Local residents and beachgoers in Cala Major, near Palma, have complained about the prices of a new premium sun lounger service which cost 70 euros per person per day and apart from a sunshade or parasol , nothing else is included, not even a free drink.
70 euros for a sunbed on the beach in Mallorca
Local fury over excessive prices
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It's crazy isn't it? I remember 100 years ago my and my family would walk 30 kilometers to OUR beach, spread OUR tea towels down, and enjoy some stale bread. We truly need to go back in time and uninvent the airplane, then WE can enjoy ourselves once more.
I wouldn't mind if the stupid tourists willing to pay this ridiculous amount meant that the money benefitted the locals, but its just more dinero in the back pockets of the town officials! I remember 40 years ago when my Mallorquin family took picnics and towels to the beach and enjoyed family time on THEIR beaches. Time for the true Islanders to reclaim what is theirs!!!
The real worry on this story is not the ridiculous price of a sun bed on the beach, or the idiots who pay for them. It’s the fact - like in Alcúdia - that more and more of the beach is being taken over by sun beds. It’s not like Alcúdia need the money. 120 million euro plus in the council coffers. Piss poor rubbish collection, no new bins or trucks, and graffiti on the world heritage walls. Crazy :(
Be cheaper to go and buy one at Leroys.
70€ ? For one of the worst beaches in the south of the island, to be surrounded by hundreds of noisy teenagers? This must be a joke.