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 Madrid has its fair share of swanky rooftop terraces offering views across the skyline of the capital. https://www.thelocal.es/20200128/in-pics-madrids-newest-rooftop-terrace-bar-has-the-best-views-of-the-capital Tue, 28 Jan 2020 15:52:28 +0100 in-pics-madrids-newest-rooftop-terrace-bar-has-the-best-views-of-the-capital Spain’s very first hotel designed exclusively for women has opened on the island of Mallorca. https://www.thelocal.es/20191003/spain-just-opened-its-first-women-only-hotel Thu, 03 Oct 2019 12:17:48 +0200 spain-just-opened-its-first-women-only-hotel Spain is enjoying a surge in visitors, but hotel maids are not reaping the rewards and are rebelling against their low salaries, which can be as little as two euros to clean a room. https://www.thelocal.es/20161218/hotel-maids-in-spain-rebel-against-low-salaries Sun, 18 Dec 2016 13:31:49 +0100 hotel-maids-in-spain-rebel-against-low-salaries From a cocktail inspired by Salvador Dali to a piano Frank Sinatra once played for Ava Gardner, Madrid's Ritz hotel has a century's worth of classy artefacts and anecdotes. But its gilded taps and Baroque facade are showing their age. Could new investment from Saudi Arabia return the hotel to its former glory? https://www.thelocal.es/20150722/madrids-ritz-gets-the-glitz-in-new-makeover Wed, 22 Jul 2015 11:03:47 +0200 madrids-ritz-gets-the-glitz-in-new-makeover Police on the Costa Brava were forced to close four beaches on Thursday after sharks were spotted in shallow waters. https://www.thelocal.es/20150703/beach-closed-after-sharks-spotted Fri, 03 Jul 2015 15:00:15 +0200 beach-closed-after-sharks-spotted The Spanish hotel chain that was the site of the attack in which 38 tourists were gunned down last Friday has claimed that authorities were too slow responding. https://www.thelocal.es/20150629/spanish-hotel-claims-tunisian-police-too-slow-to-arrive Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:34:00 +0200 spanish-hotel-claims-tunisian-police-too-slow-to-arrive A €500 ($675) a night luxury ski lodge in Spain's southern Sierra Nevada mountain range was left entirely gutted by a wild fire on Wednesday morning. https://www.thelocal.es/20140123/video-luxury-ski-resort-burns-to-the-ground Thu, 23 Jan 2014 13:39:00 +0100 video-luxury-ski-resort-burns-to-the-ground Spain's head of tourism has come under fire for staying at an illegal hotel during his summer holidays on the Canary island of Lanzarote. https://www.thelocal.es/20130809/spanish-tourism-minister-holidays-at-illegal-hotel Fri, 09 Aug 2013 15:11:00 +0200 spanish-tourism-minister-holidays-at-illegal-hotel A Benidorm hotel chain will pay for the holiday accommodation of fifty Spanish families who have been badly affected by the crisis as a gesture of 'social responsibility'. https://www.thelocal.es/20130521/fifty-crisis-hit-families-to-get-free-holidays Tue, 21 May 2013 19:57:10 +0200 fifty-crisis-hit-families-to-get-free-holidays Spain's leading Down syndrome association has slammed a hotel for turning away a group of children with the condition 'in case they annoyed' other guests. https://www.thelocal.es/20130517/hotel-bans-annoying-down-syndrome-kids Fri, 17 May 2013 12:29:00 +0200 hotel-bans-annoying-down-syndrome-kids