FOUR young women from Mallorca have died in a car crash that left more wounded while on holiday in the Florida Keys. The women were from Inca, Palma, and Lloseta, and were
IT’S fast becoming one of the true social epicentres of Portals. And OD Port Portals hotel is very much THE place to stay for hipsters visiting the South West of Mallorca. With
IT was 38 years ago that Antonia Martorell launched her business in Santa Catalina. The boss of estate agent Caimari had an inkling that the area – then known for its gypsies
A BALEARIC beach has been named as one of the top 10 in Europe. Formentera’s Playa de Ses Illetes ranked ninth in the TripAdvisor’s Top Beaches of 2018 Travelers’ Choice awards. The
A SCHOOL bus driver has denied he has taken cocaine and heroin. He insisted he had never taken drugs, after testing positive for the two drugs in a random test. The 32-year-old
THE lifeblood of Santa Catalina is, without a doubt, its market. Now, nearly 100 years old the Mercat de Santa Catalina is the oldest in Palma. Founded in 1920, it counts on
PRINCE Charles is pleading with the UK government to ban the import of plants that might have the ‘olive Ebola’ virus that has wreaked havoc on the Balearics. The British royal issued
THERE are few things as pleasurable as making your own chocolate. But that is what chef Tino Wolter gets to do every day at his magical cocoa shop Cachao Chocolates in the
A SPANIARD has died from carbon monoxide poisoning while staying at a hotel in London. Marcos Severa, 34, from Mallorca, was poisoned after the toxic gas allegedly leaked into the heating system
AUSTRALIA has decided to join in on the mega-success that is Love Island, and has already found the perfect Mallorca property for their version of the ITV show. Channel Nine down under
FIRST Mallorca has an excellent range of properties for sale in Santa Catalina. The well-established agent has six different homes on offer in the hip Palma enclave. They go from 300,000 to
WHILE San Sebastian might have the most Michelin stars – and probably the best tapas – Santa Catalina has the biggest variety of restaurants in a small area anywhere in Spain. There
SHE is often credited with making Santa Catalina chic. And there’s no doubt Christine Leja was an early trailblazer into Palma’s hippest barrio, having launched her first business here 15 years ago.
THE clinking of wine glasses, clicking of designer heels and the cacophony of foreign languages… welcome to a typical lunchtime in Santa Catalina. Palma’s trendiest neighbourhood is often described by locals as
THE Mallorca Saxophone Festival is celebrating their ten year anniversary through March 28, with free concerts across is the island. This year the festival has produced the most international festival in the
PROTESTERS have taken to the streets as the fight for Palma’s terraces continues. Dozens of angry restaurateurs gathered on Calle Blanquerna to voice their disapproval of new terrace rules, which could see
SPANISH women are being urged to make a stand and strike, to mark International Women’s day on March 8. In a bid to show that ‘if we stop, the world stops’ women
THERESA May has warned that ‘no-one will get everything they want’ out of Brexit. She maintained that the UK would leave the single market, customs union and the jurisdiction of the European
RYANAIR is to invest $200 million (€162m) in Palma de Mallorca airport this year. This comes as a result of the low cost carrier basing two additional aircraft at the airport. The Irish company
THE Balearic Islands has pledged to phase out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. In an ambitious plan, Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca and Formentera will take new diesel cars off the market from 2025.
SPAIN’S property market has officially recovered from the 2008 crash, with 2017’s transactions reaching levels last seen before the crisis. New figures released this week showed close to 465,000 sales last year,
PENSIONERS in their thousands have taken to the streets of Spain to demand decent pensions. Demonstrating across Spain to ask the government to guarantee pensions for present and future generations, one group
BRITISH police have offered a £10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of murder suspect Bradley Blundell who is hiding in Spain. It comes as a teenager was cleared by a jury
ACTOR Michael Douglas and his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones, have put their Mallorcan mansion on the market for a lucky third time. The couple have once again put the property, between Valldemossa and
NEARLY 30,000 birds are wintering in the Balearic wetlands. Some 73 separate species are staying in 35 different wetlands around the islands, according to green group GOB. Mallard ducks are the most
A LEGION of donkeys is being employed to lower the risk of fire in two key areas of Mallorca. Two groups of between 15 and 27 animals are to be sent out
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