IT has been the second hottest autumn in the last 40 years, according to the Balearic Meteorology Agency. The hottest was in 2006. In Mallorca, temperatures were on average 1.4 degrees Celsius higher than is usual during the autumn months, according to the agency’s director Agusti Jansa. The average autumn rainfall in the Balearics was […]
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Here Comes the Sun
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Hotel Occupancy Rose by 1.7% in November
Spanish hotels recorded 14.6 million overnight stays in November, representing an increase of 1.7% over the same month of 2010, while prices fell by 0.3%, a tenth lower than in November 2010, according to figures released on Friday by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The increase in hotel occupancy experienced in November was mainly as […]
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Properties sold to foreign residents in Spain increase by 24.7% in third quarter of 2011
Property sales made by foreign residents in Spain experienced an increase of 24.7% in the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same period last year according to statistics from The Ministry of Public Transactions. This figure takes into account all foreigners who live and resident in Spain while further statistics show that the provinces […]
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Ryanair confirms Palma base
Ryanair has confirmed plans for its 49th European base in Palma with 17 new routes for summer 2012. The expansion will see four aircraft based in Majorca running a total of 47 routes from next March. The no-frills carrier claimed the move will deliver 2.8 million passengers a year and sustain up to 2,800 jobs […]
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Have yourself a very Spanish Christmas
One thing is guaranteed if you spend Christmas in Spain – it is going to be considerably cheaper for Mum and Dad than it would be in the UK. It’s not that the Spanish do not celebrate the Christmas period but they haven’t gone mad with the commercialism of the event which will cost […]
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Fifth of Spain’s low-cost airline passengers fly into Palma
Spain’s Institute of Tourism Studies (IET) has recently revealed that almost one fifth of the 32.2 million passengers who chose to fly to Spain with low-cost airlines between January and October this year landed in Mallorca’s capital – Palma. Across this ten month period, 5.9 million budget flyers passed through Palma Airport which represents a […]
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Balearics receive boost from cruise ship passengers
The Balearic Islands received a much welcomed boost this year of 1.2 million cruise ship passengers, the second highest number in Spain. Only Cataluña, with the port of Barcelona, received more arrivals via sea between January and September 2011, visited by just over 2 million cruise passengers. Indeed, both Cataluña and the Balearic region have […]
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Spain tops holiday home rental destination survey
Overseas property buyers can get an idea of where they are likely to find a good rental market for their holiday home from a new survey that reveals Spain has been the top destination of 2011. The quarter three Marketplace Report from holiday rentals specialists HomeAway also shows that there has been an increase in the rentals […]
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Mallorca Receives Another Michelin star
Great news for lovers of fine food and drink, there are already five restaurants in Mallorca that hold the coveted Michelin star award for food excellence, with one more just added in the past month. The new edition of the Michelin Guide 2012 in Spain andPortugal has been released, with the Es Fum restaurant in Mallorca receiving its first Michelin […]
