What if the flat sharing boosted your real estate investment?

      Increasing the profitability of a property sometimes involves flat sharing, a new trend popular in Spain for both tenants and homeowners.   In some cases (especially in the center of the large cities in Spain and Europe, in general), renting a room in an apartment is a solution to the problem of excessively  high rents: this is true for a good number of young people who are just starting in the working life and for an owner, this possibility has many [...]

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Kooza … the “Cirque du Soleil” show is in Valencia

  Have you ever been to a show that leaves you breathless and staring with your mouth wide open, for nearly 2 hours? If so, it's because you have already been to see the “Cirque du Soleil's” latest show, Kooza, which unites the most outstanding acrobatic artists ... The performances are spectacular, breathtaking and leave you speechless... Dexterity, precision, balance, strength, flexibility and inventiveness seem limitless when we see these artists pushing the boundaries of the impossible, defying, among other [...]

years ago, when Valencia decided to create a beautiful garden instead of a motorway…

Once upon a time there was a horrible motorway project that could have existed in Valencia, but thanks to good fairies, the projet  was finally abandoned. Instead, was born an iconic park, the famous "Jardine del Turia", this beautiful "green flow" that has become the lungs of the third largest city in Spain and that everyone envies. The tale of the  “Jardin del Turia” is a tale that starts badly, but ends well! It began with a river that regularly overflowed [...]

The battle against vacation rentals spreads beyond Madrid

Barcelona, Valencia and Palma have also approved regulations to curb the rapid growth in the supply of unlicensed short-stay tourist accommodation.   The web of legislation surrounding short-term vacation rentals in Spain keeps growing: the city of Madrid has just approved new regulations to curb a practice that has come under the spotlight in a country with record-breaking tourist numbers. With growing numbers of apartments now being used for short-term tourist accommodation, authorities are faced with the question of how to keep [...]

Arrancapins … Do you know?

Centric, but not over crowded, fashionable, but not (yet?) "Hipsterized" ... This is  Arrancapins, the urban area of Valencia that is moving up, up, and up ... Spotlight on this "barrio" that is beginning to attract attention, because when it comes to Ruzafa, Ensanche, Cabanuyal and Carmen they are not necessarily the most  popular when you are looking for a neighborhood  that is easygoing and not to hard on the budget, and the wheel keeps  turning ... Today, this district [...]

Private insurance soars in Spain following cuts to public healthcare

Insurers have attracted over one million new clients since 2013, and experts warn this could lead to a dual-speed system based on who can pay for quick assistance Growing numbers of people are taking out private health insurance in Spain. The figure has grown by over one million since 2013, after the government made cuts to public healthcare at the height of the economic crisis. Today, one in every five households has private health insurance, at an annual average cost of [...]