11 h. ago Major bar explosion sees 12 people injured in popular Spanish destination

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61 h. ago British man in Spain issues 'serious' advice to anyone visiting Benidorm in June

A British man living in Benidorm has told holidaymakers that there's one item they must pack in their suitcases before flying out to the Spanish tourist destination

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61 h. ago British man living in Benidorm issues 'serious' advice – you must pack one item

A British man living in Benidorm has told holidaymakers that there's one item they must pack in their suitcases before flying out to the Spanish tourist destination

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7 d. ago Tiny seaside town right by Spain's biggest holiday resorts is much cheaper

A charming seaside town in Spain has been named one of the best value destinations for summer 2025 and it's right by the biggest Spanish holiday hotspots

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2 w. ago Virus which 'causes multiple organ failure' found at popular Spanish holiday destination

British tourists planning trips to Spain have been warned after deadly virus that can cause multiple organ failure has been detected in the country.

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4 w. ago Romería review – Carla Simón’s gripping pilgrimage tackles Aids, parents and the legacy of secrets

Cannes film festivalA young woman arrives in a Spanish coastal city to meet the family of her dead father, who are hiding information about his life and death, in Simón’s distinctive dramaIs biology destiny? Spanish film-maker Carla Simón brings to Cannes her very personal and in fact auto-fictional project Romería (meaning “pilgrimage”) – about an 18-year-old girl, arriving in Vigo in Galicia on Spain’s bracing Atlantic coast. She is on a mission to find out more about her biological father who died here of Aids after he split from her mum, who has since died, too, and about her dad’s extended – and very wealthy – family.Romería returns Simón (and her audiences) to the complex and painful subject of her mother and father, which she first approached in her wonderful autobiographical debut Summer 1993 although for me the more conventionally enclosed fictional transformation of the material there might have given that film a sharper arrowhead of storytelling power. Continue reading...

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