The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions. This week the issues tackled include travel restrictions to Costa Rica, coronavirus travel insurance and passport renewals. Q. In February, before travel restrictions came into play, I booked a holiday to Costa Rica for November. Now you must take a Covid PCR test within 72 … Read more
Costa says 1,650 jobs are at risk as it battles post-lockdown sales slump – just days after rival Pret slashed 2,800 staff in drive to cut costs By Katie Feehan For Mailonline Published: 12:14 BST, 3 September 2020 | Updated: 12:22 BST, 3 September 2020 Cafe chain Costa has said 1,650 staff are at risk … Read more
A small, rainbow colored meteorite discovered in Costa Rica last year may be harboring the building blocks of life. The cosmic rock was once connected to washing machine-sized asteroid that fell to the Earth on April 23, 2019, scattering across two villages – La Palmera and Aguas Zarcas. The asteroid was a remnant of the … Read more
Costa del Sol tourists who flout new smoking ban face a £2,700 fine Standard fine is £90 but most egregious acts of smoking will be fined £2,700 Spain announced nationwide ban for smoking within six feet of others last week Research shows exhalation, as well as other smoking habits, spreads infection By Natalia Penza In Spain … Read more
Shocking moment DJ SPITS Jägermeister over revellers in packed Costa del Sol nightclub despite coronavirus surge Revellers in Spain were drenched in saliva after a DJ spat Jägermeister over them The party-goers had been packed inside the Kokun Ocean Club in Torremolinos Scenes come after ministers reimpose quarantine travel restrictions on Spain By Natalia Penza … Read more
British man, 40, dies after plunging 8ft down open manhole while visiting his parents in the Costa del Sol The British man, 40, died of head wound after plunging down the open manhole He had travelled to area to visit his parents, though it’s unclear if he lived locally Investigators have concluded that the unnamed … Read more
For all the talk of a second wave of Covid-19, it was not the risk of killer germs which had infuriated the locals hereabouts yesterday. It was all the rubbish. As yesterday’s Mail revealed in graphic detail, Bournemouth beach had resembled a human ant heap this week on the hottest afternoon of the year when … Read more
More than 80 people test positive for coronavirus on the Costa Del Sol days after Spain welcomed back tourists with most cases among migrants at a rescue centre Spike in cases stemmed from a staff member in Malaga’s Red Cross centre 79 positive tests came from young migrants who the centre had rescued British tourists … Read more
Island has put buoys, lines and nets confiscated from criminal shark poachers to good use – and made a BRIDGE out of them The bridge, called the Genius River Bridge, is on Cocos Island in Costa Rica The entire island is a national park and surrounded by wildlife-rich waters Poachers involved in the gruesome practice of … Read more
British woman, 89, is killed by gas explosion at her Costa del Sol apartment, as injured husband, 88, is found sitting in a chair surrounded by debris Firefighters discovered the British pensioner’s body under a mound of rubble Her husband was also at home at the time of the blast and survived the explosion Police … Read more