reality star, 25, was seen sipping on champagne cocktails as she enjoyed the pool party during her second day on holiday in Marbella.

Yesterday she indulged her wild side in an animal print bikini and today Maria Fowler showed her metal. The reality star, 25, was seen sipping on champagne cocktails as she enjoyed the pool party during her second day on holiday in Marbella. Maria, who is currently on a...

It's all white on the night for Katie Price and her boyfriend Leandro Penna as they indulge in Marbella's lavish nightlife

With a magazine of her own on the way, you'd think Katie Price might want to shun the world of clubs in order to check the last proofs and oversee the first issue's final stages.But the one-time glamour model turned entrepreneur is currently holidaying in Puerto Banus, Marbella with...

One in four vehicle owners fail to meet their obligation with the ITV test centre; the figure shoots up to 70 per cent for mopeds

In 2010 a total of 476,294 vehicles registered in the province of Malaga were due to take their ITV test. However only 352,223 actually made it to a test centre: 74 per cent. The remaining 26 per cent makes Malaga the Andalusian province with the most cars on the roads that haven’t passed the motor vehicle test, according to statistics from the ITV organisation that forms part of the regional_Economy, Innovation and Science Department. The ITV test...

HOTELS in coastal areas in Spain were more expensive in August than July.

HOTELS in coastal areas in Spain were more expensive in August than July. The average price of hotel rooms in coastal destinations increased by 19 per cent, according to Trivago’s Hotel Price Index.Marbella reached €200 room a night, up nine per cent, placing it as the municipality in Spain with the highest average hotel rate beating the usually expensive cities of Barcelona and Madrid whose room rates were €120 and €89 respectively. The...

Luxury yachts floating in crisis in Marbella

Spanish press attention to tourism with luxury yachts have been affected by the economic crisis to a lesser extent. Although the range of luxury yachts is greater than demand so traffic luxury yachts waters along the Costa del Sol. Prices of luxury yachts have fallen since 2009,...

NATIONAL POLICE are investigating the robbery of a 500-kilo safe from the palace of Prince Salman of Saudi Arabia in Marbella.

The safe, containing valuable jewellery and watches was apparently wrenched from the wall and taken in a van when the ‘Al Riyad’ palace, opposite the Puente Romano Hotel, was empty. The thieves left via the main gate and although the palace has CCTV cameras, they captured nothing of the robbery.Prince Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, is the governor of Riad and brother of the deceased King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, and has been spending holidays with his...

Katie Price wears tiny shorts as she ignores the local food to lunch at McDonalds in Marbella

She could have had the pick of the finest tapas as she enjoys her summer holiday in the south of Spain - but Katie Price decided that only McDonalds would hit the spot for lunch yesterday. Looking toned and tanned, the star took her children Princess and Junior  out for...

kosher vacationers to Andalusia’s sun coast were thrilled learn that Chabad opened a fully stocked kosher supermarket this summer in Marbella.

kosher vacationers to Andalusia’s sun coast were thrilled learn that Chabad opened a fully stocked kosher supermarket this summer in Marbella. Ideally located in the center of the 83 mile coastal stretch that runs from Malaga to Gibraltar, the supermarket made news in Europe’s Jewish communities. A breezy two hour flight from most points in western Europe, Spain’s southern coast is a popular vacation destination.“Every summer we get countless calls...

Spain leading the ranking of countries where this originates, British holidaymakers file up to £24 million in lost, stolen or damaged possessions, baggage and money insurance claims.

More British tourists have suffered from a lost or stolen item in the last two years, a new study shows.With Spain leading the ranking of countries where this originates, British holidaymakers file up to £24 million in lost, stolen or damaged possessions, baggage and money insurance claims.Between 2008 and 2009 British insurance companies saw an increase of 43% in lost or stolen money claims, according to analysis made by Sainsbury's Travel Insurance.Over...

Residential property prices in Spain are still falling with overall values down 5.2% over the 12 months to the end of June but the figures reveal that some locations such as Mallorca are faring better

Residential property prices in Spain are still falling with overall values down 5.2% over the 12 months to the end of June but the figures reveal that some locations such as Mallorca are faring better than others.Most notable the Balearic Islands are proving to be more resilient than the Spanish mainland. While places like Alicante have seen prices fall by 7.7% and Huelva by 8.2% in the last 12 months, according to the official House Price Index...

Three Romanians killed in fairground accident in Spain

Three Romanians were killed and another injured on Tuesday when a carriage on a fairground ride in central Spain became untethered, local authorities said."We were informed at 5:00 am that an accident at the fairground had left two people dead and two others seriously injured, one of whom died afterwards," said an official in the Toledo region, Javier Corrochano.The injured person, a Romanian girl of about 16, is "in a very serious condition, he...

British travelling public’s love for Spanish holidays sees no signs of waning as travel companies continue to see bookings increase to both mainland and island destinations.

The British travelling public’s love for Spanish holidays sees no signs of waning as travel companies continue to see bookings increase to both mainland and island destinations. Self-catering company Villarenters has seen searches for Majorca soar by 65% compared to last year and...

Spain is the country most likely for British tourists to be arrested, hospitalised or need consular assistance when on holiday

Spain is the country most likely for British tourists to be arrested, hospitalised or need consular assistance when on holiday, a report from the Foreign Office has found.Last year, 1,745 UK holidaymakers or expats were detained in Spain followed by 1,272 in the US and 159 in France.New figures have also shown that proportionate to visitor numbers, Brits abroad are also likely to be arrested in Thailand.The total number of arrests worldwide was at...

Authorities in the Dominican Republic have seized more than 400 kilograms of cocaine hidden in crates of tobacco about to be exported to Spain.

The National Drug Control agency says the cocaine was found in a truck filled with whole tobacco leaves during an inspection at the seaport in Haina, just outside the capital of Santo Domingo.Agency spokesman Roberto Lebron says the crates were intended to be loaded on a ship bound for Spain. He says a tobacco exporter and a customs agent are being questioning after being detained Thursday.Last year, authorities in Valencia, Spain, seized 1.2 tons...