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Majorca in General

Majorca in General

Mallorca or Majorca? Well it doesn't really matter when you get there, but for the record , Majorca is a name visitors have given this absolutely beautiful Mediterranean island, the largest of the Balearic islands, 200 km south of Barcelona, off the east coast of Spain. Locals call it Mallorca, ... Read review

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Discover largest Balearic island

Advantages: Stunning scenery, lots to do
Disadvantages: No any that I know

...but for the record , Majorca is a name visitors have given this absolutely beautiful Mediterranean island, the largest of the Balearic islands, 200 km south of Barcelona, off the east coast of Spain. Locals call it Mallorca, they live the Mallorcan lifestyle.

So now you know where it is, you really do need to know why you should go there. We were eagerly awaiting our first-ever cruise and the offer of a week-stay on Majorca, before ...
...and hospitality!

Majorca is devine. It is obviously highly motivated by tourism, and in some parts of the island this brings criticism for being a bit tatty, but for me, October did not show this as much as it may for height of summer holiday-makers. In fact, we stayed in Magalluf which, along with Palma Nova, is probably the main area of 'tatty' criticism but we did not find it to be so, the shops were themed around the beach, souvenirs ... more

Writing321 11.11.2007 (11.11.2007)
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Mallorca: Care for a Different Experience?

Advantages: Gastronomy, Catalan Culture, charming villages, quiet sophistication
Disadvantages: over-abundance of english chavs in their Guantanamo-style enclaves

Mallorca: The road to the mountains. Late last year (September 2005), my intrepid wife and I planned and executed a 3-Centre holiday in Mallorca: a favourite holiday destination of ours, despite my obvious intelligence, style and savoir-faire, and Mallorca's reputation as a Chavvite Centre of Self-Indulgence. Mallorca has something of an image problem even now, I believe, because of places like Magaluf and Palma Nova, Port d'Alcudia, etc., but happily ...
...for places like this lack the imagination, intelligence, or the energy even to leave these pitiful & squalid 'resorts', there being little in the way of all-day-English breakfasts, Sky TV, vinyl beach-toys, discos, Aqua-Parks and Carlsberg in the Catalan towns and villages outside those areas to attract them. Good. That leaves the rest of Mallorca for us cognoscenti. Or Illuminati, or both. So, if you don't like the tone of this review so far, don't ...

billybunter85 31.10.2006 · Read full review
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Discover it

Advantages: Great touristic offer
Disadvantages: If you live in, sometimes you feel like in a prison of 80 kms.

Hello! I'd like to talk a few about the place where I live, Mallorca. Mallorca is the biggest of the Balearic Islands; most of people come here finding sun and fun, maybe some of them relax (It's said that Menorca is better for that). *** HOW TO GO? *** Well, obviously plane is the most comfortable way to come to Mallorca. I'm not sure 'bout the offers there at the UK, but I'm pretty sure that you can find cheap flights at Easy Jet, or companies ...
...a looooooong way, and I think it's not worth to do it. Anyway, for brave people i'll say that you have to cross all France, from Calais to Barcelona, and there you have to take a boat. You have three choices at this point. 1. Transmediterranea. The most serious company travelling to the island. 2. Balearia. I don't like this one. Is not as comfortable as 'Transme' and not as cheap as the third one. 3. Iscomar. This one is the cheapest one. The ...

Entuk 19.11.2004 (21.11.2004) · Read full review
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What? Never Been To Mallorca!

Advantages: Too many points to mention.
Disadvantages: Lager Louts and Ill disciplined Tourists.

I had always been put off from going to Mallorca, lumping it together with Benidorm and Aya Napa as places never to visit, but now I feel that it had been wasted years. Spain to me had always meant the greener north or Seville, Toledo, Madrid and the historic cities of the south, staying as far away from the tourist traps of the Mediterranean coast as possible but earlier this year the possibility presented itself for a two week break at a very ...
...trepidation, I might add! True to form, I began to plan this holiday like a military expedition, carefully considering the various details of the logistics involved. Air-port car parking, air-port in UK, air-port in Palma, hotel, resort, facilities in both, maps of resort, Palma and the island of Mallorca, tourist spots, car-hire, language (refresh very rusty Spanish and investigate simple Mallorquin phrases).Just a few points on a lengthy list. ...

bwanamdevu 09.08.2003 · Read full review
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Mallorca - the Isle of Dreams

Advantages: there's so much to see, beautiful landscape
Disadvantages: none

Parties, Sangria and drunk people – no, this is definitely not all the beautiful island of Mallorca is about. I’m no specialist when it comes to the Baleares, but I have been there 3 x so far and I got to know a lot of different parts of the island that I would really like to share with all of you. I have also read a lot of books and learned about the mallorquin people, the nature and a lot more, so I hope this opinion is of some help for those of ...
...those who even think about spending their holidays there. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* First I want to give you a couple of details about the island. Mallorca is part of the Baleares. Those consist of Ibiza, Menorca, Formentera and Mallorca while Mallorca is the largest of them all with an area of 1405 sq miles, 554 km of coastline and 630000 residents. The landscape of Mallorca is very diverse. You find everything there… from those popular white ...

clauds 24.01.2002 · Read full review
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Camp De Mar and The Hotel Villa Real

Advantages: Inexpensive to get to from UK, fab scenery, great food and lots of sunshine!
Disadvantages: Crowded beach and limited amenities in resort

...spent an enjoyable week in Majorca last year, myself and the other half decided to return again and experience some of the other sights that Majorca has to offer. We arranged the holiday ourselves on line and as a result managed to make quite a saving on flights, hotel accomodation and car rental. Be warned that if you decide to book your holiday this way expect to spend some time trawling through the various travel websites the internet has to ...
...take your breath away. Majorca is certainly a destination that has something to offer everyone from couples to families and groups of girls and boys looking for a good time, consequently Majorca is not really somewhere to visit if you want something that is a bit off the beaten track. If, like us, you're looking for a quiet and relaxing holiday then Camp De Mar will certainly offer you that, whilst Magaluf and Palma Nova - half an hour down the ...

Theauthority 26.11.2006 · Read full review
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Advantages: more than one pool
Disadvantages: quite alot

of been staying in. Anyway i thought maybe thing would look up as the entertainment might be better , apparantly its the best on majorca, well i should of guessed really it was a total load of rubbish performed mostly in dutch , which i never learnt at school so i found it very hard to work out what was actually going on. The only thing this hotel has going for it is the pools. They are clean and the area around them is safe. As for saying that most of the staff are nice and welcoming its just a shame they work for club marthas. my general advice is to stay clear of club marthas and get a hotel in cala'dor as club marthas is in cala'egos which has the smallest beach you have ever seen covered in rubbish and i even saw a syringe needle amongst the sand. Majorca in general is a nice place and according to other people i know that ...

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Kids, Kids and loads of family fun!

Advantages: Great For Families and Kids
Disadvantages: Decor & maybe not suitable for couples

forget about it when you arrive. The beds are a mixture of hard and soft matresses. I don't know why, maybe some have been worn in more than other...? The staff are lovely people, the reception staff have been in the hotel for years, they know everything about the island and the hotel. They also tend to be a little grouchy. The entertainment team are fantastic but can disappear at random times. Most of the staff are not local residents as the island closes vastly over winter. The resorts become ghost towns and restaurants, bars, cafés all close and board up! The staff are generally from Majorca or mainland spain who have come to work for the summer. Much like the Brits going to work in a few bars in greece or something for a summer. The hotel does cater for couples but mainly it is a family hotel and an abundance of kids are screaming ...

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