Mallorca is an island blessed with stunning beaches, scenic mountains and a climate that attracts holidaymakers in their droves. It became a major tourist destination in the 1950s, since when the island has delighted millions of visitors, offering everything that a summer holiday should entail. The largest of the four main Balearic Islands, which together […]
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Germans top the table as ever more visitors head to Mallorca
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The Spanish Tourist Office Monocle Magazine launch the 2015 Spain Travel Guide
Monocle Magazine, in conjunction with the Spanish Tourist Office, has just launched the new comprehensive Monocle Spain Travel Guide, which aims to give readers an insight into Spain from innovative new vantage points. Written by Monocle’s seasoned travel experts, the guide explores how to do Spain in many different ways – on skis, by boat, […]
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Spain launches new UK marketing plan
Spain’s tourist board has a new 10-point marketing plan for the UK as it seeks to mature the market. Enrique Ruiz de Lera, north Europe area co-ordinator for the Spanish National Tourist Office (SNTO), said he will focus on the new trips as the board pushes the ideals of relaxation, discovery, enjoyment, learning and meetings. […]
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Spain Now ! Returns to London
The sixth annual season for contemporary Spanish art and culture will take over London from October to 25th November. Spain NOW! 2014 will showcase the latest creative talent through a number of exhibitions, events and performances all around London portraying Spain’s creativity and cultural diversity. The season offers a snapshot into Spain’s contemporary arts scene […]
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Record Autumn bookings for Mallorca
BOOKINGS for September and October for Mallorca have risen by 24 per cent compared to last year. That’s according to Spain’s largest accommodation booking site Hotelbeds which says nowhere else is in such demand, apart from Benidorm on the Costa Blanca on the mainland, followed by Tenerife and the Costa del Sol. Nearly eight-and-a-half million […]
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Spanish property on the up as penthouses command 30% price premiums
Spain’s property market is on the up, as a flood of foreign investors are snapping up bargain properties following years of tumbling prices. Provisional July figures from the National Statistics Institute have indicated that home sales increased by 10.7% compared with the same month in 2013, with 28,583 transactions in total. The July figures mark […]
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Marbella’s Property Heats-up
Spanish property prices have recently reported price growth after six years in the doldrums, suggesting the bottom of the market has been reached and rebound is on the way. Much of the transaction activity has taken place in the world-renowned millionaire’s playground of Marbella, with wealthy overseas buyers snapping up the majority of prestige property […]
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Sunny Spain: the Great Escape
Spain’s sun-drenched Costal del Sol remains the ultimate golfing hotspot and great golfing escape, the place and destination to go to when the weather turns particularly nasty in the UK. The Costa del Sol in Andalucia encapsulates everything that has made Spain the firm favourite for the travelling golfer for many years; welcoming hosts, a […]
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Beat the hotel price rises by buying your own pad in Spain’s sun-kissed Costa Blanca
This summer has seen Brits heading abroad in their droves to take advantage of cheap sunshine breaks in the Costas. But it seems that Spain isn’t the cheap holiday destination that once it was, with recent data from the National Statistics Institute revealing that the price of hotels in the Iberian country has risen by […]
