Discover Majorca This Summer

Majorca –or Mallorca- is the biggest of the four Balearic Islands, which can all be found off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean. The islands are part of the autonomous Spanish region of Catalonia with Catalan the official language. And along with Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera are a two and half hour journey from the UK by air. With most airports in the UK offering direct flights to the island.

Some thirty years ago areas of the island in the south especially started to earn a reptutation as a slightly downmarket destination. Thanks in no small part to the drunken antics of young and rowdy British holidaymakers in resorts such as Magaluf. Today though that image has long since faded – as VIP visitors and indepdendent travellers are now the norm. With the focus shifting towards the north of the island and in particular the resorts of Pollensa and Alcudia. Which have become very popular with the more discerning visitor.

Many of these tourists tend to book villas in Majorca for their summer break on the island. And there is a fantastic range of good quality rental properties available. Many of them built in the traditional Mallorquin style using the local sand coloured stone. And offering high levels of luxury. Villas in Mallorca do get booked up very early in the season, but due to their popularity early booking is advised.

The capital city of Mallorca is called Palma and this is where all visitors to the island touch down at Son Sant Joan airport. The capital boasts over 400,000 residents and a host of historic buildings, the best known of which is the famous Le Seu Cathedral. Which was symbolically built on the site of the Moors main mosque on the island. This fascinating structure took many centuries to complete – stretching right into the early 1900s