7 Apr, 2020 @ 20:50
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More than 40 families caught escaping to second homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca over Palm Sunday weekend

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MORE than 40 families have been caught escaping to their second homes the Costa Blanca over Palm Sunday weekend.

Cars were stopped and drivers fined in regions such as Javea, Denia, Gandia and Oliva.

Javea’s Local Police in particular were prolific in denouncing 30 people between Saturday-Monday who had travelled from another autonomous community.

Policia Local in Denia denounced two people for visiting their holiday homes.

In La Safor, five people were denounced for travelling to second homes during Spain’s Semana Santa.

Oliva also saw two denuncias over the weekend for families travelling to their homes from other parts of Spain.

Joshua Parfitt

Joshua James Parfitt is the Costa Blanca correspondent for the Olive Press. He holds a gold-standard NCTJ in multimedia journalism from the award-winning News Associates in Twickenham. His work has been published in the Sunday Times, Esquire, the Mail on Sunday, the Daily Mail, the Sun, the Sun on Sunday, the Mirror, among others. He has appeared on BBC Breakfast to discuss devastating flooding in Spain, as well as making appearances on BBC and LBC radio stations.

Contact me now: joshua@theolivepress.es or call +44 07960046259. Twitter: @jjparfitt

1 Comment

  1. Mentality zero. Why the heck do you want to come to your second home when you can not leave it. Only to the supermarket or chemist. Is it the view that makes them happy. The mind boggles.

    Location : Canaries.

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