Spain sets new foreign tourist record with 97 million visitors in 2025
A RECORD 97 million foreign tourists visited Spain in 2025 according to the country’s tourism minister, Jordi Hereu. Last year’s total was 3.5% up on
Ryanair pays €5k to British tourist scalded by hot coffee put on ‘flimsy’ table during Mallorca flight
BUDGET carrier Ryanair has paid nearly €5,000 to a passenger scalded by hot coffee during a flight to Mallorca. The out-of-court settlement went to Denise
Costa Blanca airport smashes annual passenger record in 2025 with UK tourists dominating
ALICANTE-ELCHE airport set a new annual passenger record in 2025 with just under 20 million travellers- a third of which were from the UK. The
Wet October and fewer ‘home’ tourists are blamed for slight fall in 2025 Costa Blanca hotel stays
A WET October and a slight drop in domestic tourists have been blamed for a fall in Costa Blanca hotel occupancy rates in 2025. The
Spain set to break foreign tourist visitor and spending records
SPAIN will almost certainly set a new annual record for foreign tourist arrivals in 2025 following the publication of November’s figures. That month’s total reached
Big Scandinavian boost unveiled for Spain’s Valencia airport
VALENCIA airport will- for the first time in 2026- run direct flights to all four Scandinavian capitals. Services to and from Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm and
Spain’s toll roads set to see price hikes yet again: Costa del Sol motorway fare to increase above inflation in 2026
TOLL charges on privately operated motorways in Spain including the AP-7 in Malaga will rise by an average of 4% from January 1. State-run tolled
Revealed: The location of British pub giant Wetherspoon’s first-ever bar in Spain
JD WETHERSPOON has announced its first-ever pub in mainland Europe will be at Alicante-Elche airport. The outlet has been named Castell de Santa Barbera after
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
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
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
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
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-
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
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,
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
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
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
Seaside town crowned Spain’s best for its ‘beautiful beaches and vibrant culture’Â
JUST a short 15km drive from the bustling towers of Benidorm lies the serene, whitewashed jewel of Altea – a small seaside town that has
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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