Increased flight connections from the UK are helping make Palma become more accessible as a year-round destination. Jet2 is to start its 2016 flights from Leeds Bradford, Manchester and Edinburgh from February and March. Twice-weekly flights from Manchester begin on February 11, with an increase to three times a week from March 5 before the […]
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Carriers to increase flight connections to Mallorca
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Sun, sea, sand and shops – second home owners enjoy retail therapy in Alicante
Spain has enjoyed a record-breaking summer, with some 54.4 million foreign visits in the first nine months of 2015, up 3.8% on the year before, according to the Industry, Energy and Tourism Ministry. But now that the summer season is at an end and the holidaymakers are back at work in their home countries, has […]
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Why buying a Spanish second home can pay dividends
There is an interesting paradox in levels of second home ownership across Europe. Greek citizens are six times more likely to own a second home than Germans. The Spanish, Portuguese and Italians also have far higher levels of second home ownership that Europe’s wealthier nations. According to the figures from RE/MAX Europe, just 5.4% of […]
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Alicante opens new routes for winter
Alicante-Elche Airport has opened new routes to operate over the winter season. New connections to Hamburg, Newcastle and Berlin are being operated by Ryanair, while Vueling will also open a new national route within Spain flying to Santiago de Compostela. The flights to Hamburg will run three times per week, on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, […]
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More Brits on the way to Costa del Sol
EIGHT per cent more British tourists are expected to come to the Costa del Sol over the next six months, according to forecasts announced by the Provincial Council and Costa del Sol Tourism President Elias Bendodo. The figure, together with the expected end of year surge in UK visitors to the Spanish coast, points to […]
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Winter boost for Malaga airport
So the summer has finished for another year and taken the tourist trade along with it… Or has it? According to the Airports authority AENA, airlines are expecting a bumper winter season and have already increased their schedule by 8.5 per cent from last year to accommodate for the increase in passengers. It’s not only […]
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Alicante Elche airport breaks more records
More records have been broken at El Altet airport in Alicante-Elche after passenger numbers rose by 300,000 last month. The increase has been welcomed by airport operators and airlines, with this being the highest number of passengers in September on record. Top of the passenger nationalities continued to be British, with nearly half a million […]
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Foreign tourism spending in Spain increases 6.3 pct up until Sept.
The amount of money spent by foreign tourists in Spain rose by 6.3 percent to a total of 53.793 billion euros (about 59.2 billion U.S. dollars) in the first nine months of the year when compared with the same period of a year earlier, the Spanish Ministry of Tourism reported on Tuesday. Average spending per […]
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Head to the Costa del Sol for sand, sunshine… and high adrenaline thrills
Conjure up an image of the Costa del Sol and sunshine, sand and sangria no doubt leap to mind. Yet behind the idyllic beaches, bustling towns and tantalising local cuisine lies an altogether more dangerous feature: the Caminito del Rey. The Caminito del Rey has served to highlight the year-round appeal of the region, which […]
