Major changes to firework rules ahead of New Year’s Eve in Spain’s Torremolinos
THE MAYOR of Torremolinos has reminded residents that the rules have changed when it comes to New Years’ Eve celebrations in the Costa del Sol
Spain shortens mandatory COVID isolation time from 10 to seven days
SPAIN’S Health Ministry has lowered the mandatory isolation time for people who test positive for COVID-19 and for unvaccinated people who have been in close
No new measures: Spain’s PM rules out tougher stance to combat omicron arguing masks and vaccines are sufficient
SPAIN’S prime minister has ruled out imposing any further national restrictions in response to the omicron variant of the coronavirus arguing that current measures are
WATCH: The flour and the glory – massive food fight on Spain’s Costa Blanca takes the COVID worries away
IT was an opportunity to let off steam after the stress and depredations of the COVID pandemic – and the townsfolk of Ibi in Alicante
BREXIT UPDATE: Driving licence validity for Brits in Spain extended until end of February
IN a last minute reprieve, Brits living in Spain have been given another two months to exchange their driving licences with a further extension until
From hero to zero: The scandalous story of Spain’s royal rogue King Juan Carlos
YOU aren’t really the king of Spain until you’ve been exiled. Alfonso XIII slunk off in the shadows in 1931 after failing to implement a
ELITE ESPAÑA: High society in Spain doesn’t always go hand in hand with high price tags
SPAIN and the UK are both guilty of serious class divides. And, as in Britain, splashing the cash in Spain isn’t always synonymous with good
Casares: The hilltop haven in southern Spain you need to visit
A SMORGASBORD of sugar cube houses perch on the rolling hills of Casares. Situated amongst woodland on a 1,427ft high cliff, the pueblo blanco is
Covid cancelled Christmas: One reader’s experience of a rather different celebration in Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands
Faced with spending Christmas alone in a cold flat in Madrid after Covid scuppered a return to see family in Scotland, Sarah Crozier made the
CHRISTMAS HANGOVER: Coronavirus cases across Spain surge to new record after festivities
THERE has been a surge in coronavirus cases in Spain to the country’s highest ever number of new infections. Updating the pandemic figures late on
All Fools’ Day: How Spain marks Dia de los Santos Inocentes
DECEMBER 28, Spain marks the Dia de los Santos Inocentes (Holy Innocents’ Day) which is somewhat similar to April Fools’ Day. It’s the day to
Spain tourism: How Marbella bounced back as holiday hotspot
THE MARBELLA hotel sector has recorded its highest occupancy rates and revenue per available room (RevPAR) since the COVID-19 pandemic decimated the tourism industry. That’s
Malaga hospital’s annual Christmas decoration competition is a jingling success
A HOSPITAL in Malaga has helped patients get into the festive spirit with the return of its annual Christmas decoration competition. Each department at the
Family of Kirsty Maxwell who mysteriously plunged from Benidorm balcony ’set place for her at the table’ over Christmas
THE family of a British woman who died after falling from a Benidorm hotel said they ‘set a place at the table’ for her as
‘Armed robber’ storms Malaga bank with fake gun and flees with €600 in terrifying raid
AN alleged armed robber made off with €600 following a raid of a cash machine inside a bank in Malaga. A 55-year-old man armed with
Family escape Boxing Day fire caused by electrical device on Spain’s Costa del Sol
A BENALMADENA family are lucky to be alive after an electrical device sparked a huge fire which burned down part of their house on Boxing Day.
IN PICS: Anti-vaxxers stage demonstration in Spain’s Barcelona against holiday season restrictions and need for vaccine passports
HUNDREDS of protestors took to the streets on Christmas Day in Barcelona in anger at new restrictions imposed by the regional government in a
Spain saves suspected long-lost Caravaggio masterpiece for the nation after it was almost sold off for €1,500 at auction
SPAIN has granted protected status to a small oil painting that was on the verge of being sold for a mere €1,500 before an expert
The best things to do in Andalucia between Christmas and New Year
DECEMBER is the time to make dreams come true. After all the frantic gift-buying, wine-quaffing, food-gobbling on Christmas Day, those days between December 25 and New
OFFICIAL: Eruption of volcano on La Palma in Spain’s Canary Islands declared over
CANARY Island authorities declared that the volcanic eruption of Cumbre Vieja that began on September 19 to be officially over on Christmas Day following 10
Despite the bright lights of Malaga, searching for that ‘Christmassy feeling’ in Spain seems harder than ever this year
IT’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. The tell tale signs are all here- cosy coats, the kitsch jumpers, lots of lights, bows, Santa
English Ski School: Meet the British couple who swapped the London rat race for high life on the slopes of Spain’s Sierra Nevada
THEY could have become a successful London power couple when they met in 2008, but both preferred to swap the rat race for the outdoor
Spain’s King Felipe uses Christmas message to reaffirm pledge to be an example of ‘public and moral integrity’
SPAIN’S King Felipe VI used his traditional Christmas Eve message to further distance himself from the reign of his father after the year ended with
NAVIDAD: Nineteen things you (probably) never knew about celebrating Christmas in Spain
Author Teresa O'Shea takes a look at some of the more surprising traditions celebrated in Spain at Christmas.
Top traditional Christmas treats you’ll find in Spain’s Andalucia
Indulge yourself this Christmas with our guide to Spain's Navidad nibbles
Winter wonderland: He came for the Costa del Sol but then discovered Spain’s Sierra Nevada ski resort
LEGEND has it that there was once a wealthy lord who lived with his beautiful daughter in a remote castle in the Alpujarras, on the