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Where can I buy the best Roscones in Spain? Study reveals which supermarkets sell the ‘highest quality’ cakes that are traditionally served over the Three Kings holiday

A STUDY has revealed which supermarkets sell the highest quality roscones in Spain as the country gears up to celebrate the arrival of the Three

5 Jan, 2024 @ 13:13

Food & Drink·Lead

The white actor wearing 'blackface' in a video from the Madrid council

Blackface row in Spain: Outrage after white actor ‘paints himself black’ to portray Balthasar in a Three Kings video for children

ANOTHER Three Kings Day in Spain, another ‘blackface’ row. In what is becoming a tradition as closely observed as Christmas and Three Kings Day themselves,

5 Jan, 2024 @ 11:05

Lead·Madrid

Travelling in style: The Three Kings will arrive by boat and HELICOPTER in these towns on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE Three Kings will travel in style for this year’s celebrations, arriving to various towns by boat and helicopter. This Friday, January 5, is an

4 Jan, 2024 @ 10:32

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

When are the January sales in Spain and which stores are taking part?

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

2 Jan, 2023 @ 19:30

Business & Finance·Lead·National News

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, and

6 Jan, 2022 @ 17:45

Lead·National News

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

6 Jan, 2022 @ 14:15

Castellon·Lead·Valencian Community

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

4 Jan, 2022 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead

COVID-19 passports scrapped in Costa Blanca and Valencia areas of Spain except for nursing homes

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

28 Dec, 2021 @ 17:00

Alicante·Benidorm·Castellon·Coronavirus·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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 is

11 Nov, 2020 @ 11:15

Lead·Malaga

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

7 Jan, 2019 @ 13:54

Lead·National News·Politics

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

7 Jan, 2019 @ 12:36

Entertainment·La Cultura·Lead·National News·Travel News

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

28 Nov, 2017 @ 11:03

Business & Finance·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

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

5 Jan, 2017 @ 11:18

La Cultura·Lead

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

24 Dec, 2016 @ 15:58

Granada·Lead·Travel News

Holiday haze

Mince pies in hand, the Christmas No Man’s Land period is a weird and wonderful time of the year

7 Jan, 2016 @ 08:05

Giles Brown: Loud and Clear

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

25 Jan, 2015 @ 17:20

Fiona Tomas: Granadian Guiri Girl

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

7 Jan, 2015 @ 11:33

Lead·National News

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

6 Jan, 2015 @ 09:14

Malaga·Photo

Petition demands end to Three Kings ‘blacking up’ in Madrid

The tradition reveals alarming lack of political diversity

5 Jan, 2015 @ 13:48

Lead·National News

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

23 Dec, 2014 @ 13:51

Granada·Travel News

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

10 Jan, 2014 @ 12:00

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

30 Dec, 2013 @ 12:21

Lead·National News

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

30 Apr, 2013 @ 15:59

Malaga

‘King’ Ruud makes a striking display in Marbella

Soccer star Ruud Van Nistelrooy sparks racism row with festive get up

9 Jan, 2013 @ 10:15

Malaga·Sport

Child dies during Three Kings parade in Malaga

The six-year-old boy was run over as he collected sweets thrown from the floats

5 Jan, 2013 @ 22:20

Lead·Malaga

three kings came from andalucia and not middle east

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

9 Dec, 2012 @ 08:20

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