Aldeas de las Ceuvas - COSTA BLANCA

The Winter issue of Living Spain is now in the shops, full of inspiring travel features, handy advice on heating your home during the Spanish winter and how to ensure you're a legal immigrant by making your presence in Spain official.

You'll find an abundance of properties for sale, financial advice, and we meet several expats who split their time between Spain and the UK. Find out how that works for them.

 

Stretching for 250km across the north-eastern coastline of Spain, the Costa Vasca's history is steeped in fishing and whaling. Its picturesque fishing villages and craggy shores co-existing with more modern marinas and cities such as Bilbao. 

It's not always red hot in España! The winters can be surprisingly chilly. Jo Chipchase offers some advice to ensure your new home is as cosy in winter as it is cool in summer.

Cycling is one of the best ways to take in the Subbética, one of 80 Vias Verdes (green ways) in Spain. This one connects Córdoba and Jaén in Andalucía, snaking through myriad olive groves, dotted with relics from the days of the oil train.