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Torrevieja rated ‘cheapest in Spain’ for holiday rentals – last year prices low as €22 per person per night

AN online holiday site has rated Torrevieja as the ‘cheapest place in Spain’ to get a one-night family vacation rental in 2019. The survey was

26 Jun, 2020 @ 12:21

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Travel News

Spain S Tourism Industry Says A Million Jobs Are At Stake As Government Rescue Plans Fall Short

One million tourism jobs ‘still at risk’ despite €4 billion emergency government plan, says leading Spanish tourism association

A LEADING tourism association has warned that ‘one million’ tourism-related jobs are still at risk in Spain, despite a €4 billion government plan to keep

26 Jun, 2020 @ 12:15

Business & Finance·Costa Blanca·Travel News

Mosquito War Stepped Up In Spain S Costa Blanca With Inflatable Boat Used To Help Kill Off Pests Pic Option 1

Orihuela council announce new ‘inflatable boat’ to tackle tiger mosquitos on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN inflatable boat is being used by a Costa Blanca council as a new weapon in the annual war against mosquitoes. Orihuela’s pest control contractor,

26 Jun, 2020 @ 11:50

Costa Blanca

Two arrested for scamming €143,000 from small-scale orange farmers in Spain’s Alicante

TWO men have been arrested for scamming small-scale Costa Blanca fruit farmers to the tune of €143,000. The con involved the duo buttering up a

26 Jun, 2020 @ 11:40

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Olive Press journalist appears on TV’s ‘Sun Sea and Selling Houses’ in Spain’s Costa Blanca

EAGLE-EYED Olive Press readers may have noticed a guest appearance by Costa Blanca South journalist, Simon Wade, on TV earlier this week. Wade appeared on

26 Jun, 2020 @ 08:12

Costa Blanca·Lead

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Beaches on Spain’s Costa Blanca to hit 30 degrees this weekend – inc. Denia and Alicante

COSTA Blanca beaches will break 30 degrees on the thermometre this weekend as Spain gets ready for its summer season. Beaches in the northern Costa

25 Jun, 2020 @ 16:47

Costa Blanca·Lead

Virgin on the ridiculous: restorer in Spain wrecks 17th century picture of Mary

A BUNGLING restorer has wrecked a 17th century painting not once but twice. The owner of the copy of The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables

23 Jun, 2020 @ 15:44

Costa Blanca·Lead

Obsessed ex tracks down former girlfriend for whole year before kidnapping her for nine days in Spain’s Murcia

A MAN who spent a year looking for his ex-partner, only to slash her face with a knife and then hold her captive for nine

22 Jun, 2020 @ 15:06

Costa Blanca

UK budget flights return to Alicante airport following official end of Spain’s state of alarm

BUDGET flights from the UK have resumed into Alicante-Elche airport as of yesterday (June 21) following the end of Spain’s coronavirus State of Alarm. Eight

22 Jun, 2020 @ 14:55

Costa Blanca·Lead

WISH YOU WERE HERE -Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca ready and waiting for Brit tourists

BENIDORM’S beaches are ready, tourism services are in place, bars and restaurants are starting to reopen and hotels are on standby – all that is

21 Jun, 2020 @ 20:06

Costa Blanca·Lead

Son arrested over dad’s murder by ‘slitting his throat’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca and is caught standing over body with knife

POLICE have detained a 30-year-old schizophrenic man for allegedly killing his father by slitting his throat. The Spanish national, undergoing medical treatment for the condition,

21 Jun, 2020 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Expat community group saves charity from bankruptcy on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A GROUP of expats in Torrevieja have prevented homeless charity Reach Out going bankrupt amid the COVID-19 lockdown. The ‘U3A’ group is a self-help organisation

21 Jun, 2020 @ 12:37

Costa Blanca·Lead

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BREAKING: Tourists required to pass three health controls on arrival in Spain

TOURISTS will be required to pass three health controls upon arrival at Spanish airports, health minister Salvador Illa has revealed today. Illa announced during a

19 Jun, 2020 @ 19:09

Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Just 7 COVID-19 patients in hospitals across Spain’s Valencian Community remain in intensive care – daily stats

JUST seven COVID-19 patients in hospitals across Spain’s Valencian Community remain in intensive care (UCI), according to statistics released today. Yesterday saw the number of

19 Jun, 2020 @ 18:40

Costa Blanca·Health

Councils across Spain’s Costa Blanca ban San Juan bonfire jumping parties and prohibit beach access on June 23

COSTA BLANCA councils have banned the annual San Juan beach bonfire fiestas from happening next week. Municipalities across the region said the popular gatherings can’t

19 Jun, 2020 @ 18:19

Costa Blanca·La Cultura

Denia Town Hall launches WhatsApp service for instant jellyfish, weather and COVID-19 alerts

DENIA Town Hall has announced a free WhatsApp service for alerts concerning the destination’s coveted beaches. From tomorrow, June 20, anyone signing up to the

19 Jun, 2020 @ 17:08

Costa Blanca·Travel News

Uk Bake Off And Mary Berry Fans Dent Flour Exports To Expat Areas Like Spain

Expat supermarket suggests UK home bakers emulating ‘Mary Berry’ during lockdown to blame for drop in UK flour exports to Spain

UK home bakers emulating their celebrity heroes during lockdown may be to blame for a ‘drop’ in British flour supplies to Spanish retailers. The huge

19 Jun, 2020 @ 16:48

Costa Blanca·Food & Drink·Lead·Other News

Regional Capital City Dominates Fresh Covid Cases In Spain S Valencian Community

The 33 municipalities that registered new COVID-19 cases this week in Spain’s Valencian Community – inc. Benidorm and El Campello

JUST 33 of 542 municipalities in the Valencian Community have registered new coronavirus cases in the last week, according to official government figures. The breakdown

19 Jun, 2020 @ 16:20

Costa Blanca·Health

WATCH: Alicante wildlife expert films himself swimming through ‘horrible’ microplastic soup beneath stunning Cala de Ali beach

A VIDEO showing plastic pollution beneath one of Alicante’s most stunning beaches has gone viral with over 140,000 views in just four days. Wildlife expert

19 Jun, 2020 @ 13:34

Costa Blanca·Environment

Locked Out Man Suffers Fatal Balcony Slip On Spain S Costa Blanca

Man leaves keys in mother’s apartment block in Denia and dies in attempt to scale third-floor balcony

A 54-year old man has died after locking himself out of a Denia area apartment block and falling to the ground in an attempt to

19 Jun, 2020 @ 13:08

Costa Blanca

Patients Visiting Health Centres Without Appointment To Be Vetted In Spain S Valencian Community

Health centres across Valencian Community to begin turning away patients without an appointment – details here

HEALTH centres across the Valencian Community are launching a triage system next Monday (June 22) meaning people who just turn up without an appointment to

19 Jun, 2020 @ 12:43

Costa Blanca·Health

Animal rescue centre ‘washed away’ risking lives of 48 animals during gota fria starts campaign to build ‘forever home’ on Costa Blanca

AFTER devastating floods, helicopter rescues and a family split asunder, Big Red’s Animal Rescue Centre has now found it’s ‘forever home’. The devastating gota fria

18 Jun, 2020 @ 18:31

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead