Balearic Islands

Located in the western Mediterranean archipelago of the Balearic Islands are located midway between the Iberian peninsula, southern France and northern Africa. L 'set consists of four major islands, Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera, with several other islands including the island of Cabrera stands. The Islands are linked by planes and boats. The flights with direct connections with major European airports. Only Majorca is equipped with rail network, but public transport can get everywhere by bus. The car is the most common and convenient use by many tourists. The climate is mild in the Balearic Islands, characteristic of the Mediterranean with average annual temperatures around 17 ° Celsius. The group of the Balearic Islands form a single province and autonomous region, with Palma de Mallorca as capital. Attraction sites are the climate and the beautiful beaches of white sand, lapped by crystal clear sea and surrounded by an untouched nature. Several tour operators each year numerous trips with air travel, to these tourist places with comfortable and modern hotel facilities. Not lacking, however people prefer to manage independently their holidays with ferries arriving by car from Barcelona to spend the summer resort. The south and east of the 'island of Majorca are the areas of greatest concentration of tourism. At Palma de Mallorca in the capital is the seat of regional government, its area measuring approximately 3,600 square kilometers, the capital has about 350,000 inhabitants. The beauty of the beaches and the presence of numerous bays that are often combined with a thick Mediterranean vegetation have contributed to a flourishing development of European tourism. Majorca has two clearly different areas of territory: the Sierra de Tramuntana, the steepest characterized by a mountainous landscape, where there are the countries most picturesque. The interior, flat and predominantly agricultural, bears little resemblance to the image of an island tourism. Second island Menorca has extended the north coast overlooking the sea, with beaches made of pebbles and reddish sand, while the southern coast are the beaches of fine white sand and crystal clear sea, really. The third largest of the Balearic Islands, famous for its intense social life and nightlife with its many clubs, is the island of Ibiza. Its urban center is a UNESCO world heritage by UNESCO. To visit Portinatx, one of the most popular ports. Known as the Caribbean of the Mediterranean, Formentera offers the beautiful nature reserve of Ses Salines.

The group of the Balearic Islands is located in the western Mediterranean between the Iberian peninsula, southern France and the coasts of North Africa. L 'archipelago is made up of four major islands, in order of magnitude Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera, as well as other islands between which we remember the island of Cabrera National Park known for its sea by land. The islands are developing a total area of approximately 5,000 square kilometers with 1240 kilometers of coastline.

At the administrative level the Balearic Islands, officially called the Illes Balears, are an autonomous region with its own autonomous government. In the Spanish state, there are a total of seventeen autonomous regions with local institutions, the archipelago is the Balearic Government, Parliament and three Councils Balearic island, Menorca, Formentera and Ibiza. As regards transport, only the larger islands are interconnected by planes and ships, particularly Mallorca, Ibiza and Menorca are also connected with major European airports. Mallorca currently only has a rail network, but public transport can reach any place in the islands. The medium most used by tourists who arrived in the archipelago, is the car rental because you can make traveling independently. Overall, the Balearic Islands have a population of about 700,000 inhabitants, half of which reside in the capital Palma.

Classic of the Mediterranean climate zone of the Balearic Islands is mild at times with a high humidity environment. The seasonal temperatures hover around 27 ° C in summer, 19.5 ° C in spring and 20 ° C in autumn and winter is around 15 ° C. However, overall, the average annual temperature in the 'act on the archipelago is 17 degrees Celsius with little variation between one island and another. The presence of the sun during the year to more than 300 days balearic transform into a major tourist destination.

The economy in the Balearic Islands Balearic Islands shows the strongest growth industries for the production of jewelry, shoes, furniture and cultivating pearls in the dele characteristic of Manacor. Lately, the economic structure has changed, due in particular to the remarkable evolution of tourism since the fifties with the construction of tourist complexes of high-level reception of holidaymakers.

Each island of the Balearic Islands dele differs from the others, Majorca has aerial constructions reminiscent of the profiles household of classical Rome, always in Mallorca is the capital of the 'archipelago Palma and the seat of government. The city during the summer holidays reserves the presence of the Spanish royal family and other important personalities of the social, political, cultural and artistic. L 'inside the' island is predominantly agricultural, the Serra de Tramuntana, with the Puig Major reaches a height of 1445 meters, more steeply in the area are the characteristic village of Valldemossa, Soller and Deia. The Cordillera mountain range exceeds one hundred kilometers in total, among the famous beaches located on the north remember the Cala Tuent or knows Calobra, Port de Soller, Cala di Deia. In the south the land is more arid with some wonderful beaches among which we mention Covetes ses, es Trenc, Mondragó, Cala Figuera and Cala Santanyi.  

The eastern part of the 'island of Majorca is still not among the urbanized creeks notable Cala Mesquida, Cala Agulla and Cala Torta. For those wishing to make excursions you can visit the fantastic caves Artànella resort of Canyamel, those of Drac carrying a huge underground lake, and those dels Hams in the area of Portocristo.