Travel

It has been decades since the Madrid Hotel is the place to stay for those who are flying into the city for business or a game at the nearby Bernabeu. Cuzco’s hotel, on the city’s main thoroughfare Paseo el Castellano in the heart of the city, has recently undergone a major refurbishment. Following a €17 million injection of capital from …

Seville’s Plaza de España, a top destination for autumn travellers in Spain. Credit: Botond HORVATH, Shutterstock Spain in October is different. The heatwave’s gone, the crowds thinned and the cities seemed to exhale. In the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona, you can hear your own footsteps. You can drink coffee in Madrid and not sweat through your shirt. And in Seville, …

Cadiar is a small town in the Alpujarra mountain range of Granada. It is a clustered of whitewashed houses where the air is crisp. In the center of its main square, a strange structure can be found. Above a stone parapet in the shape of a horseshoe, a white wall with copper taps protrudes. Ivy strands wrap around a wooden …

As of October 12, the new Entry/Exit System will be in force and British travellers will have to face fingerprinting, photo taking and binding questions when they arrive at EU border crossings. The digital scheme is applicable to all non EU citizens who enter the Schengen area, including UK passport-holders, but it will initially be implemented in stages over a …

This year, the interest in moving to Spain grew dramatically. With it came a question about identity. You may be an expat or an immigrant. The words we use can influence how we perceive ourselves and others. Community Voices – What people say Ken, who has made Spain his home, pushed back against the word ‘expat’. To him, it’s not …

WHEN leading Asia hotel chain Six Senses decided it needed an outpost in Europe, to show off its incredible eye for detail and how to look after guests in the most sustainable way, it didn’t opt for the obvious places like the south of France or the Balearics… even a key European city. The group, launched in Thailand in 2004 …

SUNSEEKERS on one of Mallorca’s most popular beaches are being rinsed for cash, with deckchair bosses demanding up to €70 a day for so-called ‘premium’ sunbeds – nearly three times the legal limit. GOB, the environmental watchdog, has filed an official complaint accusing beach operators of Cala Major for blatantly violating rules by charging tourists exorbitant prices for beach furniture …

HUNDREDS of thousands of partygoers – including tens of thousands of Brits – make the pilgrimage every summer to Barcelona to attend Primavera Sound, widely regarded as Spain’s largest and most popular music festival. Now that the organizers have revealed the lineup for the 2019 edition, regular visitors to the site at Parc del Foro can start to get excited. …

BUDGET airline Wizz Air is capitalising on Ryanair’s ongoing feud with Spanish airport operator Aena by launching 40 new routes to and from Spain. The expansion comes as Irish rival Ryanair continues its bitter dispute over airport fees, having already axed two million seats from Spain and threatening to cut another million if charges aren’t reduced. While Wizz Air hasn’t …

IT’S taken more than 140 years, countless cranes and a mountain of scaffolding – but Barcelona’s world-famous Sagrada Familia is about to hit the heights. The iconic basilica, dreamt up by visionary architect Antoni Gaudi, is finally closing in on the completion of its central tower – and when the last stone is slotted in place, it will snatch the …