Advantages: Quiet location, lovely hotel, brilliant food, private beach. Disadvantages: Quite expensive and could be a bit quiet.
parents and younger brother were going as well! With the remainder of my student loan already exhausted by a weekend break with my University friends it seemed like the best proposal I was going to get this summer.
My parents chose the sunny island of Majorca for our destination and the hotel Riu Palace Bonanza Playa. The island of Majorca is the largest of the three Balearic Islands and is located in the Mediterranean Sea off the south east coast of mainland Spain. The primary language spoken in Majorca is Spanish although many of the inhabitants speak English and German also to accommodate the large tourist influxes from both of these countries. The capital of the island is the cosmopolitan and fairly large city of Palma which also houses the islands airport, flight times are roughly 2-3 hours from the UK. The currency used ...
Advantages: Short flight, English widely spoken, beautiful beaches, great nightlife, I could go on forever Disadvantages: You have to come home
I have been to Majorca twice in the last three years. On the first occasion, I went with my husband and our two children who were 4 and 2 at the time. We chose Majorca because of the relatively short flight time of two hours. We stayed in Alcudia at the Marte Hotel which is in an all inclusive complex which also includes the hotels Jupiter and Saturno. We went in the second and third weeks of May. The first week was very unsettled, rainy and windy, but the second week was beautiful and the temperature got warmer by the day. The resort of Alcudia is very busy but geared more for families rather than singles. The beach is sandy and very clean.
We hired a car locally for a week and I think this was probably one of the best decisions we made. Car hire is very cheap. We paid about the same amount for a whole week's car hire as ...
angela.muscat 03.04.2001 (04.04.2001)
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Advantages: Lot's of places to visit Disadvantages: Sometimes coach journeys are too long
We decided to go to majorca at the end of June this year as it was the type of holiday we needed somewhere where we could relax.
We decided to do bed and breakfast at the Hotel cala Azul in Cala D'or, which is in the south a quite quiet place with lot's of small beaches.
The people in the hotel we friendly and polite and where there to help you whenever you needed it. The hotel was lovely we were on the second floor which meant we had the view of the sea and the mountains and having a balcony meant we could eat outside at night. The hoteal facilties consited of a restaurant and bar, childrens entertainment 2 pools and 1 samller baby pool, sun loungers, gym, 2 cafes and night activities.
The places we visited were wonderful we booked them via our hotel and there is a meeting point for each hotel to get the coach we went to ...
sashaholness 12.10.2005 (29.11.2005)
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This is the premier place to enjoy savory Basque cuisine. If you're baffled by the unusual dishes on the menu, a staff member will assist you. This big-windowed establishment lies about three-fourths of a mile south of Palma's cathedral, adjacent to a marina and one of the island's most popular beaches. Menu items run the gamut of Basque seafood dishes, including baked hake, tripe, and lamprey eel; roasted pork is available as well. Meal after meal, Koldo Royo serves the best food in Palma.
