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Palma Slideshow
Palma
Travel Blogs from Palma, Spain and Canary Islands
Castell de Bellver
... of blooming flowers in many places. I also visited the Castell de Bellver, a castle just west of Palma. (Bellver meant "lovely view" in ancient Catalan and, since it's on the top of a hill the view is magnificent.) Although small, the ...
No Shoes. No Shirt. No Problem
... haha. Since there were ten of us we took up a lot of room on the beach. There were sailboats and wind surfers out in the water and Palma is situated in this little cove or the island so we could see sooooo much of the shore all around us. Another thing we ...
The Med Coast
... and down to the beach. For Damo's bday we hired a bike each and headed along the coastal bikepaths to the centre of Palma to see the Cathedral and the huge boats that lined the marina. After a 15km bike ride we headed back to our hotel and down to ...
Palma de Mallorca
... into the city found a tourist map and walked the sites. It is not at all like I imagined, it is very historic, very clean and picturesque. We liked in particular the cathedral. I would love to go back there, it seems a very welcoming city. We arrived at ...
wwoofing the midlands style
... hosts, Helen and Andy who have a little finca just outside Santa Ana la Real. Andy is from the midlands and despite living in Spain for about 8 years, could have left there yesterday! A bit of an experience which you will hear more about ...
Where to go?
Hello everybody We have been doing a little more exploring of Palma yesterday and today since we're still sort of stuck here waiting for Ella's new credit card to arrive in the mail. One thing we've figured out is which Kebab shop has the best donair. ...
Celtic Song
Como siempre estoy de viaje, he pensado que este puede ser mi blog natural, ahora estoy un poco cansado de volver y tener tanto que hacer, estoy montando una red nacional de psicologos a los que derivar pacientes y supervisar y esto lleva su trabajo y ...
Joining yacht Lethantia
Exciting day, starting the trip to Slovenia to start working on my new job on board Sailing Yacht Lethantia. How exciting, it seemed like a dream job. If only we knew why the boat had been uncrewed for 5 years... How we wish we could have ...
And so it begins
... is to be a grumpy old git. Holiday gets off to a great start as we leave damp Newcastle for the heat of Palma. Our taxi from the airport arrived and transported us swiftly to our first hotel of the day - Hotel Jaime III. As it was a last minute booking ...
So happy to still be here
... trees in bloom. The colors are stunning. Port de Soller should be great too but as it starts pouring down and it's dusk sets in I head back to Palma, over another detour over Coll de Soller as I wanted to save the money for the tunnel. If time allows it ...
I got to get their earlier to see the cathedral
... or the Banys Arabs. The reviews in my guide weren't to ravenous and I really didn't feel the museum vibe. I walked up and down Palma, by the Placa Major, stopping on the Placa Weyler at "Forn des Teatre" - quite a famous bakery for "ensaimadas con ...
Sailing off Palma de Mallorca
... Elise and Julie avoided the catamaran due to their slight seasickness earlier in the cruise. They walked along the Palma waterfront taking pictures and hunting for souvenirs. Our mantra in every port is "Magnets and patches and caps - Oh ...
Unmemorable Mallorca
... our way to tour the countryside we stop to gaze at the breathtaking La Seo Cathedral, the 2nd largest Gothic style cathedral in Spain. It is set on the hillside above the bay. Construction began in the 12th century and lasted over 300 ...
Spanish Island
... things. We went to a lifeguard tower where the lifeguards sit when it is busy. It wasn't busy so the lifeguards weren't there, and we climbed up. We made sand sculptures at the end. Nikhil made a salamander and Rishi made a turtle. Palma was ...
Winter in Mallorca
... as I knew my way round the island by this point. We also had a brief trip to London after that as well. I had a great time in Palma and managed to see a lot of the island during that time. Some of my favorite spots were Sa Colabra, which was a tiny bay ...
Palma
... there was ICE on the wings so we all sat for 45 minutes until the issues was sorted and we eventually left. We arrived in Palma around lunch time and then proceed by coach to the ship, I do have a photograph of the four of us in front of the shop but ...
Empieza otra aventura
Acaba un viaje y empieza otro Ahora, cuando llego a Mallorca a pasar unos dias con la familia y los amigos, ir a menorca con la barca etc. Me acuerdo de las noches con el rugido del leon en la distancia de la charca del parque natural de Namibia, ...
Happy days
... ), going for long walks, reading, continuing my portuguese with Rosetta, remembering old times, trying not to buy too many things in Palma, and taking pictures of sunsets and Cathedral like a typical tourist. And it felt good!! I met with my good friend ...
Relaxing on a bus tour - 10 miles.
... the subsequent half century. Palma is a busy commercial and cultural center of Mallorca. This independent region of the Balearic Islands of Spain have over half of the island's population living there. The holiday season lasts from the end of April until ...
DAY 5 – PALMA DE MALLORCA
... and explore on our own. What a stunning place this turned out to be, the jewel in Spain’s crown. The Old Town was just incredibly beautiful, and we had such a great time wandering through its tiny streets into the various piazzas and marketplaces. ...
isla mallorca
We are alive and all is well. Tuesday July 26, 2011 we caught a 7:00 AM flight to Palma de Mallaorca (One of the islands off the coast of Spain) We arrive to the Barcelona airport at 6:15 and went sprinting through the terminal to the ticket ...
TWO AND A HALF MONTHS IN MALLORCA
... amount of it, including some fairly far flung corners. In Mallorca, far flung means it is about 2 hours on the bus from Palma. For one month of my stay on Mallorca I was taking a course, and it took most of my time and energy. However, ...
