Small businesses want Palma cruise limits lifted
Cruise ships are due to be limired from mext year.
Small businesses claim they need cruise passengers.
Small businesses claim they need cruise passengers.
A view of Palma with the Cathedral in the backround and the mountains
A view of Palma with the Cathedral in the backround and the mountains.
How would you rate Palma's Christmas lights?
A cruise ship in Venice
A cruise ship in Venice.
Conditions will improve slightly.
Conditions will improve slightly.
Food for Thought
When melon was a late night snack
A melon is like a bottle of wine in that you won’t know how it tastes until you open it.
Majorca Mallorca
Start all over again
Wandering around areas of Palma that used to be bustling with vibrant businesses it is quite apparent that some of our well known and much-loved restaurants and bars will not be opening again.
Food and wine
Simple food can be ever so trying
A good plain white rice should be cooked through and should be dry and fluffy with every grain separate. How many of us get it like that?
Crime
Man stabbed during argument
Palma Police are searching for a suspect who allegedly tried to murder another man in Palma.
Emergencies
Explosion sparks panic in Palma
At least 50 people from Spain, Romania and Morocco live in shacks made of wood, cardboard and plastic in the shanty town.
Transport
Train frequencies will be fully restored in 2020
An increase in the workforce is the only way that the service frequencies can be fully restored.
Palma needs unity
Having spent a few days visiting Seville, I’ve suddenly realised Palma’s main problem.
Arrests
Three arrests following discovery of drugs warehouse
Properties in Palma, Marratxi and Sencelles were raided in the early hours of Saturday morning.
- Greece and Portugal cash in as Spain says adios to Golden visa
- Pollensa planning for "visual harmony" but the Mercadona supermarket could still go ahead
- Tax cuts in the Balearics but the government is still rolling in tax revenue
- Surge in bookings to the Balearics
- Calvia home to the most expensive properties in Spain
Viewpoint
The minister
“No-one can accuse the minister for tourism of doing nothing...”
Jason Moore26/02/2020 09:57