Cirque du Soleil back on the road with new dates announced for Spain tour in 2022
THE spectacular Cirque du Soleil is returning to Spain in 2022 after a COVID-enforced break of a year-and-a-half. It’s new show called Luzia can be
The famous Valencian paella gets ‘Cultural Interest’ seal of approval in Spain
THE traditional Valencian paella has been classified as an ‘Asset of Intangible Cultural Interest’ by the Valencian government. A decree published this Friday(October 29) establishes
Prepare for “Passage of Terror” this Halloween at seaside city on Spain’s Costa Blanca
GUARDAMAR will see the return of Hallowe’en activities this year, after missing out in 2020 due to Covid restrictions. María Venerdi and Mª Carmen Durán,
Is Cordoba home to the oldest Arab baths in Spain?
THE Junta has launched an investigation to determine whether or not the Arab Baths of the Pescaderia de Cordoba are the oldest in Spain. The
€3.2 million windfall for Madrid’s Prado Museum
MADRID’S world-famous Prado museum has just cashed in to the tune of €3.2 million after selling a home bequeathed to it by a long term
Andalucia’s creepiest places to give yourself a fright this Halloween
Many of the hairiest horror stories originate right here in Andalucia, such as the haunted house of Cortijo Jurado, also known as La Casa Encantada,
Art forgers in Spain’s Valencia tried online sale of a fake Goya painting for €900,000
POLICE have broken up a gang trying to sell forgeries of paintings by Spanish masters like Goya via the internet. The Valencian Historical Heritage police
Tapas Trails continue with four-day festival at popular expat urb’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca
SAN FULGENCIO, which includes the popular expat La Marina Urbanisation, is continuing Costa Blanca’s bounce back to a ‘new normal’ with a three-day Tapas festival.
Blooming brilliant: More than 49,000 people visit the autumn patios in Spain’s Cordoba
SOME 50,000 people have visited the Autumn Patios of Cordoba over the two weekend special autumn festival to mark 100 years since the patio contest
Back in bloom: Cordoba patios reopen for special autumn festival
LOS Patios de Cordoba will reopen this October and will feature 16 venues over two weekends in a special autumn treat to mark 100 years
Paleontologists extract a nest with at least 12 dinosaur eggs in Spain
PALAEONTOLOGISTS in Spain have extracted large nests of dinosaur eggs, belonging to a species that is believed to have lived some 68 million years ago.
IN PICS: Take a sneak peek at Moco, the new modern art museum just opened in Barcelona
A BRAND new contemporary art museum has opened in the Born district of Barcelona adding yet another reason for art lovers to visit the Catalan
Meet the mysterious three men who penned the prize winning Carmen Mola novel
THREE male TV scriptwriters were awarded Spain’s Planeta prize for their work under the pseudonym Carmen Mola. The world’s highest paying literary trophy was awarded
‘Female’ winner of Spain’s €1m Planeta literary prize turns out to be three middle-aged men
A POPULAR novel with a mysterious author has won the 70th Planeta Prize. The €1m Planeta award — the world’s highest paying literary trophy —
WATCH: These are the ten best Spanish films of all time
Spain celebrated its first ever Spanish Cinema Day on October 6 to recognize the important role of filmmakers in the country’s cultural and social life.
Christopher Columbus statue splattered in red paint in Spain’s Granada in ‘colonization’ protest
TWO women have been arrested in Granada accused of vandalising a statue of Christopher Columbus. The suspects, aged 29 and 24, were cuffed for allegedly
BULLS OFF THE MENU: Spain’s €400 ‘culture vulture’ voucher for 18-year-olds will exclude bullfights
A ROW has broken out after it was revealed a €400 ‘gift voucher’ birthday present to 18-year-olds to spend on ‘cultural’ activities will not have
Spain tries to find relatives of over 5,000 Hungarian Jews saved from Nazi persecution by the ‘Spanish’ Oskar Schindler
SPAIN is trying to find the relatives of thousands of Hungarian Jews that were saved from the Nazis by a diplomat branded as the ‘Spanish
The biggest myths about Christopher Columbus as Spain celebrates ‘Hispanic Day’
CHRISTOPHER Columbus stares out at the Atlantic Ocean and tells his son the world is like the orange he is peeling: round, not flat. The
Legal row brews over Franco’s flowery bathroom sink at dictator’s summer palace
A FLOWERY basin where General Francisco Franco carried out his daily ablutions when at his summer palace in Galicia is at the centre of a
Where does Spain feature in the Top Ten rankings of World’s Most Beautiful People?
SOME MIGHT SAY that ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’, but it is very difficult to determine what makes someone beautiful. Is it
Spain to give €400 ‘culture vulture pass’ as birthday gift when Spaniard turn 18
SPAIN’S government has announced a birthday gift to all 18-year-olds in the form of a culture voucher worth €400. The culture pass, which can be
Under the sea: Five wineries in Spain with underwater cellars that you can visit
Spanish winery submerges bottles underwater in a twist to the aging process
Hollywood comes to Malaga: Antonio Banderas to direct and star in Spanish version of musical Company
ANTONIO Banderas is back in his hometown of Malaga to sing of lost friends and lovers. The acting legend wasn’t being deliberately melancholy; his performance
