Palmanova

Relaxation in the Baleares

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March 26th 2007
This weekend we took a super easy trip to Mallorca, one of Spain's Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean. It was off season here, too, so everything was super cheap, tourist free compared to what it's like in the summer, and still much warmer than it was here in Bilbao over the weekend. Palma de Mallorca is the main city there, and we stayed in one of the next towns over, Palmanova, which we got ... read more

Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more