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Australians are becoming Camino converts in record numbers. Why?

Australians are becoming Camino converts in record numbers. Why?

More and more Australians are walking the Camino de Santiago, often as a pivotal reset in their lives – and returning transformed.

  • by Helen Pitt

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This is one of the most beautiful regions on Earth. I’m reluctant to reveal it

This is one of the most beautiful regions on Earth. I’m reluctant to reveal it

To international visitors, Asturias remains something of a secret. And it’s one that, even now, I’m a little hesitant to let slip.

  • by Ben Groundwater
‘Tourism kills the city’: Protesters soak diners with water pistols

‘Tourism kills the city’: Protesters soak diners with water pistols

The rise of tourism rental properties in Barcelona is partly blamed for a 61 per cent rise in property prices between 2013 and 2023.

  • by James Badcock
British teenager’s disappearance spurs speculation and sleuthing

British teenager’s disappearance spurs speculation and sleuthing

Even as Spanish authorities called off their search for Jay Slater, online sleuths continued with conspiracies and other theories spreading across the internet.

  • by Isabella Kwai and Claire Moses
‘I’ve learnt a lot’: De Minaur’s game has changed, thanks to girlfriend Katie Boulter
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‘I’ve learnt a lot’: De Minaur’s game has changed, thanks to girlfriend Katie Boulter

Tennis couple Alex de Minaur, the men’s world number seven, and Katie Boulter, Britain’s top-ranked woman, on changing each other’s game (and life).

  • by Jane Wheatley
Footage captures teen stumbling in Tenerife nightclub before he vanished

Footage captures teen stumbling in Tenerife nightclub before he vanished

Jay Slater, 19, has been missing on a Spanish island for a week. He was last heard from during a phone call in which he told a friend he was injured and thirsty.

  • by Albert Tait
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Instagram account of teen missing on Spanish island mysteriously active

Instagram account of teen missing on Spanish island mysteriously active

Jay Slater, 19, was last heard from on Monday when he told a friend he was lost in the mountains and desperately thirsty before his phone ran out of battery.

  • by Albert Tait
‘Largest problem’: Barcelona plans to ban all holiday apartments by 2028

‘Largest problem’: Barcelona plans to ban all holiday apartments by 2028

The boom in short-term rentals in Barcelona, Spain’s most visited city by foreign tourists, means some residents cannot afford an apartment after rents rose 68 per cent in the past 10 years.

  • by Joan Faus
The conflict that shook Spain’s most beautiful city

The conflict that shook Spain’s most beautiful city

Though Barcelona is now renowned for its good food and impressive architecture, the city has a dark history.

  • by Tim Richards
Norway, Ireland and Spain are formally recognising Palestine as a state

Norway, Ireland and Spain are formally recognising Palestine as a state

Israel responded angrily to the news, recalling Israel’s ambassadors and summoned the three countries’ envoys in Israel.

Your life will never be the same after visiting this unfinished masterpiece

Your life will never be the same after visiting this unfinished masterpiece

Here’s how to get the best out of a visit to Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi’s unfinished masterpiece in Barcelona, La Sagrada Familia.

  • by Ben Groundwater