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Online advertising is banned for thousands of owners of tourist apartments

Thousands of tourist apartment owners face fines and removal of advertising online

A new European regulation will come into force on Tuesday, July 1. It requires owners of short-term rentals, such as holiday or seasonal accommodation, Airbnb, and similar properties, to register at the Single Rental Registry to be able to advertise their property digitally. The National Institute for Statistics, Spain’s national statistics agency, has approved this registry in January. It assigns …

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Tolkien’s grandson tells Olive Press why he decided to set his latest novel in the Spanish Civil War

Tolkien’s grandson tells the Olive Press why he set his latest novel during the Spanish Civil War

This month, the grandson of Lord of the Rings writer JRR Tolkien released a new historical adventure set at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. ‘The Palace at the End of the Sea’ by Simon Tolkien, is a coming-of-age novel following Theo, a young man who travelled across continents from New York in the midst of the Great Depression …

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The Guardian says that you can discover a part in Spain that has been ‘forgotten’ by social media. It is wild, expansive, and virtually tourist-free.  

Discover a part of Spain that 'social media forgot - wild, expansive and almost tourist-free', according to The Guardian  

THE Guardian The report, published in the remote northern part of Spain between Madrid and Santander is announcing the allure the Sierra de la Demanda. The area encompasses the least populated areas of Spain, Burgos Soria and La Rioja.  San Lorenzo is the highest peak, at 2,271m. The landscape is harsh, rocky and covered in pines. The Lagunas de Neila …

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