Tourism and Beyond

Holiday home in Majorca

The holiday villa for rent in Mallorca

Majorca is set to be popular with holidaymakers in 2009 and it has also been revealed that the island is a favourite of some of the most famous faces in Hollywood.

Among them are film stars Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, Formula One racer Michael Schumacher, supermodel Claudia Schiffer and singer Annie Lennox – who have all had homes on the island.

And no wonder when there is such a selection of places of historical interest, outstanding natural beauty, art galleries, museums, theatres, clubs, shops and restaurants to visit.

In reflection of this, a list compiled by Skyscanner.net of the 50 most searched destinations by Britons planning to travel this year placed Palma in Majorca as seventh.

Co-founder of the search engine Barry Smith said: “This year, it’s all about making your money go as far as possible, which is why Spain remains an extremely popular destination for British travellers. It’s close, warm and still very good value. ”

Technorati Profile

Airlines, Luxury, Travel, majorca cost of flight, holiday homes, luxury hotel, majorca, mallorca travel

Bueno, mi primer post bilingüe. A través de MENEAME he visto este post sobre lugares espectaculares del mundo. Por supuesto, como primer lugar, añado mi propia casa

This is my first bilingual post. I have found through MENEAME a post with 10 amazing places of the world. Of course, first of all, my villa in Majorca

1.- HONOR VELL

Casa de vacaciones en la Sierra de Tramuntana de Mallorca.

2.- Ola del desierto en Arizona/Arizona’s desert wave

Arizona guarda muchos secretos, pero quizás entre los más espectaculares, está la llamada “ola del desierto”, una formación rocosa modelada magistralmente por el viento, de tan difícil acceso que incluso quienes viajan a fotografiarla, a veces regresan frustrados por no poder encontrarla.

One of the best kept secrets in Arizona. The “Desert’s Wave” is like a rocky dune modelled by the wind. It is so hard to reach that you have to walk for 3 miles through the desert and climb winding pathes up to 300 feet.

3.- Lago de fuego/Lake of fire

Situado en la inhóspita región de la depresión de Afar, en el noreste de Etiopía, una inusual fuente de luz y calor emerge desde las entrañas de la Tierra: el lago de lava del volcán Erta Ale.

Situated in Afar’s region, NW of Ethiopia, an unusual light and heat font comes up from the center of the Earth: the lava lake of the Erta Ale volcano

4.- Bosque de Piedra, China/Forest of Stone, China

En el condado de Shilin, al sudoeste de China, las rocas parecen brotar de la tierra creando la ilusión de un bosque de piedra.

In Shilin’s County, at SW of China, rocks appear to grow from the ground, like quiet trees.

Para leer más/read more: 101 LUGARES

Travel, majorca arizona, best places in the world, china, fire, holiday homes, real ecology, sand, stone

THIS year, the Balearic Ministry for Tourism’s inspectors have stepped up their activities and a total 581 establishments, including restaurants, holiday flats and homes, have fines pending after having been caught operating “illegally” or without all the necessary permits.

Last year, 309 fines were handed out but during the first ten months of this year, that number has risen by 88 percent.
The Minister for Tourism, Miguel Nadal, yesterday explained that one of the biggest problems continues to be the unauthorized renting of holiday flats and homes.

At the moment, the owners of 133 apartments and 120 homes in the Balearics are facing fines, as are a total 38 restaurateurs for also being caught operating without the necessary licenses.

Just a reminder: Our villa HAS all the permits, and we are associated to the Federación Empresarial Hotelera de Mallorca

majorca fines, holiday homes, ilegal, majorca