Think Spain
Fri, 07 Oct 2022 20:38:27Spain's smallest city: 'Urban' life in open countryside
CITY life: Convenient and exciting, or busy and stressful, with great shopping and entertainment on the doorstep and excellent transport links, or noisy and polluted and full of traffic jams. For some people, their worst nightmare, but others would s...
Wed, 05 Oct 2022 21:15:08Estepona's brand-new seafront to be ready for Christmas visitors
A STUNNING new seafront esplanade will be unveiled in Estepona within the next two months, thanks to intensive renovations funded entirely by the provincial government, or Diputación de Málaga.
Wed, 05 Oct 2022 12:57:01Estepona opens huge car park for €1 a day
ESTEPONA'S new '€1-a-day' car park with space for 500 users is due to open next month – and building it has offered an opportunity to landscape surrounding streets.
Sun, 02 Oct 2022 22:12:02High-speed AVE link from Valencia to Sevilla restored with connections to Alicante and Málaga
EASTERN and southern cities will soon be connected by high-speed rail now that the express AVE service is due to restart between Sevilla and Valencia, with one return journey every day.
Sat, 01 Oct 2022 21:06:33Costa del Sol woman's Kilimanjaro climb to 'wipe out meningitis'
A MÁLAGA woman has just scaled nearly 6,000 metres to the peak of Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for meningitis research – and handed over a healthy sum to help scientists in their mission to wipe out the condition by the year 2030.
Sat, 01 Oct 2022 15:50:04Ed Sheeran holidays in Ibiza with Snorlax ahead of new 'Pokémon single' release
BRITISH pop-rocker Ed Sheeran has been partying in Ibiza – with a fluffy friend – just as his latest single bursts onto the scene.
Fri, 30 Sep 2022 22:17:26Shakira breaks her silence over Piqué split: “Making music is my psychiatrist”
COLOMBIAN rock legend Shakira has been interviewed for the first time since her rumoured split from long-term partner, FC Barcelona's Gerard Piqué, giving a frank and emotionally-open account of her life since Spain's first-ever FIFA World Cup win i...
Wed, 28 Sep 2022 12:00:37Foreign home fever on the Med: Buyers from abroad outstrip 2019 numbers
NON-SPANISH buyers are snapping up 133 homes a day in the Comunidad Valenciana, and sales shot up by 50% of pre-pandemic figures this spring.
Tue, 27 Sep 2022 22:35:08World's top hospitals include 15 from Spain
A RANKING of the world's best hospitals released by Newsweek includes 15 from Spain in the top 250.
Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:01:17San Sebastián Film Festival: Shell-seekers, street gangs and blockbusters-to-be
IT'S THE Cannes of Spain, a shop window on what's to come in the world of entertainment, and its awards are named after the venue city's favourite beach – San Sebastián Film Festival has wrapped up for another year and the latest batch of Conchas,...
Fri, 23 Sep 2022 21:57:00Golden sands and silver screen: Spain's Star Wars and superheroes beach
SOMETIMES the breathtaking beauty of Spain's landscape and beaches makes you feel as though you must have stepped onto another world. And sometimes, you'd be right to think so.
Fri, 23 Sep 2022 14:52:47Mar Menor now a 'legal person': How the public saved a heavenly sea
ONE of south-eastern Spain's most unusual and popular coastal enclaves is the first to be given 'legal personality' in history – meaning it automatically has 'rights' at law.
Tue, 20 Sep 2022 23:30:51Prolific home-grown fashion house Adolfo Domínguez extends global network
TOP-END high-street fashion chain Adolfo Domínguez is expanding its empire outside of its home country after reporting a rise in sales abroad of nearly 30% in spring.
Tue, 20 Sep 2022 19:50:36Electric car charging stations multiply: Over 150,000 by 2025
ELECTRIC car charging points across Spain have increased by around two-thirds in the last year, with over 100 new ones set up somewhere in the country every month.
Tue, 20 Sep 2022 19:10:05Ouigo Valencia-Madrid express rail to open in October: Tickets start at €9 each way
HIGH-SPEED rail operator Ouigo is just weeks away from launching its Valencia-Madrid connection, with around 35,600 slots a week for passengers.