Category Archives: News
Palma port has spent 38 million euros on the new Quay
The Port of Palma will now be able to handle some of the largest cruise ships in the world after a major quay expansion was competed this month. The Port of Palma has spent 38 million euros on constructing the … Continue reading
Palma de Mallorca Facelift
One of the biggest challenges present and previous Palma de Mallorca council have faced is how to transform the capital into a viable city break destination and now, the local authority has decided to spend the best part of 1.3 … Continue reading
A nail-biting drama, to put it mildly
Real Mallorca, sitting bottom of the Spanish football La Liga table and well and truly in the relegation spot, played at home for their very premier league survival on Monday the 15th evening. The match was not for the … Continue reading
Mallorca street protects demand return to the Spain Republic
Hundreds of people took part in a series of events across Mallorca over the weekend calling for the end of the monarch and a return of the republic. In the Plaza Cort in Palma, hundreds of people gathered flying republican … Continue reading
Spain’s Tourism Gold Mine
Tourism account for 15 percent of Spain’s Gross National Product, according to the World Tourism council. Tourism is worth 160,000 billion euros to the Spanish economy. The report goes on to say “Which clearly underlines the fact that it is … Continue reading
Virgin Atlantic Challenger ll in Mallorca
Virgin Atlantic Challenger ll has been sitting in a Palma shipyards for the past seven years. It has been seven years since Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Challenger was towed into the STP dockyard in Palma but now she is … Continue reading
Mallorca’s Luxury hotels post an income of 314 million euros
The island’s luxury hotel sector brings in 314 million euros per year and generates 2,200 jobs according to the results of a study carried out by the Mallorca Hotel Federation which was presented yesterday. And based on that, the Federation … Continue reading
Demolition begins on Ses Covetes Complex – South East Mallorca
Palma – twenty one years after work was halted on the Ses Covetes apartment complex in Campos, demolition teams finally moved in to knock the properties down. After years of legal wrangling, the Balearic High Court ruled that the complex … Continue reading
Pick school and language – Catalan or Castellano
Palma – Parents will soon be able to choose the school and the language their children will be educated in, as part of a new programme launched by the Ministry of Education. Parents can make an application via the Internet … Continue reading
A great start
Great start to the summer season. Is how one Pollensa tourism official summed-up the Easter holiday. Infact Puerto Pollensawas packed over the Easter break, the vast majority were British tourist who had headed to Mallorca to escape the awful UK … Continue reading