Alicante takes the top flight destination spot for Brits travelling abroad in 2012 it has been revealed by price comparison website dealchechecker.co.uk. Up five places from last year, Alicante has always been a popular destination, offering great value getaways. A fall in local prices on everything from a restaurant meal to sun cream combined […]
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Alicante revealed as top destination for British travellers in 2012
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Exhibition: Esther Ferrer. In Four Movements
“Accidents are part of the performance.” “There is no freedom when everything is controlled by institutions”. “I do not do art for others, I do art for myself.” “Art is the only space for freedom”… These words of Esther Ferrer present us with a radical, independent, antiexhibition and free artist with her own ideas. For […]
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Mallorca tops Spain for nights spent in hotels
MALLORCA was the Spanish tourist resort which registered the highest number of overnight hotel stays last year, with 41.6 million, new National Statistics Institute estimates reveal. Almost six and a half million tourists visited the island during 2011, of which 5.5 million were foreign residents. Regionally the Balearics were only topped by the Canary Islands. […]
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Mallorca’s Capital Palma Launches Year-Round Tourism Campaign
Provisional data shows air traffic for Palma de Mallorca at 22,726,459 passengers for 2011, that’s a 7.6% increase on 2010 when just over 21 million passengers passed through the Airport. With the Island on a high, Palma this month launched a public-private “Palma 365” campaign to encourage year-round tourism to this exquisite Balearic capital city. […]
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New NIE procedure ‘won’t affect Spanish property market’
From 3 January 2012 the Spanish authorities have changed the rules on how foreign property buyers obtain their fiscal identification number or NIE. A power of attorney is no longer acceptable and every purchaser has to attend in person, either in Spain or at their local Embassy. An NIE, abbreviation for Número de Identificación de […]
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Happy Days
Brits who have moved to Spain are the happiest expatriates (expats), according to a new survey. The research, carried out by Lloyds TSB International and published by The Telegraph, revealed that 75.9 per cent of those questioned said they were happier living in Spain than they had been in the UK. Overall, 68% of those asked […]
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1 in 3 sun seekers will head to Spain for their 2012 holiday according to latest report
The love affair between British tourists and Spain never seems to falter with the forever popular hot spots of Alicante, Ibiza, Mallorca and Malaga set to soar in 2012 according to a recent What’s Hot in 2012 report from low cost airline Jet2.com and package holiday specialist, Jet2holidays. The report which identifies the key travel […]
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New release in Costa Blanca !
Lagunas del Sol is a residential complex, rural in nature, located in the municipality of Rojales. It consists of townhouses in a natural setting near to beautiful beaches. The properties are built on two floors with 2 or 3 bedrooms, a garden and private parking. All the properties have been built to excellent specifications and […]
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Buyers can still buy VAT free in Spain with Taylor Wimpey España
It was confirmed on the 31st of December 2011 under the Royal Decree – Law 20/2011 that the reduced VAT rate of 4% introduced in 2011 will remain applicable for all new build properties only in Spain throughout 2012. In an ongoing effort to reduce the volume of stock property in Spain and stimulate the construction […]
