Europe by train

YOUNG people in Alicante Province can now book train tickets to travel

“Don’t Bite the Hand that Feeds You”

Meaning don’t treat badly the person who is helping you or has helped you. This was originally used about 600 BC by the Greek poet Sappho, this metaphor of a dog biting its master was first recorded in English in 1711.

around Europe this summer for half the price.

Residents aged 18 to 30 years old are entitled to a new cut ­ price ticket deal by national rail company Renfe granting users access to 10 trains in different countries for one month for just €158.

The Global Flexible

Pass, which is now available for purchase on the Renfe website, allows young people who are residing legally in Spain to visit up to 33 European countries for one month, during which time they can freely use their pass for up to 10 journeys.

The pass is also valid for the boat from Italy to Greece.

In addition, Renfe has also launched a series of 50 per cent discounts for trains to different parts of Spain for the same age group.

To benefit from these measures, young people born between 1993 and 2005 must register on the form on the Mitma website at www.verano joven.mitma.gob.es

Classes for kids

BENIDORM Council has launched a summer revision programme to help schoolchildren who got bad grades in the last academic year.

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The plan to curb school failure includes two hours a day of revision, from Monday to Friday throughout July and August, at Leonor Canalejas school.

The Programa de Apoyo Educativo (Education Support Programme, or PAEV) is aimed at primary school pupils with a total of 90 places offered, 30 of which will be 100 per cent subsidised so that all families can have access to them.

The students will reinforce curricular subjects such as maths, Spanish, Valencian and English languages and will also work on different study techniques, attention games and verbal and mathematical reasoning, with the aim of helping them to acquire habits with which to improve their results for the following year.

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Classes will take place in two turns depending on the age group, from 9am to 11am and then 11.30am to 1.30am. Inscriptions are open until Friday June 30 at €72.35. Contact Benidorm Town Hall.

World top 10

THE airline, British Airways has included Alicante among the 10 best destinations in the world to travel with children.

The news comes after the airline conducted a study based on the opinions of 200,000 British parents who have travelled abroad with their young children.

The ratings have taken into account the score of the destination in terms of accommodation, restaurants, activities and local attractions.

In the case of Alicante, they also value that “it is a historic city that has been inhabited continuously for more than 7,000 years and, as such, there are numerous places of interest such as the Castle of Santa Barbara and the Old Town.”

In addition, they say Aqua Natura, in Benidorm, “offers many attractions for children.”