Ciudad Real News & Information

BEFORE committing to buying a permanent home in Spain, many movers prefer to rent for a specific length of time to get a feel for life in their new country; this is also likely to be the go-to option for anyone planning...

WE OFTEN talk about beaches on here. If much of northern Europe was asked to name a country they would head for on a short-haul flight on the very next warm day to be able to lie on a beach, Spain would probably be...

STORMS over the past few days brought hail to inland parts of the country – and in a central Spanish village, it was so dense that it formed a glacier.

ORDINARY, everyday roadworks in an ordinary, everyday town in central Spain have uncovered the largest-ever Roman settlement in the country.

THEY'VE been shooting their mouths off for a while in Ciudad Real.

RARE marine fossils dating back around 465 million years have been found in a central Spain national park.

THE WORLD'S best olive oil is produced in Spain – it's official.

A WOMAN aged 45 who was 'stolen' as a newborn has met her real mother for the first time – and discovered they were only living a province apart since her alleged 'death' at a few hours' old.

A DIVER from the central Spanish province of Ciudad Real is in Thailand helping rescue the children trapped in a cave with their football instructor.

A SPANISH doctor is among the dead in the horrific earthquake in México – the second in a fortnight – which has killed 21 school children after their classrooms collapsed.

A DERAILED train on the high-speed AVE network in Ciudad Real left around 400 passengers stranded this morning, but the transport board has confirmed that they were all able to continue on their journey by around...

SEVILLA'S Good Friday parade was not the only one that ended in disaster – a statue of the Virgin Mary caught fire in the Castilla-La Mancha village of Bolaños de Calatrava, causing widespread panic.