THE average rent for an apartment on the beach front in Torrevieja has risen by 23 per cent, compared to prices in 2014. According to the annual report of an appraisal company with nearly 50 offices spread throughout Spain, the average weekly rent of front line properties in Spain this summer was up seven per […]
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Prices leap for summer rentals in Torrevieja
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Monarch Airlines Adds More Routes to Winter Schedule
Monarch Airlines, the leading scheduled carrier to leisure destinations, has increased the number of routes for its winter for 2015/16 schedule. The new additional routes to the winter 15/16 programme include some of the airline’s most popular winter sun destinations, including Alicante, Gran Canaria, Majorca, Menorca and Gibraltar. The new additional routes to the winter […]
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Costa Blanca sees best Easter in decades
THE best Easter of the decade. That’s how Costa Blanca hoteliers and restaurateurs are describing the Easter weekend on the coast. Hotel occupancy in towns like Benidorm reached nearly 100 per cent and restaurants said they had had a “very positive” result from the first major holiday period of the year. President of the Hosbec […]
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Another record breaker! Spanish tourism levels hit new heights
Spain is celebrating a record year of tourism, having welcomed nearly 65 million foreign visitors in 2014. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has confirmed that between them visitors spent an impressive €63 billion, up 6.5% on the previous year. Tourism accounts for 10.9% of Spain’s GDP, according to the PM, generating 1 in every 9 jobs. […]
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Turn SAD to HAPPY: beat the winter blues with a beachfront second home in the Costa Blanca
Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) touches upon many people over the winter months, manifesting as moodiness, lack of energy, social withdrawal, carb cravings, weigh gain or full blown depression. Research shared by the Online Psychology Degree website has shown that some 50% of sufferers find antidepressants to be effective in combatting SAD, but that light therapy […]
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Get in party spirit for carnival time in Alicante
CARNIVAL 2015 is underway. Torrevieja leads the way in the Mardi Gras-style celebrations that sweep across Alicante Province in the coming weeks. The city has already had the declarations and coronation of the Carnival Queens at the Municipal Theatre, and the eighth annual Drag Queen Contest, now an ever-popular event in Torrevieja’s cultural calendar, was […]
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Homes sales up again in Spain in September, most recent data shows
Home sales in Spain increased again on an annual basis in September after dipping in August, according to the latest figures from the National Institute of Statistics. Sales went up 13% in September and excluding social housing, there were 24,096 sales registered, the highest level in four years and 14% up on a monthly basis. […]
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Alicante-Elche airport serves almost 9 million so far
Alicante-Elche airport has served a total of 8,954,841 passengers so far this year, 4.7% more than the same period in 2013, after October brought 966,287 travellers through the facility. According to a report issued this week, domestic traffic increased by 23.9% compared with October 2013, with an additional 99,117 passengers, with the accumulated number of […]
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Don’t put it on your Christmas list – treat yourself to a bargain Spanish apartment this Black Friday
The end of this month will see Americans hit the stores in a shopping frenzy as Black Friday – the day when the Christmas shopping season officially begins – sees stores across the country offer impressive discounts in order to kick start the traditional holiday spend-a-thon. According to Statistic Brain, a staggering 25% of all […]
