Albacete News & Information

A HIGH-SPEED, low-cost train line now operating in Spain has put tickets on sale for the Madrid-Valencia route for just €9 each way.

LIGHTS, camera, Facebook: Your travel snaps will be dazzling after a night trip to the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Great Mosque in İstanbul, and Alcalá del Júcar in the province of Albacete.

ALTHOUGH not widespread as yet, travellers on one inter-provincial train link may have been surprised to see the track was not the usual dark gunmetal-grey colour, but bright white.

A LORRYLOAD of elephants has overturned on the A-30 motorway in the province of Albacete (Castilla-La Mancha) and the animals are now wandering loose on the highway, traffic authorities confirmed at 16.30 this afternoon...

An earthquake registering 4 on the Richter scale was recorded in Caudete (Albacete) this morning, forcing local authorities to evacuate around 1,600 pupils from local schools. The school buildings are now being checked...

A EUROFIGHTER pilot taking part in an air show has died after his plane crashed when he returned to base.

A HUGE inferno that has forced firefighters to evacuate 17 hamlets, a holiday park and a Boy Scouts' camp when it broke out on Thursday is still raging out of control on day five.

A LOOSE bull sparked widespread panic yesterday (Saturday) afternoon when it escaped onto the streets in an Albacete-province town during the local fiestas.

AN AIR crash at a military base in the province of Albacete has been described as the worst in over 30 years after leaving 10 people dead and 21 injured.