Mallorca losing control
"Hordes of people bracing the cold and packing out the terraces during the day for longer than usual lunches.."
“My father was advised to come to Deya for the weather and the great, cheap fresh fish”
Interview with William Graves, the Trustee of the Fundación Robert Graves, who has been awarded an MBE.
Mallorca in pole position
The local government wants to splash the cash, how about Formula One?
Majorca is looking up
The British love affair with Mallorca is just never ending, Covid or not.
Not such a sweet New Year
"Spain has approved its new budget but if you have a sweet tooth, beware.."
The Sunday Interview: Maria Frontera, Mallorca Hotel Federation President
“Maybe it is time to postpone the tourist tax. We need to make travelling as cheap, easy and stress free as possible..”
The Catalan Kings of Palma
Controversy over children's letter from the Three Kings, which is written in Catalan.
“The Swedish love Mallorca, it’s safe and offers value for money”
Mallorca is very attractive to the Swedish market for a number of reasons.
Time for reflection
It’s proving to be a tough festive season but maybe it’s time for a reset.
Britons helping to save Christmas for the needy in Pollensa
An initiative in Pollensa to help families in need by providing food and clothes.
Barricaded bars
"It was pretty eerie yesterday with the lights off in bars and restaurants.."
Mallorca braced to remain in Tier 4 lockdown until end of February - domestic travel restrictions now on the table
Further restrictions could be introduced over the next 24 hours.
Food Distributors on a war footing, mass protest being planned in Palma
Over 1,500 lorries are going to join massive demonstration through Palma against the Tier 4 restrictions on bars and restaurants.
The double whammy
"Britons at home and overseas are facing a daunting end of year with Covid and Brexit.."
“Mallorca is a paradise, it’s heaven on Earth”
Interview with Argentine journalist Fernando Castro Marcó del Pont: he has a family connection to Adan Diehl, who founded the Hotel Formentor.
- Another body found by a Mallorca beach
- The growing problem in the Balearics of the illegal marketing of second homes as tourist accommodation
- As the town hall announces 21 million euros investment, Playa de Palma residents denounce drugs and homelessness
- Sunday weather in Mallorca - Feeling some effect from Storm Jana
- Balearic government plans big increase in tax on cruise ship passengers and even a cash levy on hire cars
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Mallorca’s digital chance
"Mallorca may be cut off from much of the world, but why not look to the mainland?"
Humphrey Carter 06/01/2021 13:47