Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spain is said to have no fewer than 3,000 abandoned villages, mostly in the north - but some are being brought back to life.

The small Andalusian village of Galera has launched an ambitious plan to combat rural depopulation and embrace its growing ...

Ravaged by civil war and abandoned after failed investments, many of Andalucia’s most beautiful pueblos blancos have become ghost towns. The famed white hilltop villages are one of the best reasons to ...

Galera is a small village in northern Granada province, with just over 1,130 people on the books. What sets it apart locally is that it’s growing, while nearby villages are quietly emptying out. This ...

Wealthy buyers and tourism entrepreneurs are acquiring abandoned European villages — school, church and bar included.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GUALBA, Spain (AP) — Plastic jugs in hand, ...

MADRID (Reuters) -Vacation rental firm Airbnb will invest in the promotion of inland towns across Spain over the next three years to tap into rural tourism, as major cities restrict short-term rentals ...

ALMONACID DEL MARQUESADO, Spain (AP) — Every year in early February, local residents in the Spanish village of Almonacid del Marquesado celebrate the feast day of the Virgen of Candelaria, with ...

Spain’s Iberian brown bear population, which was once almost extinct, has made such a strong recovery that a ranger patrol was set up to deter them from roaming into small villages in the country’s ...

Save money, live better, travel more. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo The Airbnb logo is seen in this illustration taken on Aug. 5. Vacation rental firm Airbnb will invest in the promotion ...