The Local has rounded up ten amazing natural pools in Spain where you can take a dip without having to risk the crowds at the pool or secure a socially distanced spot on the beach.
The wild beaches of Spain's northern coast offer dramatic coves, wild rock formations, long stretches of fine white sand, and best of all, hardly any people.
A Cadiz town is mired in controversy over the fumigation of its beaches with bleach so local children can enjoy them during the deescalation of COVID-19 lockdown measures.
Spain has some 80 million foreign tourists visiting its shores every year, but where do Spanish people go on holiday? How much do they spend? And what do they like doing?
Ann Jenkins, a Canadian living in La Herradura on Andalusia's Costa Tropical, is the woman behind Playa Patrol, a beach clean-up initiative. She speaks to The Local about her mission to clean up Spain’s Costas, one beach at a time.
Spain has great beaches, in fact Spain has the most blue-flagged beaches of any country in the world, awarded to 590 bathing spots across its vast coastline for reaching high standards of cleanliness.
Authorities in Fuengirola ordered swimmers out of the water on Sunday after a blue shark measuring around 3 meters (10ft) was spotted in the shallows off Torreblanca beach.
Thousands of small jellyfish-like creatures have washed up on beaches around Barcelona leaving a blue carpet of slime at the shoreline… but they are totally harmless.
Spain officially has the best beach in Europe, according to the 2018's Traveller's Choice awards by the review website TripAdvisor and three in the top ten.
If the prospect of crowded beaches and noisy hotel pools is putting you off your summer holidays in Spain, The Local has rounded up ten amazing natural pools where you can chill out in peace.
A passenger leapt several meters from an open airport bridge and after a failed attempt to commandeer a luggage lorry runs across the tarmac in a desperate attempt to catch the flight before it took off.
