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Check out these five destinations in Spain still crying out for tourists to pay a visit

PROTESTS against tourism, angry locals targeting tourists with water pistols, and pictures of banners saying,’Your paradise is our nightmare’ have dominated local and international media

15 Jul, 2025 @ 12:35

Lead·Olive Press Travel

UK sunseekers boost Costa Blanca airport to all-time June record

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport set a new passenger record for June with 1.9 million travellers- up 8.4% on a year earlier. Over a third of the passengers

14 Jul, 2025 @ 14:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Stargazer’s dream: Spain’s top five locations for the clearest view of the night sky

CONNECT with Spain’s starlit skies this summer and take part in the country’s astrotourism. Spain is working to establish itself as one of Europe’s best

9 Jul, 2025 @ 16:06

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Airport charges set to rise in Spain with passengers likely to face higher fares

SPAIN’S airport operator Aena wants to raise fees charged to airlines by 6.5% next year to fund future investments. The move is sure to incur

9 Jul, 2025 @ 11:57

Lead·National News

Luxury tourists from the Middle East are flocking to Marbella and its 5-star hotels

MARBELLA’S high-end offers, like five-star hotels and international designer stores, are attracting high-net-worth visitors from the Middle East this summer. The arrival of these luxury-loving

7 Jul, 2025 @ 15:56

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Five lesser-known Spanish retreats to escape the heat waves this summer

ESCAPING to the beach may be your first thought when it comes to cooling off this summer, but Spain also has inland towns where you

7 Jul, 2025 @ 13:34

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Almost 1800 flights departing from this Costa del Sol Airport over the weekend

MALAGA-COSTA DEL SOL Airport will operate 1,798 flights starting from today over the first weekend of July. This is 29 more than the same period

4 Jul, 2025 @ 14:30

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel

Fly between Malaga and Edinburgh with new flight connections this winter

BRITISH airline easyJet has announced eight new international connections between Spain and Edinburgh this upcoming winter. The new route between Màlaga and Scotland was announced

4 Jul, 2025 @ 11:13

Lead·Malaga·Olive Press Travel

UK heatwave is causing Brits to last-minute cancel holidays to ‘too hot’ Spain

BRITS are sweating under the summer sun – not in Spain, but on the shores of their own isle, as the United Kingdom is hit

2 Jul, 2025 @ 17:25

Lead·Olive Press Travel

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

Court suspends Ryanair’s hefty €107m fine for abusive practices in Spain

MADRID’S High Court has temporarily suspended huge fines imposed in Spain on budget carriers Ryanair and Norwegian Air. Their practices had been described as ‘abusive’

27 Jun, 2025 @ 11:53

Lead·National News

The Spanish city hailed as the ‘Cuba of Europe’

CÁDIZ has been nicknamed ‘Little Havana’, for its narrow streets and architecture that reflect the Cuban capital. The Andalusian city, on Spain’s southern coast, has

22 Jun, 2025 @ 10:31

Andalucia·Cadiz·Lead·Olive Press Travel

First-ever direct flights commence this Friday between Canada and Spain’s Valencia

THE first direct flight between Canada and the Valencian Community starts on Friday with Air Transat operating the route between Montreal and Valencia City. The

19 Jun, 2025 @ 16:30

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Easyjet cabin crews to strike at start of summer season in Spain

PASSENGERS could face disruption as Easyjet cabin crew staff based in Spain are set to go on strike towards the end of June. The USO

17 Jun, 2025 @ 11:54

Lead·National News

Five alternative holiday venues for those looking to pass on Spain this summer

WHERE is the best holiday destination other than Spain? Huffpost spoke with several travel experts to find out: “The southeastern European nation has a long

17 Jun, 2025 @ 11:22

Lead·Olive Press Travel

Discover these two famous wine producing regions just a short hop from Madrid

JUST outside of Spain’s capital, you’ll find vast agricultural lands, rolling hills and history all to be enjoyed with some of the country’s best wine

14 Jun, 2025 @ 16:00

Lead·Madrid·Olive Press Travel

UK tourists help Costa Blanca airport soar to new May record

PASSENGER records were broken for a fifth successive month at Alicante-Elche airport in May with 1.85 million travellers. That record May figure is 5.8% up

12 Jun, 2025 @ 14:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

Ryanair will fine disruptive passengers €500 if they are kicked off a flight

BUDGET airline Ryanair has announced that passengers who are thrown off a flight for misbehaving will be fined €500. The Irish carrier said on Thursday

12 Jun, 2025 @ 11:13

Lead·National News

Spain opposes changes affecting air passenger rights over cabin luggage and flight delay compensation

Spain opposes changes to air passenger rights over cabin luggage and flight delay compensation

SPAIN is one of four EU countries opposing plans that it believes will reduce the rights of air passengers. The European Commission’s proposals to allow

7 Jun, 2025 @ 08:00

Lead·National News

The beautiful Spanish fortress on an island far from Spain

LOOKING across the old town of Croatia’s Hvar island and out over the crystal-clear waters of the Adriatic Sea is a medieval Spanish fortress. Built

3 Jun, 2025 @ 12:25

Lead·Olive Press Travel

British tourists stuck in ‘third world hell’ at airport in Spain – in ‘taste of things to come when EES arrives’

IN A TASTE of what might happen at Spanish airports this summer- with a record number of UK tourists expected- long passport control queues formed

29 May, 2025 @ 17:45

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife

HIDDEN CORNERS OF SPAIN: The Andalucian hotspot with ancient traditions, natural beauty, and the endangered Iberian Lynx

YOU may occasionally come across a botijo in an antiques shop. These are traditional clay water jars which ‘sweat’. For many centuries, Spanish people have

26 May, 2025 @ 14:18

Andalucia·Lead·Olive Press Travel

REVEALED: The three beaches in Spain with the best photographic ‘wow factor’

THREE Spanish beaches have been proclaimed to have the ‘wow factor’ when photographs are posted online via social media or in travel blogs. The holiday

25 May, 2025 @ 08:00

Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Galicia·Lead

Brits heading to Spain will not be able to use e-gates this summer despite UK-EU deal

BRITISH travellers heading to Spain will have to continue to put up with passport control queues this summer. That’s despite an e-gate announcement this week

21 May, 2025 @ 16:35

Brexit·Lead·National News

Mass Arrests In Spain's Malaga Over Fraudulent Residency Applications For British Citizens Including Criminals

Urgent plea for Brits in Malaga and Alicante to get residency cards NOW before digital border deadline

BRITISH residents in Malaga and Alicante provinces have been issued an urgent warning to exchange their paper Green Certificates for the biometric TIE card before

20 May, 2025 @ 14:01

Alicante·Lead·Malaga·Travel News