
Mallorca's beaches win top marks.
Mallorca's beaches win top marks.

Balarics has some of the best beaches in Spain.
Balarics has some of the best beaches in Spain.

Archive photo of the Playa de Palma without any sunloungers on the beach
Archive photo of the Playa de Palma without any sunloungers on the beach.

Lifeguards in Llucmajor
The mayoress of Llucmajor, Xisca Lascolas -in the centre-, together with several councillors, the lifeguard team and municipal technicians.
The lifeguard service starts at one of the 'high-risk' beaches in Mallorca
This classification is attributed to all those beaches that, due to the crowds of bathers, orography or sea currents, deserve special vigilance.
Sunloungers now appearing on Calvia beaches, but one beach bar will remain closed
Concessions for beach services have finally been awarded.
'Invasion' of a Manacor beach by little sail jellyfish
A fairly common occurrence in spring.
Airport woes, estate agent joy - Mallorca news round-up
Some of the stories that have been in the news over recent days.
Muro doesn't know how many beach sunloungers it can have
Last year, an excessive number of sunloungers had to be removed.
Government accused of "cynicism" over plan to measure beach overcrowding
Government tourism policy is "the policy of Instagram", ensuring that the photo doesn't look ugly.

Mallorca scene
Sunny with some cloud in the morning and a high of 19C in Palma.
Government plan to measure Mallorca beach overcrowding
The pilot project will focus on one as yet unnamed beach.
Magalluf and other Calvia resorts without beach services
A reason for the delay, according to the town hall, was the cyberattack in January.
Puerto Pollensa tourist season "endangered" by lack of beach services
The town hall doesn't yet have authorisation from the coasts directorate.
NASA - Sea level rise in the Balearics of more than 70 centimetres by 2100
Maintaining current posidonia sea grass meadows would lessen the potential flooding of beaches.
Some much needed TLC for one of Mallorca’s unspoiled beaches
Seaweed is responsible for turning the water green.

One of the new towers located on the beach of Can Pere Antoni
One of the new towers located on the beach of Can Pere Antoni.
Drastic change in the lifeguard towers on Palma's beaches
Since the beginning of March, the old towers have been removed and replaced by new American-style towers.
Comment
Bring your sunloungers to Mallorca, we are not ready yet!
“It is outrageous that many island beaches do not have sun-longer and sun-shades in place at the start of May. Longer season? Don´t think so!”
Jason Moore03/05/2024 09:41