CREAM OF THE CROP

A FUENGIROLA parlour now boasts Spain’s best chocolate ice cream.

The Caramelo ice cream parlour won first prize in a contest organised by specialist magazine Helado Artesano, in which more than 150 professionals from all over Spain took part.

The product, made and sold in Fuengi- rola, by the artisan Matias Kuyumdjian was crowned the best in the country. The professional won with a recipe that he had been working on for four months and that he had only just included in his business offering.

THE UK is set to introduce a new requirement for visa-exempt visitors to Britain which will see them fill in an online form and pay a fee in order to enter the country. The move will affect all European Union citizens and seems to be a tit-for-tat response to the EU’s ETIAS tourist tax, which has been causing consternation among Spanish tourism bosses. Starting from next year, tourists from Spain and other European countries will need to complete an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) form before boarding a plane to the UK.

"It is a mixture of pure chocolates from different origins," Kuyumdjian said.