So, if you are off the beach and in town, keep your shirt on and don’t get shirty with the local police.
You are not supposed to drink alcohol in public places and you will also be faced with a hefty fine if you decide to leap off your balcony into the swimming pool.
Also, while there are beaches on which smoking is prohibited, don’t stuff your fag butts into the sand. Apart from damaging the environment, it is highly disrespectful for other sunbathers.
The FCO states on its website: “In some parts of Spain it’s against the law to be in the street wearing only a bikini or swimming shorts. Being bare-chested is also illegal in some areas in Spain. You may be fined if you’re caught wearing swimwear on the seafront promenade or adjacent streets.
“For security reasons, some public authorities in Spain do not allow the burka or niqab to be worn in their buildings. If you visit town council buildings wearing a burka or niqab, you may be asked to remove it while inside.”
Also, while the actual act of being shirtless while driving is not illegally specifically, Spanish law prohibits anything that prevents safe driving.
Wearing inappropriate clothes or footwear is covered under this rule and if drivers are caught they could be hit with a 200 euro fine.
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Do you think those 2 pathetic dwebes in the photo know how stupid they look? Yeah probably not.
The shirt thing is "iffy". I'm not sure what the motivation would be, particularly in beachfront areas. But perhaps the British government is trying to somehow encourage improving the sordid reputation of "Brits abroad"? Or maybe trying to scare Brits away frim Spain as a "punishment" for not allowing Brits to do whatever they please? It's a mystery. However, being fined for "balconing"? That's clearly an affront to a British national sport. Do they fine them more of they're drunk out of their minds? Greedy barstewards. Fine then.
It's a truly damning indictment on society in 2024 that the island has to threaten its tourists with fines for not being dressed in the city, drinking alcohol while walking around and blind-faith jumping off high-up hotel room balconies. What are we coming to when there are so many cases of one or all of such idiotic antisocial behaviour that the Councils across Mallorca and the mainland feel it necessary to impose heavy penalties on these offending visitors. Where might we go from here? Fines for using your hands instead of cutlery in restaurants, for urinating at will in the streets, for littering......? The very existence of fines for anti-social behaviour rather than relying on visitors to know what's right and what's wrong is a depressing downwards spiral into the dark abyss of depravity.
If it stops the scanky mob from slobbing about town in their budgies or bikinis, great.