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Valencia gets first UNESCO biosphere reserves with Alto Turia and Valle de Cabriel

THE Valencian Community has received its first two UNESCO biosphere reserves following an announcement last Wednesday. The two new reserves are Alto Turia, near Valencia

24 Jun, 2019 @ 17:14

Costa Blanca·Environment

Malaga to push for UNESCO protection for ‘espeto’ sardines

MALAGA’S culture committee has agreed to push to have ‘espetos’ recognised as an item of Intangible Cultural Heritage by UNESCO. The popular sardine skewer is

20 Feb, 2018 @ 11:00

Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga

Culture top reason tourists visit Andalucia

Culture has now overtaken weather as the most popular reason to visit

15 Jun, 2017 @ 14:20

La Cultura·Travel News

Dia Del Flamenco to be celebrated today across Andalucia

The sixth annual celebration is taking place all over Andalucia to celebrate the passionate dance, music and singing form that has its roots in the

16 Nov, 2016 @ 11:46

Cadiz·Cordoba·Granada·Jaen·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

Doñana National Park in Sevilla on verge of ‘point of no return’, warn UNESCO

Its water supplies are in short supply

25 Sep, 2016 @ 12:18

Environment·Lead·National News·Sevilla

ISIS propaganda targets Spanish holiday hotspot for the first time

The new video features child soldiers

9 Sep, 2016 @ 10:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

A tour of Spain’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Check out the OP’s own UNmissable UNESCO collection

30 Jul, 2016 @ 14:31

Environment·La Cultura·Lead

Antequera dolmens receive UNESCO World Heritage status

They are described as outstanding examples of megalithic architecture

15 Jul, 2016 @ 15:49

Environment·La Cultura·Lead·Travel News

Drones deployed to save 200,000 protected palm trees in Spain

Scores of red palm weevil have been burrowing up the site's trees

29 Jun, 2016 @ 13:51

Environment·National News

Spain want its tapas to gain UNESCO status

UNESCO are said to be 'looking into it'

19 Apr, 2016 @ 10:25

Food & Drink·Lead

Top rainy day activities near the Costa del Sol

We've rounded up some of the best easy-reach, rainy day spots to prove there is much more to do here than just hit the beach

14 Mar, 2016 @ 10:20

La Cultura·Lead

World Heritage Wonders: The Best UNESCO Sites in Spain

With the package holiday Mecca of Benidorm vying for UNESCO World Heritage status, Tom Powell checks out membership to this exclusive culture club

27 May, 2015 @ 17:26

Environment·La Cultura·Olive Press Travel

Benidorm seeks Unesco world heritage status

The land of package holiday heaven wants to become a cultural wonder of the world

22 Apr, 2015 @ 13:36

La Cultura·Lead·National News

Press power prevails: Common sense at last over Los Merinos saga

For 20 years the Los Merinos saga has rumbled on

8 Apr, 2015 @ 16:10

Opinion

Supreme Court scraps Andalucia’s most controversial golf macroproject Los Merinos near Ronda

Ronda’s Los Merinos golf macroproject has been scrapped by the Supreme Court after almost a decade of legal warfare

19 Mar, 2015 @ 14:12

Environment·Lead·Malaga

Did gold-greedy Romans kick-off climate change in Spain?

Columinst Jack Gaioni takes a look at Las Medulas as an example of what the Romans did for us

16 Feb, 2015 @ 09:00

Columnists

Granada’s Alhambra considers visitor number cuts to protect palace

Alhambra number crunch threatens to cut visitor count

4 Feb, 2015 @ 17:45

Granada·La Cultura

Taking a twirl… flamenco in Jerez

More than an art form, flamenco is a way of life in Jerez and can be visited in two particular barrios, writes Jacqueline Fanchini...

29 Nov, 2014 @ 10:00

Cadiz·Travel News

The Olive Press celebrates 200th issue

Eight years and 200 issues ago the very first Olive Press hit the streets

12 Nov, 2014 @ 13:09

Lead

Alhambra ticket fraud defendants accused of €3.5 million scam

Following a ten year investigation prosecutors are calling for heavy fines and sentences

7 Oct, 2014 @ 13:05

Granada·Lead

Los Merinos golf course green for go on UNESCO-protected area in Ronda

Eight years of legal wrangling and the planned development might still come to pass

1 Aug, 2014 @ 18:46

Lead·Malaga

Doñana’s UNESCO status in danger

Unless Spain solves local issues by next February, Doñana could lose its UNESCO status

5 Jul, 2013 @ 13:49

Cadiz·Environment·Huelva·Sevilla

Sevilla escapes UNESCO’s World Heritage black list

The Pelli Tower does not threaten the city's World Heritage status, apparently

28 Jun, 2012 @ 14:29

Environment·Other News·Sevilla

Spanish tourist sites added to UNESCO ‘danger list’

World Heritage status of the Cathedral, Alcazar and Archivo de las Indias in Sevilla under threat from controversial Pelli Tower

9 Jun, 2012 @ 14:00

Lead·Sevilla

Protest against Tarifa beach development gathers cyber support

Mayor Juan Andres Gil swears the project is sustainable - adding that Tarifa has too many 'guiris'

7 Jun, 2012 @ 16:45

Cadiz·Lead

World Heritage site would protect Alhambra area

Sacromonte could be declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site

6 Mar, 2012 @ 12:43

Granada·National News

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