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Popular iconic beach restaurant is getting torn down on orders of Costas authority after 80 years of trading on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A RESTAURANT that has been a landmark on Torrevieja’s Playa del Cura for 80 years is being torn down on the orders of the provincial

24 Nov, 2023 @ 13:24

Costa Blanca·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

UK and foreign holidaymakers boost overnight hotel stays on Spain's Costa Blanca

Tourists are returning to booking hotels on Spain’s Costa Blanca, figures suggest

OVERNIGHT hotel stays in the Valencian Community in October grew by 7.89% compared to a year earlier according to figures released by the National Institute

23 Nov, 2023 @ 18:00

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

New site to be looked at for Javea's L'Arenal medical centre

Busy summer medical centre used by tourists set to move on Spain’s Costa Blanca

JAVEA council is looking for new premises for the Arenal beach medical centre that operates during the summer season following complaints about the current hut-style

23 Nov, 2023 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Health·Valencian Community

Anger after claim that speech therapy treatments are withdrawn on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A PATIENTS group has demanded a meeting with health bosses after it alleged that speech therapy services had been withdrawn in parts of Alicante province.

23 Nov, 2023 @ 15:05

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Health·Valencian Community

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Five teenage boys accused of raping girl, 15, in Spain’s Alicante

FIVE teenage boys have been interned in juvenile centres after being arrested for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl in Dolores. The Guardia Civil arrested the

23 Nov, 2023 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

This region in Spain has virtually abolished inheritance tax

THE VALENCIAN parliament passed a law on Wednesday to slash inheritance tax to just 1% for most beneficiaries. It will apply retrospectively to inheritances and

22 Nov, 2023 @ 18:30

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Benidorm prepares to test its Low Emissions Zone: These will be the affected areas

TESTS of a new phone app to manage Benidorm’s new Low Emissions Zone(ZBE) will start in the New Year. The city- in keeping with other

22 Nov, 2023 @ 18:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

Human and drug trafficking gang which brought illegal immigrants to Spain by boats is brought down in Alicante

Human and drug trafficking gang which brought illegal immigrants to Spain by boats is busted in Alicante

FIVE members of a human and drug trafficking gang that operated between Spain and Algeria have been arrested in Alicante. Several homes and a warehouse

22 Nov, 2023 @ 14:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Infamous traffic black spot on Spain’s Costa Blanca inches forward to getting a major overhaul

A LONG-STANDING pledge to turn the N-332 into a dual carriageway as it passes through Torrevieja appears to be moving one step closer to reality.

21 Nov, 2023 @ 18:45

Costa Blanca·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Outrage as 2,200 homes WILL be built on unspoilt stretch of Spain’s Costa Blanca – despite so-called ‘Coast Law’ which has already ‘reclaimed’ homes from Brits and locals elsewhere

A FINAL bid to stop 2,200 homes being built on the unspoilt Cala Mosca on the Orihuela Costa has come to nothing at the Valencian

21 Nov, 2023 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

Popular tourist beach bars closed all during 2023 to reopen at Easter on Spain's Costa Blanca

Popular tourist beach bars closed all throughout 2023 WILL reopen for Easter holidays on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ORIHUELA council has promised that Orihuela Costa beach bars will reopen at Easter after they were shut all year after an old contract held by

21 Nov, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Dozens arrested for duplicating SIM cards of unsuspecting victims and using their data to go on €110,000 shopping spree on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FOUR-STRONG Valencia gang ran a phone card fraud that syphoned off over €110,000 from 15 victims. The criminals hired 31 ‘mules’ across Alicante and

20 Nov, 2023 @ 19:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Province popular with British retirees on Spain’s Costa Blanca has the fewest nursing homes in mainland Spain

ALICANTE PROVINCE has the lowest number of nursing home places in mainland Spain according to the Network Ageing Laboratory from the Higher Centre for Scientific

20 Nov, 2023 @ 18:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Health·Lead·Valencian Community

Brits are providing a big boost to Spain’s property market: THESE are their most sought after areas

FOREIGN home property buyers accounted for 21% of Spanish sales in the first half of 2023, according to the College of Registrars. Although the foreign

20 Nov, 2023 @ 17:00

Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Lead·Murcia·National News·Property·Valencian Community

British retirees living in Spain’s Benidorm can now apply for financial help with carers

BENIDORM’S elderly residents, including British expats, can apply for financial aid to help pay for carers and assistance next year if they are classified as

18 Nov, 2023 @ 11:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

IN PICS: Benidorm awash with British expats and tourists lining the streets for annual ‘Fancy Dress Party’ in Spain

AN ESTIMATED 40,000 people took to Benidorm’s streets on Thursday to enjoy the annual ‘Fancy Dress Party’ in the Rincon de Loix area of the

17 Nov, 2023 @ 17:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

British expats among dozens to lose full ownership of their homes due to controversial ‘Coastal Law’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca

BRITISH expats are among the 100-plus homeowners in Denia who say they are being virtually stripped of their properties because of a so-called ‘Coastal Law’.

17 Nov, 2023 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Robbery gang from Moldova is arrested after ‘raiding 100-plus homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca’

A HOME robbery gang has been charged with committing 101 burglaries across the Valencian Community and Murcia. Nearly 100 items of jewellery and watches have

17 Nov, 2023 @ 11:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Valencia·Valencian Community

Drug driver travels 28km on the wrong side of the motorway with three young friends in the car on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A YOUNG motorist was pulled over in the early hours of Thursday morning after driving for 28 kilometres of the wrong carriageway of the A-7

16 Nov, 2023 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

'Historic' fine in Benidorm threatens to bankrupt the tourist mecca: City hall is ordered to pay €283million compensation to family who was blocked from building on protected land

Brits will continue flocking to Spain’s Benidorm ‘despite the negative press coverage in UK tabloids’, say tourism experts

BENIDORM is gearing up for a bumper 2024 for tourism with the UK its biggest international market, despite negative tabloid stories that city officials have

15 Nov, 2023 @ 18:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

French expat, 25, is arrested after ‘setting up a fake shopping website and defrauding British and other customers out of €200,000

A 25-YEAR-OLD Frenchman has been arrested in the Valencia area on 104 counts of fraud and money laundering after tricking online buyers to purchase goods

15 Nov, 2023 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Eastern European gang members are arrested for ‘stealing high-end cars across Spain’s Costa Blanca’ in a bid resell them abroad

POLICE have arrested two members of a criminal gang that stole medium to high range cars across the Costa Blanca and then tried to sell

15 Nov, 2023 @ 11:32

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

One of Spain's most spectacular Christmas light displays gears up for big Friday Costa Blanca switch on

One of Spain’s most spectacular Christmas light displays gears up for weekend switch on

ALICANTE is counting down to this Friday’s big switch on of its Christmas lights- one of the biggest urban festive light displays in the country.

14 Nov, 2023 @ 17:04

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Valencian Community

Cava taste buds to be tickled with some of Spain’s best sparking wines at the Valencian Cava Festival

THE Valencian Cava Fair returns to Valencia City’s Colon Market building on Carrer de Jorge Juan between this Friday and Saturday. Seven wineries will offer

14 Nov, 2023 @ 14:39

Food & Drink·Valencia·Valencian Community

Tourists conned by Benidorm street market traders selling thousands of fake-branded clothes on Spain's Costa Blanca

Tourists conned by Benidorm market traders selling thousands of fake-branded clothes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

EIGHT street market stall holders in Benidorm have been arrested for selling counterfeit clothing claiming to be well-known prestigious brands. The Policia Nacional sprung into

14 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Apartment block hit five times by robbers taking art objects in Spain’s Valencia

TWO men targeted a Gandia apartment block in Valencia province five times to steal a variety of art-related objects valued at €150,000. The thieves, 35

14 Nov, 2023 @ 11:28

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

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