Blogs from Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe

You may or may not remember this bit of my personal travel "water Pail" list or crazy idea bourne back in late 60's or early 70's. Would you believe that I might have the same opportunity this month? I will be in Athens, and headed to Belgrade, Serbia, assuming the war does not get worse. Should I be unable or unwilling to travel to Belgrade, what are my options? I can think of several: a return to Istanbul, a short flight to Crete, or a few days in Zagreb, Croatia, since I am headed to Split for my cycling cruise. However, I may not use the random method of finding a destination, as I did back in October. In fact, a return to Mallorca would not be a bad idea! Since I only have two nights, ... read more

Egal, ob Ihr auf ein ambitioniertes sportliches Ziel hin trainiert oder die wunderbare Baleareninsel einfach per Rad erkunden wollt: Bei uns könnte Ihr beides. An unseren beiden Standorten Playa de Palma und Alcúdia ist alles auf Individualität ausgerichtet. Unsere zertifizierten Guides aus der Radsportszene tun alles, damit Euer Urlaub zum unvergesslich schönen Erlebnis wird. Wir bieten Euch einen Rennradverleih auf Mallorca, der seinesgleichen sucht. Was Mallorca für Rennradbegeisterte so besonders macht Die Lage der größten Baleareninsel im westlichen Mittelmeer macht Mallorca zur perfekten Destination für alle von Euch, die es lieben, inmitten atemberaubender Landschaft Rennradtouren zu fahren. Nicht einmal 2,5 Flugstunden entfernt könnt Ihr hier praktisch das ganze Jahr Rennrad fahren. Die beste Zeit ist von Mitte März bis E... read more

So, here I am on the Spanish island of Mallorca. The island is 98 km by 78 km, with 550 km of coastline. Typically, this is not my normal type of trip, since I prefer bigger cities, since the entire island holds a little less than a million people. Only Tenerife in the Canary Islands has a larger island population. I am staying in Palma, the capital of both Mallorca, and the autonomous region of the Balearic Islands. Autonomous since 1983, it has become one of the hottest party playgrounds in Europe, and the world. They say the Brits and the Krauts love it down here. The economy is based almost totally on tourism. And speaking of which, cyclists fit into the tourist category. Mallorca has a 24km cycle track, totally separate from the road. The ... read more

It seemed to take all day to get to Mallorca even though it’s a 1 ½ hr flight!! I don’t think it helped that the 13.05 flight didn’t take off until 14.40pm after a lot of gate changing! Managed quite easily to find the No 1 bus that takes you to Plaza Espanol in Palma, where we changed bus and caught the No 7 bus to Yolanda’s air bnb. Dinner at local restaurant before bed!! Sunday 27th October 2019 A full-on day sight-seeing in Palma – first of all we caught the No 7 bus back to the outskirts of the Old Town and whiled away a few hours just wandering the narrow old back streets, adorned with glass balconies, numerous squares and churches, Plaza Major, arab baths etc until we came out on the old ... read more

Reminder: the panoramic photos at the start of the blog change every 7/8 seconds and give a larger and clearer image than when viewed with the other photos. Also, there are more photos below the text if you want to skip the diary details; and if you double click on any of the photos you will get an enlarged, clearer image. You can return to the text anytime.. Friday 18th October: we headed for the old town of Pollenca a few miles inland from Port de Pollenca but had a bit of difficulty finding our way to find a car park through the maze of narrow one-way streets . Having done that we went to the local museum which had everything in it from stone age artefacts to modern art. We didn't try to go up ... read more