Living Overseas

Can you use an EHIC card to access healthcare in Spain?

Can you still use your EHIC (or new GHIC) card to access healthcare when visiting Spain? We asked the experts from the British Embassy in Madrid...

28 July 2021

Moving to France Post-Brexit

How can you move to France after Brexit? Liz Rowlinson explains all...

25 March 2021

British expats in Spain must register for healthcare

Find out how and when you need to register for Spanish healthcare before the Brexit deadline.

26 November 2020

Spain | how to apply for the new residency card

A Place in the Sun Editor, Liz Rowlinson explores the process of applying for the new TIE residency card in Spain

28 July 2020

Why some go mad for the Mar Menor

Spanish based journalist Richard Torné looks at Murcia's 'Little Sea'

24 July 2020

Riding on a Wave - How white-sand beaches and year-round sun attract buyers to Fuerteventura

The wind has done a lot for Fuerteventura. Icy wintry gusts in Britain and its European neighbours helped last year to drive many of the 2.3 million tourists towards the second largest of the seven main Canary Islands. Temperatures breezed into the seventies in January and February, while the ever-present winds on many of its 152 beaches attract a growing crowd of surfers, windsurfers, kite-surfers and water-skiers.

22 July 2020

Malaga | A Beach City Reborn

Liz Rowlinson finds that Picasso’s birthplace and gateway to the Costa del Sol now offers many attractions of its own

25 June 2020

Discover Florida's hidden gems

Forget Disney, try these hidden gems off the beaten track in Florida...

28 November 2019

Why BBC reporter Christopher Morris chose Almería

Find out how the award-winning former BBC correspondent Christopher Morris was led to a life in Spain by a Cold War military disaster.

27 November 2019

Retiring to France before Brexit? Consider these factors

Jason Porter of Blevins Franks analyses the status of Brits moving to France, depending on when they do it.

26 July 2019

Case Study | Swapping City Life for Rural France

Mark and Gill Wakely from Cardiff met each other on a trip to France 38 years ago. Now in their fifties, they have fulfilled their dream of moving there, with a little help from A Place in the Sun.

16 April 2019

Case Study | From Durham to the Silver Coast

Glimpsed from a plane window, the beaches of the Silver Coast persuaded one couple from Durham to buy a custom-built home there.

11 April 2019