Archive for the 'Spain News' Category
Sunday, December 16th, 2007
It is this time of the year again, and I wish Merry Christmas to everybody. If you ever wonder how we celebrate Christmas in Spain, you better read this post to get a general idea. In general, Christmas in Spain is based more on a religious theme than in many other places. Churches are packed […]
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Friday, November 23rd, 2007
Spain is the number one country in the world for nightlife according to FutureBrand, a premier global brand consultancy, which has issued its 2007 Country Brand Index. “Spain’s nightlife is a way of life, with locals and visitors flocking to explore countless after hours options”, says the report. The ranking encompasses both qualities that drive […]
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Sunday, September 2nd, 2007
The actress Gwyneth Paltrow is spending two months traveling through Spain filming a cookery programme, putting Hollywood on hold for American channel PBS. Paltrow, famed for her macrobiotic diet will visit little known areas and reveal their culinary specialities. Paltrow knows Spain very well since she lived there for a while when she was a […]
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Friday, February 9th, 2007
Just when everything was getting ready for another year of festivities, music and fun, and I just talked about it in my post Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival 2007 , a Spanish court has suspended Carnival street festivities in the Canary Islands city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife — one of the biggest in the […]
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Thursday, January 25th, 2007
Ryanair opens new routes from Dublin to Vitoria, Seville, and Almeria in Spain and Billund in Denmark and Rzeszow in Poland. The low-cost Irish airline will add two further aircraft and open nine more routes from Dublin before May.
Peter Sherrard, Ryanair’s Head of Communications said in a press relese that “Ryanair now serves 11 Spanish […]
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Thursday, January 4th, 2007
It’s time for you to rediscover Opera. Write down these dates: weekend of 16 to 18 February. Those are the European Opera Days when opera companies all around Europe will celebrate 4 centuries of Opera.
Local residents, opera lovers or critics and existing and new audiences will have the chance to experience opera and discover that […]
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Friday, December 15th, 2006
Sometimes starts with a vacation, you rent an apartment for a couple of weeks and fall in love with the mild climate and pace of life. You are about to retire and decide, why not? why not moving to Spain and enjoy my golden years in another country?
Thousands of Britons are increasingly departing the UK […]
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Friday, September 8th, 2006
The Costa del Sol tourist board has announced “The Over 50s Show” will take place on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th March 2007 at Marbella Congress Centre. The event is based on the successful show which has been taking place annually in Ireland for the past nine years and directly addresses the interests and concerns […]
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Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
There’s only one film Spain is talking about this summer - Alatriste based on the character in Arturo Pérez-Reverte’s book, which pays homage to old Spanish swashbuckling novels. To see the film in its original version, visit any Yelmo cinema complex (link below). The story takes us back to the 17th-century Spanish empire, when Diego […]
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Monday, May 29th, 2006
With competition from countries such as Turkey and Eastern Europe, many people are asking whether buying property in Spain is still a good investment. The article below from PR Web investigates is useful for anyone still thinking of investing in Spain. The conclusion is that it is still a good idea but rent returns are […]
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