Posts Tagged ‘
Mallorca ’
Jan 3rd, 2021 |
By The Editor
Now the islands, and particularly Menorca, offer more to entice us to visit.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Cova de S'Aigu, Mallorca, Menorca, Serra de Tramuntana
Jul 15th, 2020 |
By The Editor
Something substantial and almost over-the-top needs to be done to remind these louts that they have a responsibility for the health of people living where they visit
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Unfair on traders?
Tags: drunken behaviour, Magaluf, Mallorca, Playa de Palma
Apr 23rd, 2020 |
By The Editor
Earlier this week, the president of the Council of Majorca, Catalina Cladera, said that as soon as possible tourism should be re-started but only in a safe way.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Holidaying again in Mallorca
Tags: Balearic Islands, Catalina Cladera, coronavirus, Mallorca, Menorca
Jan 25th, 2020 |
By The Editor
By now readers will be aware that the government of the Balearic Islands has introduced a law about binge drinking.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Tougher drink rules in the Balearics.
Tags: Balearic Islands, drunkenness, Ibiza, Mallorca
Oct 15th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Is this Mallorca’s new travel promotion scheme to remnd us that the island is more than just about beaches, sunshine and watersports?
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on The Devil’s Horn
Tags: Anna Nicholas, destinations and novels, Mallorca
Jul 2nd, 2019 |
By The Editor
The rise in visitor numbers during the winter months reflects a growing appetite for cultural city breaks rather than beach holidays says the tourism board.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Passion for Palma
Tags: Balearic Islands, Mallorca, Palma
May 19th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Just as tonight’s new BBC drama, Gentleman Jack, also portrays a woman who opted to dress in men’s clothes, so did Sand.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Mallorca, Valldemossa
Feb 10th, 2019 |
By The Editor
Just because one destination is cheaper doesn’t mean that the whole country is
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Agadir, Costa Dorada, Mallorca, TravelSupermarket
Dec 16th, 2018 |
By The Editor
Tomorrow, 17 December, the Fundació Miró Mallorca – the museum which honours the life and work of artist Joan Miró– will re-open the famous ‘Taller Sert’ (Sert workshop)
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Fundació Miró Mallorca, Joan Miró, Mallorca, Palma
Sep 15th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
The opening of the V&A Dundee, APD in Wales, increasing visitor numbers from the UK to Qatar and the Barbadian Food & Rum Festival are some of the events capturing Adrian’s interest this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 15th of September 2018
Tags: APD, Barbados, Barbados Food and Rum Festival, battlefield sites, Doncaster Sheffield Airport, Dundee, Mallorca, Mallorca Classic car Week, New York, Qatar, V&A Dundee, Wales, World Trade Center
Aug 16th, 2018 |
By The Editor
Why is this long-established holiday destination attracting so many more of us?
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Wintering in the Balearics
Tags: Balearics, Formentera, Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca
Jul 7th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Yorkshire is a small town north of London. That is one of many things that Adrian learnt this week The phrase was used on a TV show so it must be right!
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 7th of July 2018
Tags: accommodation taxes, Australia, Cairns, Cambodia, cruise holidays, Edinburgh, Mallorca, Malta, Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, National Museums Liverpool, Queensland, Turkey, Whitby, Zimbabwe
Jun 23rd, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Hot-rods racing on Pendine Sands, Alexa in hotel rooms and the sale of Hastings Pier are some of the things that caught Adrian’s eye this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: June 23rd 2018
Tags: Eastbourne Pier, Fiestas del Carmen, French speed limits on dual carriageways, Fuerteventura, Hastings Pier, Magaluf, Mallorca, Marriott Hotels, National Botanic Garden of Wales, Pendine Sands, Rwanda, Turkey, Voice & Vote: Women's Place in Parliament
May 5th, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
Star Wars, Kew Gardens and the busiest air route in the world caught Adrian’s attetion this bank holiday weekend along with a cheeky Airbnb offer to manage American government travel accommodation.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 5th May 2018
Tags: Airbnb, Art Fund Museum of the Year Award 2018, bank holiday weekend, Brand USA, Cardiff, Castlewellan Arboretum and Annesley Garden, Cat Friend, Cathay Pacific, Deloittes, Doha, Dublin, Heathrow, holiday spend, Jeju, Kew Gardens, Mallorca, OAG, Peter Cushing, Qatar Airways, Seoul, Star Wars, Valerie Bisbal
Apr 24th, 2018 |
By The Editor
Palma on the island of Mallorca, and a very popular destination for British holidaymakers, is to ban flat owners from renting their apartments to travellers as from July 1st,
Posted in Travel rumblings |
Comments Off on Politicians and the “Airbnb model.”
Tags: "Airbnb model", Airbnb, banning flat rentals to tourists, Majorca Daily Bulletin, Mallorca, Palma
Mar 31st, 2018 |
By Adrian Lawes
An enquiry into motorway service area fuel prices, losing passports and increased visitor numbers to Paris and Greece make Adrian’s notes this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 31st March 2018
Tags: cycling holidays, Egypt, Greece, Illinois, Mallorca, motorway service area fuel prices, Palma, Paris, Symphony of the Seas, USA, west Midlands
Dec 2nd, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Gingerbread in Tallinn, walking below tigers in Chessington and playing Pokémon GO in Japan are a few of the items that attracted Adrian’s attention this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 2nd December 2017
Tags: Catalonia, Chessington World of Adventures, Estonia, Gingerbread Mania, Greece, Japan, London Borough for Culture, Magaluf, Mallorca, Pokemon Go, spain, Taiwan, Tallinn, Tottori, USA
Aug 8th, 2017 |
By The Editor
It would seem that tourists in certain destinations will have to put up with this annoyance which isn’t anti-British just anti-tourist.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: anti-tourist feelings, Barcelona, Mallorca, spain
Jul 29th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
With the summer holidays underway, Adian looks at where we are going, some of the problems and ends with Jet 2, the only travel company in the top 50 for customer satisfaction according to the ICS.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: July 29th 2017
Tags: ABTA, Barra, Blackpool, booking patterns, Dundee Airport, easyjet, Formentera, Ibiza, Institute of Customer Service, Inverness Airport, Islay, Jet 2, Jetlag, Mallorca, Menorca, Pavilion Theatre- Blackpool, Ryanair, Seattle, spain, Tenby, Thomas Cook Airlines, travel insurance, Turkey, Wick Airport
Jul 22nd, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
As new security measures are introduced on flights to the US, Adrian also looks forward to the end of credit card charges whilst wondering if airfares and holidays will increase in price next year.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: July 22nd 2017
Tags: Arundel Castle, Chicago, Coventry, credit card charges, drunken passengers, Electric Railway Museum, Ibiza, jousting, Mallorca, Marwell Zoo, Menorca, RICKFEST, Slovenia, Turkey, Unity Temple, USA, Wiltshire, Winchester Science Festival
Jun 17th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
In the week that roaming charges ended in EU countries, Adrian also wonders if APD in Northern Ireland might end soon.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: June 17th 2017
Tags: Airbnb, APD, Barcelona, DUP, easyjet, Fars, Festival of the Sea, Florida, Great Valencia Fair 2017, Iran, Isle of Wight, Luton Airport, Mallorca, roaming charges., Shiraz, Suffolk, travel sickness scams, Tunisia, valencia, VAT on tourism services
Jun 3rd, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
Britons seem to be holidaying further afield. Peru, Costa Rica and Nicaragua all saw more British visitors. And in a week where airline customer service has been to the fore, Adrian has some stories about our rights.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: June 3rd 2017
Tags: Big Bling, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, flight compensation, J D Power, Mallorca, Manayunk Arts Festival., Marivent Palace, Nicaragua, North America Airline Satisfaction Study, Palma, Peru, Philadelphia, USA
May 27th, 2017 |
By Adrian Lawes
On the bank holiday weekend, there are thousands of events on including the Great Manchester Run which will have a poignant feel to it this year.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: May 27th 2017
Tags: Dominica, Egypt, Finland, Formentera, Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, Mall of America, Mallorca, Natural Park of Ses Salines d'Eivissa and Formentera, Ras Al Kahaimah, Rwanda, RwandAir, Tunisia
May 2nd, 2017 |
By The Editor
In order to stop this fraud, the penalties need to be something that will hit perpetrators where it hurts and that might be in their ability to travel.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Banning British holidaymakers
Tags: Bogus food poisoning claims, Mallorca
Nov 23rd, 2016 |
By The Editor
The Balearics – Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera – have launched a new publicity campaign called “Better in Winter” to encourage us to think of the islands not only as a winter holiday destination but an all-round destination for any time of the year.
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Balearic Islands, Formentera, Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca
Jan 16th, 2016 |
By Adrian Lawes
Glass cars, selfies in Mumbai and why Bournemouth has something in common with Abu Dhabi are items that Adrian has spotted this week.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Saturday snippets: 16th January 2016
Tags: Aalborg, Abu Dhabi, Bournemouth, Delta, Flybe, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Mallorca, National Glass Centre, Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation, selfies in Mumbai, Space Center - Houston, Sunderland, The Cultural Spring, Wizz Air
Jan 1st, 2016 |
By The Editor
Majorca or Mallorca now has restaurants with seven Michelin stars amongst them so after a hard day topping up the tan the lure of a very fine meal might be what attracts you.
Posted in Travel news |
Comments Off on Fine dining in Majorca
Tags: Majorca, Mallorca, Michelin starred restaurants on Mallorca
Nov 9th, 2015 |
By The Editor
The Balearics are not just a place for year-round sunshine and beaches. Their cuisine is increasingly attracting us as well.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on The cuisine of the Balearic Islands
Tags: Balearic cuisine, Formentera, Ibiza, Majorca, Mallorca, Menorca