According to the Financial Reporter, a new survey questioning people aged between 45 and 64 and approaching retirement, demonstrates that the number of people who would consider buying abroad has risen from 30% in August 2006 to 38% in 2013. This equates to approximately 5.4 million UK residents. Furthermore, 1 in 10 respondents claimed they […]
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Spain continues to be the top retirement hotspot
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Alicante expands light rail network
THE light rail network in Alicante became Spain’s largest on September 4 with the official opening of the city’s fourth line, which links the city centre with the university and the nearby town of San Vicente del Raspeig. Line 2 services share tracks with the three existing lines (1, 3 and 4) on the 1.6 […]
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Foreigners save Spain’s tourism summer
Spain’s tourism sector is talking up a bumper summer helped along by the presence of foreign guests in the country but experts warn it’s not all good news for the industry. Tourism is big business in Spain: in fact it’s the biggest. The industry accounts for over 10 percent of Spain’s gross domestic product (GDP) […]
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Camp de Mar Beach – Puerto Andratx – Andratx (Mallorca)
Camp de Mar Beach is Taylor Wimpey’s exclusive new development on Mallorca located in the heart of the “Golf de Andratx” and it benefits from direct access to the beach in Camp de Mar, just 100 metres from the new residential complex. Restaurants, cafés and other amenities areas well located a short walk away. This […]
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Scandinavian property buyers choose Costa del Sol & Mallorca over Costa Blanca according to Taylor Wimpey España
Historically the Costa Blanca was the preferred place to purchase Spanish property at a bargain price but the tides have now changed and both the glamorous Costa del Sol and Mallorca are attracting not just the traditional British and German buyers but savvy Scandinavians looking for that dream home in the Spanish sun. Indeed, Spanish […]
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Big boom in flights from Southend Airport to hotspots
SUNSEEKERS heading to summer hotspots and new routes across Britain and Europe have boosted Southend Airport passenger numbers by a third. Almost 112,000 people used the airport in July – the highest figure in the airport’s history and up 32 per cent on July last year. The big three which have driven up figures are […]
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5 favourite music festivals on Mallorca
Culture may not be something you immediately associate with Mallorca, but the Spanish island has a thriving cultural scene – including art, ballet, opera, and music of every genre. There are several annual music festivals, each comprising a series of concerts over a certain period. These range from the intimate weekly open-air jazz concerts […]
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Marbella and Benidorm top Twitter trends
MARBELLA and Benidorm are two of the three most ´tweeted about´ Spanish beach destinations this summer, according to a Boom Business survey. The group searched tweets mentioning more than 50 different Spanish beach resorts, and found the two resorts were the second and third most mentioned of all destinations. They accounted for a combined 18.7% […]
