SIMPLY THE REST: Driving through Spain this summer? Here are the best boutique hotels to stop at en route
Depending on your route, you will pass some of Spain’s most emblematic cities and towns
Javea’s Cova Tallada to become first beach in Valencian Community with restricted visitor access due to tourism pressure
A CAVE in Javea will be the first beach in the Valencian Community to have its access restricted this summer. Cova Tallada, in the Montgo
Van Gogh Alive to visit Valencia from July to October
THE world’s most visited multimedia exhibition will arrive in Valencia in July. Van Gogh Alive, which has broken visitor records in over 50 cities across
Inside Spain’s new high-tech cop cars being rolled out across Malaga, Valencia and Mallorca
The new Toyota Prius + cars have been specially equipped with three state-of-the-art cameras, capable of checking 400 license plates against the stolen database per
Alicante Airport pandemonium was just about worth it for an English bowl of jellied eels, writes Loraine Gostling
Oh well, it was only 55 minutes, so we could browse the Toblerone and smell the latest designer aromas at leisure in Duty Free
Naked effigies of Trump, Hitler, Stalin and Franco torched in Valencia’s Las Fallas festival
A WEEK-long festival in Valencia celebrating Saint Joseph has seen the burning of a naked Donald Trump standing next to Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin and
HOUSE OF HORRORS: Expat squatter couple caged and interrogated after dead baby and child, 3, found buried near luxury urbanisations in Spain
The mother was found just after 11am today in an oil drum in the vicinity of the house
Woman in Spain dies and 18 others sick after eating mushrooms at Michelin-starred restaurant
Ingredients from the kitchen are now being tested by Spain’s National Institute of Toxicology and Forensic Science
WATCH: Police in Spain ‘fire rubber bullets’ at Scottish football fans after Benidorm bar ‘torched’ and man arrested for crystal meth
It also emerged on Wednesday that there would not be a fan zone for the roughly 10,000 football fans journeying from Scotland to Spain
After Lavapies was crowned Spain’s coolest neighbourhood here are the top 10 other hip hoods worth a visit
EVERY city in Spain has its colourful neighbourhoods whose rhythms move according to the culture and customs of their inhabitants. Lavapies in Madrid – recently
Spanish city to banish 5,000 pigeons for ‘driving away’ tourists
AN Andalucian city has pledged to banish 5,000 pigeons amid complaints from restaurant and hotel owners that they are driving away tourists. Cadiz is set
Surgeon in Spain performs pioneering 10-year sex change surgery in 17 HOURS
The pioneering 17-hour op involved constructing a penis (phalloplasty) and removing the patient’s internal female organs and breasts
ON FIRE: British buyers lead the way as foreign market in Spain zooms up
AN avalanche of foreign buyers is setting Spain’s property market on fire! A total of 53,359 homes were acquired by foreigners in the first half
RED RISK: Spain and Balearic Islands face extreme torrential rain just one week after 13 tragically died in Mallorca flooding
THE Eastern coast and the Balearic Islands have been battered by a bout of flooding, just a week after 13 people tragically lost their lives
WATCH: Elephants playing in the rain in Spain will be the cutest thing you see today
AS many take shelter to escape the storms and heavy rain engulfing Spain today, this herd of elephants has a different idea. Instead of ducking
Explicit Antoni Miro sculptures ‘endangering children’, say community leaders in Spain
COMMUNITY leaders in Valencia are demanding the withdrawal of Antoni Miro’s latest explicit art exhibition in a bid to ‘protect children’ in the city. The
IN PICTURES: Tomatoes flying at La Tomatina festival today
La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Bunol near to Valencia in
Woman threatened with €600,000 fine for offering tours of her village in Spain
A TOUR guide app has called in lawyers after a woman was threatened with a €600,000 fine for offering guided tours of her Spanish village.
Tourist hospitalised after being gored by bull with flaming horns at festival in Spain
He is now believed to be in intensive care suffering a blood clot in the brain
Spain agrees to take more than 600 stranded migrants after Italy and Malta refuse
Pedro Sanchez made the decision to avoid a 'humanitarian catastrophe'
Police smash fake exam racket across Spain as detainees posed as foreigners for cash
POLICIA Nacional have arrested 47 people for taking Spanish language exams using false documentation. Detainees were paid between €1-2000 to pose as foreigners and take
Spain takes top spot for boasting best beaches in the world
The country has broken global records by holding a whopping 590 blue flags for the quality of its sandy shores
Meet the family running southern Spain’s newest drug cartel as Cadiz cops fear Escobar-style takeover
Police estimate Antonio and Francisco have around €20 to €30 million in cash
EXCLUSIVE: Southern Spain hospitals in British expat hotspot issue warning for ‘lethal’ painkiller Nolotil
After the drug claimed countless lives, a health network on the Costa Blanca has issued a recommendation to its medical staff to avoid prescribing Nolotil
Pet Shop Boys announce return to Spain’s Benicàssim festival this summer
The iconic London synthpop duo last performed at the festival 14 years ago
Spanish grandfather becomes Spain’s oldest Erasmus student
Miguel Castillo, from Liria near Valencia, won the grant to pursue his history degree at a university in Verona after enrolling at Valencia University two years