According to data from the Spanish Ministry of Public Works, foreigners bought 69,196 homes in Spain during 2015, up 13% over the previous year, and accounted for almost one in every five of the homes sold in the country last year. Non-resident foreigners purchased a total of 4,846 homes in Spain last year, up 10.1% […]
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Spanish property market is recovering in terms of sales and even prices.
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Norwegian launches new flights to Spain
From 30 April, two weekly flights will take off from Manchester to Barcelona, offering nearly 20,000 seats for the summer season. From 2 June, four weekly flights will depart from Manchester to Malaga, while two weekly flights to Alicante will commence from 3 June. Meanwhile, from 15 June, new flights from Edinburgh to Barcelona will be available, adding 15,000 seats this summer. […]
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Tourism in Spain recorded 11.2% growth in January.
Spain started the year by breaking another tourism record. In January, traditionally one of the low-season months in Spain (except for the Canary Islands), there were 3.5 million international tourist arrivals, 11.2% more than in the same month in 2015. Tourism in Spain increased mainly thanks to the British who traveled to Spain 16% more […]
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KLM expands routes to Spain, adds direct flights to Alicante
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will start direct scheduled service to Alicante this summer. Alicante is KLM’s sixth Spanish destination after Barcelona, Madrid and Bilbao, with direct flights from Amsterdam to Valencia and Ibiza already planned. KLM will offer sixteen flights to Spain each day. All KLM flights to Spain offer customers from other points of origin […]
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Spanish tourism: Holiday prices soar due to increased demand
Holiday prices to Spain are soaring as travellers switch to the “reserve currency” of tourism: the Spanish Costas, long seen as a safe bet, the Independent reports. According to the British newspaper, fares for directly comparable flights are up to 80 per cent higher to Spain than to Turkey, according to research by The Independent. […]
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Positive start to 2016 for Spanish prices with two indices showing growth all round
The residential property market in Spain has started 2016 positively with the latest figures showing that the average value of housing increased in January. The latest data from property appraisal company Tinsa, shows that the Balearic and Canary Islands have seen prices rise the most, up 5.4% month on month and 3.2% year on year. […]
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Sun, sand and school? Bilingual education on the Costa Blanca
According to government estimates, there are just over 1 million Brits currently residing in Spain. However, contrary to popular belief there are an increasing amount of Britain’s younger generation starting a new life under the Spanish sun. More than 5,000 British children are registered in schools in Alicante alone, with TES research showing they make […]
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Why would you buy a property in Spain?
THERE are many reasons why people buy property in Spain, the weather, food, prices, as an investment, or a mixture of these reasons. Many opt to buy a home which can be rented to other holidaymakers for part of the year. These tend to be situated around the most popular tourist resorts, such as Malaga […]
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Spain continues to reign as tourist favourite with Alicante-Elche Airport celebrating best November in history
A heavyweight in the arena of world tourism, Spain looks set to register 2015 as its third consecutive record year for tourism. According to the most recent statistics released by Spain’s National Statistics Office, the first 11 months of 2015 saw tourist levels reach 64.6 million, an impressive 4.8% increase in comparison to the same […]
