Mallorca – Planning a Trip
We frequently travel to Europe, but have never visited Mallorca. Mallorca, is a Balaeric Island in the Mediterranean (off the Spanish coast). View image Most tourists are Europeans, who pack the...
View ArticlePalma, Mallorca
It is always difficult traveling, arriving in a strange country, jet-lagged with no clue where to go and what to do. And when you arrive and find out that (once again) United/Lufthansa/Spanair managed...
View ArticleDiscovering Palma and Port Soller, Mallorca
After an extremely hearty breakfast, it was time to roam around Palma. The Port is very active – Cruise Ships coming and going, ferries to Ibiza and Barcelona, and pleasure boats all over the Bay. The...
View ArticleOn The Way to Port Soller, Mallorca
After a mediocre breakfast at Hotel Marina – the usual selection of rolls, jams, yoghurt,, orange “Tang”-type juice (with 1,000’s of orange groves around, some freshly squeezed would have been nice),...
View ArticleOn The GR 221 in Mallorca
The different portion of the GR 221 today . Our private bus drove us up to Cuba (by the Dam) and let us off to walk down to Soller in a different direction. Each section of the GR had a map detailing...
View ArticleLluc, Mallorca – The Monastery
Suitcases packed and ready for their busride to the Monestery at Lluc. The driver will drop us off at Cuba, and we head in a different direction towards Guia de Lluc. It isn’t as crowded on the trail...
View ArticleLluc to Puerto Pollenca/Port Pollensa, Mallorca
Our suitcases will be bused to Pollenca while we finish the last section of the GR 221. Breakfast was better than in Port Soller: hot rolls, freshly made croissants, ham and cheese. The coffee in Port...
View ArticleWandering Around Alcudia, Mallorca
The Hotel Daina has a bontiful buffet breakfast. Eggs, bacon, many kinds of rolls, bread, toast, pastries, fresh and dried fruit, yoghurt, watermelon, ham, cheese, sausages, the English staple – baked...
View ArticleBiking, Golfing and Transportation in Mallorca
Biking? If you like to bicycle, there are many groups that lead on- and off-road biking tours. Or grab a map and do it yourself. We were sitting outside after breakfast in Port Soller when a woman...
View ArticleFood, Wine and Villas — Adios, Mallorca!
Food was uniformly good to excellent everywhere we ate. You’d have to live in Mallorca to eat your way through all the various restaurants. My favorite foods were: Tapas (assorted appetizers); Aioli...
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