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Costa Blanca airport claims 10 successive months of passenger records- with a third of visitors coming from the UK

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport has almost beaten last year’s passenger total with two months to spare. The Costa Blanca facility recorded a tenth successive record month for

15 Nov, 2025 @ 07:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

Budget airline Jet2 unveils new programme of flights connecting London Gatwick and Spain

UK tour operator Jet2 is to start offering flights and holidays from London Gatwick for the summer 2026 season including 11 routes to Spain. The

12 Nov, 2025 @ 12:08

Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Foreign tourist numbers in Spain rose by just 0.8% but UK visitors went up by 2% as the French and Germans cut back

Foreign tourist numbers in Spain rose by just 0.8% in September but UK visitors go up higher

FOREIGN tourist visitors to Spain went up in September, but only by 0.8% compared to year earlier. The National Statistics Institute said on Friday that

31 Oct, 2025 @ 11:57

Business & Finance·Lead·Travel News

Costa Blanca airport soars to new September passenger record with a third of travellers from the UK

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport continued to break monthly passenger records with just over 1.9 million people using the facility in September. Over a third of travellers came

13 Oct, 2025 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Lead·Travel News

The big EES digital border system rolls out on Sunday to great fanfare… at just one airport in Spain

MADRID airport will this Sunday be the first place in Spain to use the new European biometric and automated border control system for non-EU citizens-

11 Oct, 2025 @ 10:00

Lead·Madrid·Travel News

Ryanair adds new flights to Malaga – including two from Teesside – after slashing millions of seats to Spain

RYANAIR has strengthened its winter schedule to and from Malaga airport after slashing services to some regional airports. The Irish carrier has boosted flights between

6 Oct, 2025 @ 16:47

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Ryanair pulls out of two airports and scraps a million seats in row over taxes in Spain

Ryanair pulls out of two airports and withdraws one million seats due to tax dispute in Spain

RYANAIR has announced on Wednesday where its axe will fall at Spanish regional airports in its ongoing dispute with airport operator Aena over tax charges,

3 Sep, 2025 @ 12:00

Lead·Travel News

Hotel stays in Spain rise modestly as German tourists stay away but British bookings soar

Hotel stays in Spain rise modestly as Germans look elsewhere but British bookings soar

RECORD overseas tourist numbers in Spain are not being reflected in big rises in overnight hotel stays as German bookings have gone down with UK

22 Aug, 2025 @ 16:45

Lead·National News

Benidorm is home to the ‘best hotel’ in Spain, according to TripAdvisor

BENIDORM’S Voramar Hotel has been voted as the ‘Best Hotel in Spain 2024’ by users of the TripAdvisor travel portal. The hotel is situated just

16 May, 2025 @ 12:50

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Spain has its own little-known ‘Route 66’ road trip that finishes in Galicia

It may not stretch 4,000 kilometres like America’s Route 66, but Spain has its own road trip into the past. A cracked ribbon of tarmac

12 May, 2025 @ 00:03

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Seaside town crowned Spain’s best for its ‘beautiful beaches and vibrant culture’

JUST a short 15km drive from the bustling towers of Benidorm lies the serene, whitewashed jewel of Altea – a small seaside town that has

10 May, 2025 @ 12:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Spain’s seven most beautiful train stations revealed: From neo-romantic to modernist

SPAIN, with more than 15,000 kilometres of railway network and more than 200 stations spread across the country, is home to terminals that are authentic

3 May, 2025 @ 13:13

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Travel in Andalucia: New ‘soulful towns’ route offers ‘white architecture and scenic beauty for travellers looking to get in touch with Spain’

A UNIQUE itinerary has been chosen this year as one of the most authentic and welcoming tourist experiences in the country. The awards presented in

26 Apr, 2025 @ 11:30

Andalucia·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

The world’s largest cruise ship is headed for Spain’s Mallorca: 7,600-passenger behemoth will boast on board water park and ‘AquaDome’

PALMA is in for a surprise next year when the largest cruise ship in the world will visit its port. Legend of the Seas, the

24 Apr, 2025 @ 13:00

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

British newspaper The Guardian hails this northern city as Spain’s ‘seafood capital’

VIGO, a vibrant port city in northern Spain, has been named the country’s ‘seafood capital’ by The Guardian, which praises its connection with the Atlantic

24 Apr, 2025 @ 10:44

Food & Drink·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Secret Spain: This hiking route takes you through a forest filled with some of the tallest trees in the world

LOCATED in Cantabria, just 3 kilometres from Cabezon de la Sal, is one of the most impressive natural corners in Spain: a forest with a

23 Apr, 2025 @ 14:31

Cantabria·Lead·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Ryanair gets court to suspend hefty €107m fine for abusive practices in Spain

Ryanair accused of blackmail and told to ‘calm down’ in tax row causing cuts to flights in Spain

SPAIN’S airport operator has accused Ryanair of ‘blackmail’ after last week’s announcement that it was cutting back flights to regional airports due to ‘excessive’ taxes.

20 Jan, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Travel News

Ryanair scraps flights to two airports in Spain and cuts services to several others over ‘excessive fees’

RYANAIR says its cutting flights at seven airports in Spain this summer and blamed ‘excessive fees’ charged by airport operator Aena. The budget carrier has

17 Jan, 2025 @ 13:00

Lead·National News·Travel News

This is the most popular ‘staycation’ destination for the Spanish in 2024

THE southern Spanish region of Andalucia is still hanging on in the top spot for Spaniards as their preferred destination when enjoying a ‘staycation’. According

29 Sep, 2024 @ 09:01

Andalucia·Lead·Travel News

New direct flights between Istanbul and major city in Spain’s Andalucia begin this month – this is how much they cost

IF you are a long-term resident of Andalucia, you might be interested to hear that very soon you will have the chance to take a

11 Sep, 2024 @ 12:19

Sevilla·Travel News

Change in hand luggage rules to affect all airports in Spain within days - here’s all you need to know

New hand luggage rules are officially in effect in Spain and the EU – here’s what you should know

JUST when passing through airport security had got a little bit easier, the old rules covering liquids have been brought back in. Airports across the

2 Sep, 2024 @ 12:00

Lead·Travel News

Spain smashes annual foreign tourist record with one month to spare- boosted by British holidaymakers

Spain’s Andalucia saw the number of tourists fall by more than 5% this July – the biggest drop in 20 years

JULY’S tourist figures in Andalucia fell by 5.2% compared to 2023 and was the largest drop in two decades, barring the pandemic period. The month

26 Aug, 2024 @ 16:16

Andalucia·Lead

Change in hand luggage rules to affect all airports in Spain within days – here’s all you need to know

HAND luggage rules will be changed for some airline passengers leaving Spanish and EU airports from September 1. The EU has ruled that expensive new

12 Aug, 2024 @ 19:00

Lead·National News

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

3 Aug, 2024 @ 15:32

Lead·Travel News

Ryanair adds extra winter flights to Costa Blanca airport after cutting regional services in Spain

Costa Blanca airport milestone: Ryanair clocks up 55 million passengers since first flight 17 years ago

BUDGET airline Ryanair says that it has broken the 55 million passenger mark at Alicante-Elche airport since starting flights there in 2007. The debut service

13 Jul, 2024 @ 11:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Elephant calves play in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa, in a file photo from 2021. Credit: Charmaine Joubert/Cover-Images.com

Spanish tourist killed by stampeding elephant in South Africa after trying to take photos of herd

A SPANISH man aged 43 died on Sunday afternoon in South Africa, after he was attacked by an elephant while he tried to take photos

9 Jul, 2024 @ 15:19

Lead·National News

Costa Blanca airport claims 10 successive months of passenger records- with a third of visitors coming from the UK

Budget airline Jet2 unveils new programme of flights connecting London Gatwick and Spain

Foreign tourist numbers in Spain rose by just 0.8% in September but UK visitors go up higher

Costa Blanca airport soars to new September passenger record with a third of travellers from the UK

The big EES digital border system rolls out on Sunday to great fanfare… at just one airport in Spain

Ryanair adds new flights to Malaga – including two from Teesside – after slashing millions of seats to Spain

Ryanair pulls out of two airports and withdraws one million seats due to tax dispute in Spain

Hotel stays in Spain rise modestly as Germans look elsewhere but British bookings soar

Benidorm is home to the ‘best hotel’ in Spain, according to TripAdvisor

Spain has its own little-known ‘Route 66’ road trip that finishes in Galicia

Seaside town crowned Spain’s best for its ‘beautiful beaches and vibrant culture’

Spain’s seven most beautiful train stations revealed: From neo-romantic to modernist

Travel in Andalucia: New ‘soulful towns’ route offers ‘white architecture and scenic beauty for travellers looking to get in touch with Spain’

The world’s largest cruise ship is headed for Spain’s Mallorca: 7,600-passenger behemoth will boast on board water park and ‘AquaDome’

British newspaper The Guardian hails this northern city as Spain’s ‘seafood capital’

Secret Spain: This hiking route takes you through a forest filled with some of the tallest trees in the world

Ryanair accused of blackmail and told to ‘calm down’ in tax row causing cuts to flights in Spain

Ryanair scraps flights to two airports in Spain and cuts services to several others over ‘excessive fees’

This is the most popular ‘staycation’ destination for the Spanish in 2024

New direct flights between Istanbul and major city in Spain’s Andalucia begin this month – this is how much they cost

New hand luggage rules are officially in effect in Spain and the EU – here’s what you should know

Spain’s Andalucia saw the number of tourists fall by more than 5% this July – the biggest drop in 20 years

Change in hand luggage rules to affect all airports in Spain within days – here’s all you need to know

Crackdown on flying with liquids in Spain: EU says new airport scanners are not good enough at detecting potentially explosive substances

Costa Blanca airport milestone: Ryanair clocks up 55 million passengers since first flight 17 years ago

Spanish tourist killed by stampeding elephant in South Africa after trying to take photos of herd

Affordable housing all but disappears in Malaga and Valencia as luxury homes increasingly dominate

The McGrail Report – Toward a modernised model of policing for Gibraltar, writes F Oliva

Sky high rents in Spain’s top cities are pushing people into popular hotspots in Alicante, Valencia and Andalucia

Costa Blanca airport claims 10 successive months of passenger records- with a third of visitors coming from the UK

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