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10 remote spots in Spain to avoid the crowds
Spain is set to scrap its UK travel ban on March 30 – here s how to avoid the crowds
24 March 2021 • 10:19am
Cape Vilan Lighthouse in Galicia
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Spain has made some of the most promising sounds yet in regards to opening up to British tourists this summer.
The country will end its travel ban on the UK on March 30, and Spain’s Tourism Minister Fernando Valdés confirmed that Spain was in “discussions” with the UK about rebooting holidays this summer. “For us the British market is our main market. But obviously since we are a member of the European Union, the solutions have first to be part of the discussions in the EU.
10 of Spain s most beautiful secret beaches
Add these lesser-known treasures to your holiday wish-list
Torimbia, a magnificent sweep of fine sand, is one of the best
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Away from the holiday hotspots, our experts reveal some of their favourite coastal escapes
1. Zahara de los Atunes, Andalucia
On the Costa de la Luz on the Atlantic coast of Andalucia, this is a proper little town with spectacular beaches attached. Although it is fairly popular with Spanish tourists in summer, few Britons know about it. Amuse yourself trawling around the many tapas bars (bluefin tuna is a local speciality).
With the attractive white towns of Tarifa and Vejer de la Frontera about half an hour away, and Cádiz and Jerez around an hour’s drive, Zahara suits people who aren’t keen on full-on resorts and like to sink into local life.
Tuesday 19 January 2021
Wherever I travel to write my books, preferably somewhere with the song of cicadas to keep me company, I need to swim for hours every day. The moody Mediterranean with its weeds and winds, or the serene Aegean, which hides its fierce sea urchins from the soles of my feet, are my salty, beloved inspiration. Perhaps even my muses.
The glittering Adriatic in Trieste is somehow a heavy-hearted sea, while the Atlantic is exhilarating, but too cold to have a good stretch, though I have surfed the waves with its bright-eyed penguins. I have swum with jellyfish on all the beaches of the Cabo de Gata-Níjar, a nature reserve in the province of Almería in southern Spain. In April, I have marvelled at how this lunar landscape morphs into something gentler when the spring flowers burst through the sun-parched earth.