Blogs
As Spain reaches its 30 years in the EU; it seems a time for reflection.
A sombre note hangs over the celebrations of Spain’s 30 Year membership of the European Union; with the recent Brexit vote and the increasing anti-EU sentiment in France and the Netherlands, membership of the ‘club’ seems to take on a less important...
BLUE FLAG BEACHES – 586 HIGHEST EVER AWARDED IN SPAIN!
This year, nine extra beaches were awarded the kite-mark blue flag, which means, that once again, Spain has become the world leader in the number of blue-flag beaches around its coastline. The prestigious emblem will fly from 586 beaches and 100 yacht...
A global study by THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM (WEF) has found that Spain has the most competitive tourism industry in the world.
After Spain, the best performing nations are France, Germany, United States, Great Britain, Switzerland , Australia, Italy, Japan and Canada. The report takes into account 90 individual indicators such as a destinations natural and cultural resources, its...
SPAIN POPULATIONS THE HEALTHIEST IN EUROPE – NEW STATISTICS SHOW.
Spain’s inhabitants stay healthier longer and Spain is Europe’s healthiest country to live in, states a medical report issued recently. Research published in The Lancet in 2013 has recently been up-dated and with very similar results to those originally...
BREXIT – What it means now!
The UK’s decision to leave the European Union raises some important questions. Here’s how it will affect British buyers in Spain. Can I still buy a property in Spain? Yes. Britain is still a member of the EU and British citizens enjoy the same rights...
ALTHOUGH SPAIN IS THE BIGGEST EXPORTER OF WINE – IT IS LET DOWN BADLY BY POOR MARKETING
Spain is the world’s largest exporter of wine, beating Italy and France easily year on year, but it suffers from poor marketing, resulting in lower takings than Europe’s other top two, figures reveal. Just last year alone, Spain sold almost 2.4 billion...
THE ‘TIME’ COULD BE CHANGED IN SPAIN!
THE ‘TIME’ COULD BE CHANGED IN SPAIN as the new political parties include the time zone in a new government deal. For over 76 years Spain’s population has been suffering eternal ‘jetlag’ due to the fact that its clocks have been out of sinc with Europe, a...
PROBLEMS ARE UNIVERSAL – EXCEPT IN SPAIN WHEN YOU’RE AN EXPAT
From the moment your plane touches down, the thrill of living life to the full in a fresh and exciting new country is real. Life becomes a near-ending assault of new experiences, new sounds, new smells, new people and new sights…… For some people, that...
ONE – IN – FIVE PROPERTY BUYERS IN SPAIN ARE BRITISH
Many leading estate agents already knew the statistics from the Colegio de Registradores – Spain’s land registry, that British buyers are way above the largest single group of foreign buyers when it comes to buying property in Spain. In the second half of...
