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Looking for a quiet life in Spain? 36 villages in inland Malaga seek inhabitants

MALAGA is home to many charming and off-the-beaten-track villages and small towns, of which multiple hope to attract those seeking small-community life. For this, the

23 Mar, 2023 @ 09:15

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IN PICS: Top 10 smallest villages in Spain’s Malaga

AROUND the province of Malaga there are villages with less residents than in a block of flats in a big city.

16 Dec, 2022 @ 17:15

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The Cat’s Whiskers: Is Sierra de Gata Spain’s most delightful region?

As the tiny village of Robledillo de Gata is singled out alongside Carmona and Vejer as Spain’s best rural retreat, Jon Clarke extols the delights

16 May, 2022 @ 10:00

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Reality show tackles Spain’s rural depopulation problem with search for entrepreneurs

A NEW reality TV show is launching this October with an aim to tackle depopulation in some of Spain’s most rural villages. The 20-episode show,

6 Aug, 2021 @ 17:15

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Spanish town with just seven residents stages 10th edition of ‘smallest film festival in the world’

THERE may only be seven registered inhabitants in the small village of Ascaso, Huesca, but that hasn’t stopped it from putting on an annual film

5 Aug, 2021 @ 15:00

Thousands march in Madrid as depopulation rocks rural Spain

MADRID has seen large protests by rural Spaniards who fear their communities are withering away. The movement, labelled the ‘revolt of an empty Spain,’ brought

1 Apr, 2019 @ 13:22

Environment·Lead·Politics

Village in Spain ‘bewildered’ as Robin Hood mystery figure slides cash envelopes of up to €100 under doors

Some of those benefiting from the surprise cash received messages as well, including one that said, to ‘the princess of the household’

13 Mar, 2019 @ 19:21

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How you can buy your own pueblo in Spain

Would you like to own your own village? Spain has a few to spare. They are the forgotten pueblos – once thriving rural communities, now

24 Feb, 2019 @ 18:02

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Two Andalucia villages make it onto list of Spain’s seven rural wonders

TWO Andalucian villages have made Homeaway’s Seven Rural Wonders of Spain list. Voted for by the travel website’s clients, in fourth place the Moorish hilltop

30 Dec, 2018 @ 16:00

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