casually mentioned how nobody gets presents on the 6th January – as they do in Spain
Fake picture of ‘dead’ Spanish PM Rajoy causes outrage
A member of the PSOE has come under fire after posting a faked image of prime minister Rajoy in a coffin
Dia de los Reyes Magos 2015
Bigger than Christmas for Spanish children, Three Kings Day on January 6 is when the serious presents are given out
Petition demands end to Three Kings ‘blacking up’ in Madrid
The tradition reveals alarming lack of political diversity
When in Sierra Nevada why not also visit…
The ski’s not the limit , just a stone's throw away from this spectacular mountain range are some Granada's most beautiful gems
Three Kings get the bird!
Christmas celebrations take on a political slant with demands for more ‘black’ Baltasars and less obvious campaigning for the PP party
Ridley Scott gives Three Kings the hump!
British movie director leaves locals fuming after he rented all the camels from a zoo for his latest film Exodus
Second tragedy for Malaga Three Kings family
The mother of a boy crushed under the wheels of a float during a Christmas Three Kings parade in Malaga has died
‘King’ Ruud makes a striking display in Marbella
Soccer star Ruud Van Nistelrooy sparks racism row with festive get up
Child dies during Three Kings parade in Malaga
The six-year-old boy was run over as he collected sweets thrown from the floats
Pope reveals Three Kings were actually from Andalucia
Pope Benedict XVI reveals that not only were the Three Kings from a kingdom in Andalucia – there were no camels, no donkeys, and no oxen either
No rush for resolutions
There’s still one more festivity to come and, let’s face it, in Spain it’s the Big One!
Tight squeeze for Three Kings in Spain
Benalup town hall will be fitting all the kings into the same carriage this year