ISSUE NO. 1557
7 - 13 May 2015
COSTA BLANCA SOUTH
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Easier to fly Spain New domestic routes launched Airlines at Alicante-Elche Airport have added options, now providing domestic links to 14 Spanish cities, bringing even more tourists to the coast and opening up new parts of the See Page 2 country to locals.
Magnificent May
Fiesta fun in the sun By Gemma Quinn TORREVIEJA’S annual May Fair celebrations are now under way. A grand fireworks display last night (Wednes-
day May 6), set proceeding off with a bang, and the Sevillanas fiesta fun continues until Sunday May 10. There are daily dance and musical performances
but the most popular events are the parades of horses with riders in full Andalucian dress, which take place on Saturday from midday and Sunday from 11am until 4pm.
MOT for buildings NEARLY 90,000 homes in Alicante Province must pass a building MOT. New government regulations require all buildings,
constructed before 1965, to pass a sort of MOT test and property inspection by architects or surveyors to guarantee their Turn to Page 6
Temperatures soar over ‘booming’ bank holiday weekend Thermometers burst huge numbers of through 30 degrees visitors heading to across Alicante and the coast by plane, Murcia as summer train and automoSee Page 4 arrived early, with bile.
Camping concerns Green groups object to new Sierra Escalona tourist site in natural area Environmentalists are protesting against plans, presented as a ‘rural tourism scheme’, which include a campsite and visitor centre in the protected area, fearing they could put See Page 10 endangered birds at risk.