Travel/Tourism news & information for Spain

TELL US which on-screen characters kept you enthralled in childhood and we'll tell you how old we think you are – if you said Bill and Ben the Flowerpot men, you've just given away that you're a baby...

WHILST occasional visitors to Spain may associate the country with heat and sun, those who live here know that parts of it can get extremely cold in winter and, in others, temperatures at least drop below beach-and-pool...

COLLECTIVE lamentations resounded all the way from Andalucía's largest city the day before Christmas Eve 2020 – Sevilla's Feria de Abril, or 'April Fair', was to be called off for a second year on the...

IF YOU had ancestors in the UK, Ireland, or the far north-eastern tip of the Americas over a millennium ago, you're probably a pirate.

LIGHTS, camera, Facebook: Your travel snaps will be dazzling after a night trip to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Great Mosque in İstanbul, and Alcalá del Júcar in the province of Albacete.

NEARLY 30,000 tennis fans want Mallorca airport to be named after the greatest male player in recent history, if not in all time – a petition is gathering signatures practically by the half-hour.

CHANGES made to travel and entry requirements within the European Union have come into force from today (Tuesday, February 1) and, for the first time in nearly two years, are now streamlined across the bloc...

TRENDING holiday destinations voted 'Best of the Best' in the 2022 Travellers' Choice Awards include two in Spain – one of which comes out top of the crop.

ONE of the world's biggest tourism trade fairs, and one of the oldest – having been running every year since 1979 – is open in Madrid until Sunday evening, and almost every city, town and village in Spain,...

A SPANISH passport is now jointly in the third slot for the 'strongest' in the world, more so than many others in the European Union, allowing visa-free entry to 189 countries.

A SQUARE in a Madrid suburb has captivated writers at The Financial Times and been named one of their favourite places for enjoying the fresh air once the pandemic is under control and the public can go back to a...

A GLOBAL television channel based in the USA has recommended 21 international destinations for travel in 2022, including a Spanish city which it claims is 'better than Barcelona'.