Category: Costa Azahar

The Valencia region is the third most popular for tourism in Spain , behind Andalucia and the Canary Islands.

British tourists to the Valencia region increased by almost 20% in March .The top tourist influx came from the Norwegians with a …

An association in the Valencia region , called “Prou Peatges ” ( End the tolls ) organised a campaign over the May Day weekend to cause some chaos at certain toll booths in the region.

Most of Spain does not have …

In 2011 the Valencia region saw 263 birds being killed  as a result of collisions with high voltage cables.

A spokesperson for the environmental department has stated that 80% of these birds were birds of prey.They included a Eurasian Eagle Owl …

The Valencia regional government has auctioned off 42 of its official “pool ” cars in an effort to recoup some money.The sale took place in Valencia and they only fetched 85,000 euros.

All of the vehicles were either Ford Focus´s or …

The Valencia regional government has recently announced that the biodiversity along the rocky coast of the Costas, both the Costa Blanca and the Costa Azahar , is second to none.

The rocky sea base close to the shores and the sea …

Alberto Fabra the PP  president of the Valencia region , has announced the largest clear out of dead -wood in the history of the government.He is preparing to close down 40 public / private companies and get rid of 5000 …

The “Health 2000 Award ” has been won by the Marina Baixa hospital in Villajoyosa , near Benidorm on the Spanish Costa Blanca.It has been recognised as the best public hospital in the Valencia region.There are a total of six …

The Spanish crime rate is one of the lowest in Europe and last year it fell by 0.6%.There were a total of 2,283,514 criminal offences reported in 2011 with an average of 48.4 crimes per 1000 people.This compared with 48.9 …