Etiqueta 'Alcudia'
Alcudia, where tourist spending is said to be down.

Tourism

Calvia, Alcudia and Arenal businesses point to lower tourist spending

Tourist spending is said to be down by between 20 and 30 per cent compared with last year.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter19/08/2017 00:00

Fake goods confiscated in Inca and Alcudia.

Police

Inca market fake goods seized

More than 1,700 fake goods were seized, some of them from a shop in Alcudia as well.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter18/08/2017 00:00

Too much salt meant the abandonment of the water recycling project.

Environment

Alcudia looking to reactivate water recycling project

The town hall is seeking tourist tax revenue to revive a project that was abandoned before it had even started.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter08/08/2017 00:00

Princess Elena's son, Froilán, at the Alcudia Wake Park.

Royal Family

Queen Mother watches wakeboarding in Alcudia

King Felipe's nephews and nieces went to Alcudia's Wake Park on Monday.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter25/07/2017 00:00

The triumphal carriage of Valldemossa's La Beata.

Majorca

What's on in Majorca: 24-30 July

The climax to the Sant Jaume fiestas on Tuesday - a pyromusical spectacular in Alcudia, demons in Manacor, fireworks in Binissalem and Santanyi. Pollensa's La Patrona starts (Moors and Christians not till 2 August). The triumphal carriage of La Beata (really La Beateta) in Valldemossa on Friday. Arta Sant Salvador starts with demons on Friday night. Inca demons and fireworks on Sunday. And fireworks on Sunday in Playa de Muro as well. S'Arracó night of art on Thursday. George Benson in Port Adriano on Tuesday.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter23/07/2017 00:00

Alcudia, one of many places celebrating Sant Jaume.

Majorca

What's on in Majorca: 17-23 July

Fiestas all over the island - Alcudia, Felanitx, Inca, Manacor, Porto Cristo, Sa Coma, Valldemossa. Craig David in Magalluf on Tuesday. Tom Jones in Port Adriano on Thursday. Music festivals in Pollensa on Saturday and at Puerto Alcudia's Hidropark on Sunday.

Andrew Ede16/07/2017 00:00

The principal image of last week was that of queues at passport control.

Majorca

Passport and traffic queues: the week in Majorca

There was chaos at passport control, there were too many vehicles on the road, and the government was talking tourist limits.

Andrew Ede15/07/2017 00:00

Energy

Energy

Half of Alcudia power station will shut down by 2020

By 2020, the regional government intends to shut down half of the Es Murterar power station in Alcudia. Over subsequent years, the rest of it will be closed.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter22/06/2017 00:00

Majorca's hoteliers have met with British consulate officials to discuss the false claims.

Law

Two arrests for inciting false holiday compensation claims

Two Britons have been arrested by the Guardia Civil, charged with incitement to make false claims.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter11/06/2017 00:00

One of those arrested in blue, surrounded by Guardia Civil officers.

Crime

Eleven arrests in new Alcudia drugs operation

The raids included one on a bar in the Alcudiamar marina in Puerto Alcudia.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter06/06/2017 00:00

Claims farmers' representatives hover around chemists as well as by all-inclusive hotels.

Law

False compensation claims are now an "epidemic"

People acting on behalf of the claims farmers in resorts are on commissions of one hundred euros per claim.

Andrew Ede31/05/2017 00:00

The cycle land would extend beyond Albufera and through Can Picafort to Son Real.

Cycling

Bay of Alcudia cycle lane still to be agreed

Alcudia town hall thinks that it is ridiculous that arguments over fifty centimetres of land are holding things up.

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter15/05/2017 00:00

The old power station in Alcudia that was decommissioned after the new one became operational in the late 1970s.

Culture

Heritage experts to advise on Alcudia's old power station

The Council of Majorca's heritage department is seeking a way to preserve the old power station in Alcanada (Alcudia).

Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter09/05/2017 00:00

The fire on Sant Martí in Alcudia.

Emergencies

Alcudia mountain blaze

There was a fire on Monday evening on the Sant Martí mountain in Alcudia.

Andrew Ede01/05/2017 00:00

The fair in Sineu.

Majorca

What's on in Majorca: 1-7 May

A packed week. One of the oldest, if not the oldest of Majorca's fairs - Sineu's on Sunday. Europe Day in Palmanova, the Pollensa Wine Fair at the weekend, Beer Palma all week, the Moscow Ballet on Wednesday, and a weekend of street circus in Alcudia.

Andrew Ede30/04/2017 00:00

Puerto Alcudia's sepia fair, one of Majorca's largest and most popular fairs.

Majorca

What's on in Majorca: 3-9 April

Puerto Alcudia's sepia (cuttlefish) gastronomy fair and boat show from Friday evening. Also at the weekend - Calvia's sheep and goats fair and Santa Margalida's spring fair, which concludes with the blessing of palms for Palm Sunday.

Andrew Ede02/04/2017 00:00