An etched window in a branch of Wetherspoon

JD Wetherspoon is to open its first pub in mainland Europe with plans for a bar at Alicante airport in Spain. The pub – to be called the Castell de Santa Barbera – is set to open at the end of January and will be based in departures, allowing UK holidaymakers to have taste of Britain before they fly back home.

It will trade seven days a week from 6am to 9pm and will offer traditional pub food, including English fry ups and burgers, alongside some popular local dishes such as garlic prawns and Spanish omelette. Wetherspoon founder and chairman Sir Tim Martin said: “We are very much looking forward to opening our first overseas pub. We believe it will be popular with people travelling home from Alicante airport.”

He said this marks the start of

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