Susannah Cery, founder of Our Tribe Travels – an online community for families who love independent travel – shares her travel highs and lows with JAT readers
The shape of champagne barrels, cars as animals , accommodation taxes, jazz and tulips have caught Adrian’s eye this week.
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.
The Balearics are not just a place for year-round sunshine and beaches. Their cuisine is increasingly attracting us as well.
Here are a few of the events that will be happening this Autumn in Majorca.
Although a ban on drinking in the streets came into force at night in Magaluf on the 9th of June, a week later and it doesn’t seem to have been widely accepted or widely enforced.
The incidents that took place last summer in Magaluf have resulted in new anti-social behaviour regulations that holidaymeakers should know.
Bournemouth and Blackpool took some knocks his week, Israel put on display recently found antiquities and where is the tallest Christmas tree in the UK?
In Majorca is Calvia located in the south west corner of the island. And in Calvia is Magaluf that well known party spot for the young and not so young. So prominent has it become that it has its own reality show on TV.
With an average spring temperature of 18° Calvia, located on the south west coast of Majorca, is a region most popularly known for nightlife areas such as Magaluf – but there is so much more to the region than just a great place to party
The travel market has taken a bit of a knocking this summer. James Murray, Digital Insights Manager at Experian Marketing Services, has the low-down
Over the summer we have heard a lot about the decline in the numbers of people travelling to Spain and its islands. Nonetheless, Spain, the Balearic Islands and the Canaries are still the most popular destinations for us when we go abroad. Given all year round warm weather, the Canaries are popular throughout the year. Now the Balearics, (Ibiza, Menorca and Majorca) are trying to convince us that they are winter destinations as well.
The three main Balearic islands had a 12% drop in visitors this year from the UK and more in the case of Ireland. Now they are pushing for more of us to visit the islands when special events are being held or just to enjoy the sports facilities that have been built there. Recently, Rafael Nadal was used to push that message to the travel trade.
Seemingly around faster than ever, half term is upon us and it usually throws up some surprises as to what destinations we prefer to go to.
But no this year, the choice appears to be pretty similar to those summer places we chose. Last summer you might remember we shunned Spain and many other places in the eurozone and opted for Egypt and Turkey in much greater numbers. Still Spain was the top destination. This time we have done the same. A Spanish destination is top but there have been lots more people heading away to Sharm El Sheikh and Dalaman.
