Pep Guardiola is reportedly preparing to thwart Cristiano Ronaldo’s plans to lure Mateo Kovacic to Saudi Arabia. Following Ilkay Gundogan’s unexpected return to Manchester City last month, Kovacic’s position in Guardiola’s team appears under threat. The 30-year-old former Chelsea star was signed as Gundogan’s replacement last summer, but with the 33-year-old German set to return… Read More »
Despite protests in the spring and summer months, from the Canaries to the Balearics, from Barcelona to Cadiz, not all of Spain is overrun with tourists or swarming with activists occupying beaches, brandishing water guns and demanding an end to uncontrolled mass tourism. As the peak season draws to a close on the Cíes Islands… Read More »
A UK teacher has said she is “sick” about returning home to Spain after a three-year battle to get a post-Brexit residence permit, after her application for a residence permit was rejected because she missed a month of health cover in the first year after the UK left the EU. Mark Saxby, 56, says he… Read More »
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A top public health advisor has warned that the climate emergency poses a “real risk” to Spain’s traditional mass tourism model, as rising temperatures and more frequent heatwaves hit the country’s most popular coastal areas. Héctor Tejero, head of health and climate change at Spain’s Health Ministry, said the increasingly obvious physical impacts of the… Read More »
Cristiano Ronaldo had a disappointing tournament and also had to contend with some pitch intruders trying to take selfies with him – Shutterstock/Paul Currie We all know how it ends. You see the final shot of the victorious captain lifting the trophy from the now traditional dog-eye view below the podium. This means the lasting… Read More »
Drought, biblical floods, rising temperatures and angry anti-tourist protesters holding signs saying “tourists go home” – these are just some of the scenarios that Spain’s most popular tourist destinations have experienced in the past few months. So how do you prevent your relaxing summer vacation from turning into holiday hell? Spain is not against tourism.… Read More »
In Spanish cities suffering from overtourism, rules are gradually being introduced to help regulate numbers, including limits on the number of tourist rentals. Despite this, Spanish government statistics show that the number of tourist apartments increased by nine per cent last year and there are now more than 340,000 registered. This means that in some… Read More »
What, you haven’t cancelled your holiday yet? But haven’t you heard? The pools in Spain are empty, Greece is on fire and – yes, look at that right there – your passport has expired before you know it. Airport mess, air traffic control nightmares, angry anti-tourist protests. As the school holidays approach, the travel chaos-o-meter… Read More »
The image of protesters shooting water guns at tourists sitting in a cafe in Barcelona at the weekend is clearly not an instructive image, and I would not defend it, but the most surprising thing about it for me is that it has never happened so often. The water guns were part of a demonstration… Read More »