One of the most popular destinations among Holiday Hypermarket customers this year, Mallorca has morphed from an island of package holidays to ‘treasure island’ for British summer holidaymakers. Also fashionable among other nationalities, Mallorca’s airport fields flights from Germany, Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands and Sweden, and is a “rare profitable operation” for its body corporate, […]
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Treasure Island
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Palma Superyacht Cup
This years Palma Superyacht Cup, being held from 20 to 23rd of June and featuring 16 the worlds finest large sailing yachts is being filmed by Palma de Mallorca based Nautical TV Europe (NTVE) in association with its business partner The Islander Yachting Magazine. The regatta will feature previous winners Drumfire and Scorpione dei Mari, […]
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Come and savour the Region of Valencia in 2012
The Region of Valencia invites you to discover some of its most mouth-watering attractions throughout 2012 with the initiative ‘Saborea 20.12’ (‘Taste 20.12’). This culinary offer includes set menus at the fixed price of €20.12 throughout the whole of the Region of Valencia. Anyone for paella? This option is available in over 130 restaurants around […]
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Serving hours extended for terrace bars in Palma
Palma City Council has decided to allow bars with terraces close to the seafront in Palma & an area of Playa de Palma to open later than usual for the summer. It will now be possible to enjoy al fresco drinking until 1.00am, an hour later than normal during the week, until 15th October. Deputy […]
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Golf, sun and sand in Andalusia
There are many reasons for visiting the coast of Andalusia, many: its weather, its accessibility, its beaches, its food, the nature of its people … and its golf. The Andalusian coast has become a unique location for this sport. Visitors come for all of these reasons, and above all for one: the weather. The year-round […]
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Spanish beaches break record with 638 prestigious Blue Flags
The Blue Flag beach results for 2012 are in and Spain has recorded its best ever outcome winning a total of 638 blue flags, 35 more than the 603 flags achieved last year according to the European Foundation for Environmental Education. With 540 beaches and 98 marinas flying the prestigious flag this year, Spain has maintained […]
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The European Poster 1888-1938
The Museo Picasso Malaga presents The European Modern Poster an exhibition on view 18th June, 2012 – 16th September, 2012. On show for the first time in Malaga, this exhibition is devoted to the early glory years of the poster. It is organized in three sections, each of which corresponds to a significant period. The […]
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Hogueras de San Juan – San Juan Bonfires Fiesta
Alicante celebrates the arrival of summer with the Bonfires of San Juan. In an atmosphere of music, colour, fireworks and extravagance, thousands of people throng the streets to experience this fiesta which pays tribute to fire. To celebrate the arrival of summer, the people of Alicante would traditionally flock to the countryside on 23 June […]
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Spain breaks “blue flag” beach record
Clouds may have been looming over Spain’s economy but according to Blue Flag, the outlook for its beaches is bright. Spain beat stiff competition from beach heavyweights Greece and Italy after it scooped a record breaking 638 “blue flags”. “The blue flag is a safe guard for tourists, as it shows that we worry about […]
