https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A British tourist who fell from his hotel balcony on Saturday in the southern Spanish city of Marbella has died, landing on and killing a local businessman dining below. https://www.thelocal.es/20200713/british-tourist-dies-and-kills-another-man-in-marbella-balcony-fall Mon, 13 Jul 2020 11:43:17 +0200 british-tourist-dies-and-kills-another-man-in-marbella-balcony-fall Spanish hoteliers and frustrated residents see the Covid-19 break as the perfect chance to replace the country’s boozy all-inclusive holiday packages with a more attractive and sustainable tourism model. But is it already too late? https://www.thelocal.es/20200529/is-now-the-time-to-scrap-spains-booze-tourism-model Fri, 29 May 2020 14:57:40 +0200 is-now-the-time-to-scrap-spains-booze-tourism-model A new computer game turns the dangerous craze of balconing into a low-risk experience. https://www.thelocal.es/20191126/balconing-new-computer-game-promises-all-of-the-fun-without-any-risk Tue, 26 Nov 2019 12:03:42 +0100 balconing-new-computer-game-promises-all-of-the-fun-without-any-risk Residents of Mallorca are turning to humour rather than despair through a Facebook group that ranks the number of balcony falls on the island by nationality. https://www.thelocal.es/20190625/balconing-mallorca-boozy-balcony-falls-turned-into-international-competition Tue, 25 Jun 2019 13:54:12 +0200 balconing-mallorca-boozy-balcony-falls-turned-into-international-competition A British holidaymaker demanded his hotel in Mallorca pay his €37,000 hospital bill claiming he had slipped by the pool. But then a video emerged that slightly undermined his version of events... https://www.thelocal.es/20190617/mallorca-british-tourist-who-claimed-he-slipped-by-pool-filmed-jumping-from-into-a-tree Mon, 17 Jun 2019 12:16:39 +0200 mallorca-british-tourist-who-claimed-he-slipped-by-pool-filmed-jumping-from-into-a-tree Three tourists have fallen from their hotel balconies in Spain's Balearic Islands in recent days, one of them dying on impact, police said Monday as the summer season in the party archipelago begins. https://www.thelocal.es/20190611/new-warnings-issued-as-three-fall-of-balconies-in-balearics Tue, 11 Jun 2019 11:24:13 +0200 new-warnings-issued-as-three-fall-of-balconies-in-balearics A 28-year-old British tourist high on cocaine and meth while on holiday in Spain’s island of Gran Canaria has survived a jump from a fourth floor hotel balcony. https://www.thelocal.es/20181224/video-drugged-brit-jumps-off-4th-floor-balcony-in-gran-canaria Mon, 24 Dec 2018 09:45:32 +0100 video-drugged-brit-jumps-off-4th-floor-balcony-in-gran-canaria They're young, on holiday, drunk and sometimes high, and they decide to jump from their hotel or apartment balcony into the pool. But some miss and end up in hospital... or worse, dead. https://www.thelocal.es/20160823/true-cost-of-spains-balcony-jumping-craze-revealed Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:50:17 +0200 true-cost-of-spains-balcony-jumping-craze-revealed The Foreign Office has launched a campaign warning British holidaymakers of the dangers of jumping off balconies. https://www.thelocal.es/20160620/uk-warns-tourists-against-balconing-craze Mon, 20 Jun 2016 13:20:51 +0200 uk-warns-tourists-against-balconing-craze A couple has been filmed pulling along a suitcase on a busy Barcelona street while riding a motorcycle, daredevil drivers or risky road users? Or perhaps just the latest "annoying tourist behaviour" to hit Spain’s second city. https://www.thelocal.es/20150717/suitcasing-craze-strikes-in-barcelona Fri, 17 Jul 2015 18:31:32 +0200 suitcasing-craze-strikes-in-barcelona A young British man suffered serious injuries in the Majorcan party town of Magaluf on Wednesday morning when he fell four stories while attempting to climb from one room to another along the outside of an apartment building. https://www.thelocal.es/20140820/brit-injured-in-magaluf-balcony-fall-majorca-spain Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:22:00 +0200 brit-injured-in-magaluf-balcony-fall-majorca-spain A 19-year-old Scottish man was seriously injured after he fell from a third-storey balcony in the Majorcan town of Magaluf early on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.es/20140710/scot-seriously-injured-in-magalouf-balcony-fail Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:43:47 +0200 scot-seriously-injured-in-magalouf-balcony-fail A UK safety campaign warning Brits on the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza not to walk home alone has been slammed by local businessmen and politicians as "false" and "excessive". https://www.thelocal.es/20140627/uk-scaremongering-with-ibiza-sa Fri, 27 Jun 2014 13:30:00 +0200 uk-scaremongering-with-ibiza-sa A young British woman was rushed to hospital after falling from the fourth storey of a building in Ibiza early on Thursday morning, the second such accident in a few days. https://www.thelocal.es/20140612/young-brits-seriously-injured-in-fall Thu, 12 Jun 2014 14:22:00 +0200 young-brits-seriously-injured-in-fall A young British tourist is in a serious condition after he tried to leap from the window of his seventh floor hotel room to a neighbouring balcony in the Majorcan resort town of Magaluf. https://www.thelocal.es/20130607/uk-tourist-injured-in-majorca-balcony-jump Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:47:00 +0200 uk-tourist-injured-in-majorca-balcony-jump