Thousands protest against over-tourism in Barcelona & Mallorca, many with water pistols
Thousands took to the streets in Barcelona and on the island of Mallorca on Sunday to protest against over-tourism, with many squirting water pistols at...
Balearic Islands
Ibiza starts to limit caravans, tourist and rental cars on the island until end of September
Ibiza in the Balearic Islands, one of Spain’s most popular Mediterranean destinations, began restricting the number of tourist vehicles arriving on the island as of Sunday,...
Guardia Civil arrest two people in Mallorca for alleged smuggling of exotic felines
Spain’s Guardia Civil police have arrested two people in connection with the sale of exotic felines on the internet. The authorities seized 19 animals, including a...
Local residents in Ibiza block tourist access to idyllic viewpoints
The iconic Mirador des Vedrà viewpoints on the island of Ibiza have recently been blocked by local residents in an effort to reduce the heavy...
Spain registers record number of foreign visitors despite anti-tourism protests
Spain has once again shattered tourism records, despite the emergence of a growing anti-tourism movement within the country. According to data from Spain’s National Statistics...
Death toll over 200 as residents appeal for help: ‘There are people living with corpses at home’
Rescuers on Friday raised the death toll in Spain’s deadliest natural disaster in living memory to 205 as the government deployed more troops in an...
Record number of summer visitors to Spain underlines over-tourism fears
Spain welcomed a record 21.8 million international visitors to its shores this summer, official data showed on Wednesday, an influx of tourism that has triggered...
Guardia Civil seize over a million ecstasy pills, with nine arrests in Ibiza & Malaga
Spain’s Guardia Civil police said on Tuesday that they had seized more than one million ecstasy pills and other narcotics worth more than €25 million....
British hiker dead after storms in Mallorca, and lightning postpones America’s Cup in Barcelona
A British hiker has been found dead and another is missing on the island of Mallorca in the Baleares, after heavy rains swept over the...
Messi’s mansion in Ibiza targeted by climate activists
Climate activists on Tuesday spray-painted a mansion on the island of Ibiza belonging to Argentina football star Lionel Messi to highlight what they called the...
