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Spain: Alicante hotels return to pre-pandemic levels
According to figures provided by Hosbec, the Valencia region’s hotel employers’ organization, occupancy levels in the three provinces, including Alicante, hit 90% between August 9 and 15, a level not seen since before the Covid epidemic in 2019. Last week, occupancy in Benidorm, the primary tourist attraction in the Marina Baixa, was projected […]
Read MoreSpain: Number of tourists drops in first half of 2021
According to the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE), just 5.4 million overseas visitors visited Spain in the first half of 2021, from January to June. According to an INE news release, the number of visitors who came this year till July is almost half of the amount that arrived during the same period in […]
Read MoreSpain: A romantic weekend in Menorca
Sunny days in Mediterranean Sea coves with turquoise seas. A vacation where no one is in a rush, nature provides breathtaking scenery, and you can rest and reconnect with yourself and your spouse. Fishing villages and charming beach towns where you may take a promenade or dine on wonderful fresh-caught and locally grown cuisine. […]
Read MoreThe cheapest nicest hotels in Spain for August 2021
Check out some of the cheap Malaga holiday deals you can book now for August including some all-inclusive options too! *Seven nights: €633 at the 2* Ibis Malaga Centro Ciudad. Book here. *Seven nights: €663 at the 3* Hotel Malaga Nostrum. Book here. *Seven nights: €660 at the 3* Hotel Zenit […]
Read MoreSpain: House sales doubled compared to 2020
Now that the effects of the pandemic limitations have worn off, more evidence is gathering suggesting activity in the Spanish property market has returned to pre-coronavirus levels, and the latest provisional sales data released by the national government on Tuesday only add to this picture. The statistics for May shows that 47,033 houses […]
Read MoreSpain: Canary Islands to reimpose curfews to curb rising cases
The Canary Islandsare demanding for the night curfew to be reinstated in order to combat a rising COVID-19 infection rate among unvaccinated children, which is jeopardizing the summer tourism season. After UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps announced that fully vaccinated visitors can escape quarantine, Brits are hoping to return to the amber-list location later […]
Read MoreMurcia is the hottest city in Spain
On July 6, Murcia baked, with all but one of the region’s municipalities among the top ten warmest regions in Spain, with temperatures above 40 degrees – the hottest day of the year in the Region of Murcia thus far. Molina de Segura, in the Vega del Segura, topped the list of warmest places […]
Read MoreSpain: Anger over alleged hate crime against LGBT people
On Monday evening, people gathered to the streets of Spain‘s major towns to voice their outrage over the murder of a man in a suspected homophobic attack over the weekend. Activists marched along a main boulevard in Barcelona, screaming slogans and carrying banners and rainbow-colored flags, while crowds crowded a prominent Madrid area. […]
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