Mallorca-International23/11/2020 10:07
IT is quite amazing the impact a single street has on Mallorca's tourist industry. Of course I am talking about the infamous strip, Calle Punta Ballena in Magalluf.
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In regards to my previous comment, I should add that by winter I refer to the months between October and May, both inclusive. That’s 8 months out of 12. Even the seagulls get bored. Compare that to living in Palma and it’s outskirts where noise, difficulty in parking, pollution, crime, rubbish on the streets and a long etc are perpetual during 12 months of the year. In short, Palma Nova. Torrenova and Magaluf have a lot of things going for them, even if 4 months are pretty out of the ordinary.
Jason, a few years ago I was discussing this very same subject with someone who was of the same opinion as you but also had some connections with people who could possibly do something “about it”. She was going on and on about how dreadful the place was and how badly behaved the British tourists were. I asked her how often she had been (in the summer, in the winter it is an oasis of peace and calm) and she never and didn’t intend to either. I very much doubt that the former lady mayoress of Palma and now central government representative has either.
Knock it down, give the owners the aporopriate compensation and build New modern restaurants/bars/accomodation fit for 4/5 star tourists. No one will miss Punta Ballena apart from a few greedy Spanish bar owners. The young drunken underclass who frequent the place won't care either they will go to Faliraki or Ayia Napa instead and still wont know what country they are in or able to say thank you in the local language. Let's get rid of this filth now. No one wants Magaluf to exist in its current format.