We had a superb week in Majorca didn't blog it straight away because I thought if I left it awhile I could relive it again!
Determined to get abit of guaranteed sun on our backs this year we fore went our Cropredy gig and decided on Majorca, a very good deal that Tara found got us a week at a boutique hotel at Can Picafort on the North East side of the island. Unfortunately we got off to a false start with a three & half hour delay flying from Luton. Bugger! Ironically we were going to spoil ourselves & go in the VIP lounge before our flight but as it didn't open until 4.30pm & our flight was supposed to be 5.50pm it was hardly worth doing, if only we'd have known!
With the delayed flight our pick from Palma airport was also cocked up with an hour waiting there so we didn't get to our hotel until about 4am! We seriously considered not going to bed, just going for a walk or find a bar or something have breakfast and lounge by the pool all day, but once we got to our room the bed looked too inviting!
Up at 9.30am for brekky. The restaurant the hotel had was about a minutes walk round the corner, very pleasant surroundings and plenty of brekky to be had.
We did a great deal of pottering & strolling hand in hand from café to café and from bar to bar, just enjoying the great weather and each others company on this holiday.
We did do a couple of trips though. A guided tour of Palma was good with a funny old chap called Jordie. He was very interesting though, he gave an in-depth history of Palma and the cathedral. On Tuesday evening we went to a show at Son Amar which was well worth seeing. It was a show of dancing and acrobatics and comedy with dinner included. We sat with a couple from Switzerland and got on very well. The Spanish cater very well for wheat and gluten intolerances, puts us in the UK to shame quite honestly.
There was some Phoenician tombs not far from where we were staying. One afternoon T had a lay down and I went for a walk to these tombs. Only about half an hour along the coast, a glorious day, I'd worked up quite a sweat once I'd got there, the tombs were fascinating albeit alittle knocked about. I popped into a local supermarket to pick up a few nibbles and drinks for our room. I got a litre bottle of red wine for just under 2 Euros! It was very nice!
Had some really good dinners here. We decided to go on a B&B basis only to give us the opportunity to sample the local fare, so we ate at a different restaurant on all but one evening. Can Picafort was once a small fishing harbour, its got bigger due to tourism but still has alot of fish on the menus of just about everywhere
we went so for a change Tara had a reasonable choice!
One place we went to used old vinyl records as menus, some items printed on the album cover,& some the record itself. That was abit different.
We already knew that this end of the island was very Germanic, no problem with that, everyone we spoke to was very friendly, afew other English about but not many. It was a touristy area but not the kiss me quick hats and 'Full English breakfast here' type place, it was quite laid back really. We'd seen a singer advertised in one of the bars so we went back there after dinner one evening and had a great time. Even got a few dances as well, great stuff!
We had an absolutely brilliant time and our week came all too quickly to its end. Trouble free journey home, we flew with Monarch airlines and two days later they went bust so bit of a close call!
We enjoyed the place so much we are seriously considering going there again next year. Can't wait!
Determined to get abit of guaranteed sun on our backs this year we fore went our Cropredy gig and decided on Majorca, a very good deal that Tara found got us a week at a boutique hotel at Can Picafort on the North East side of the island. Unfortunately we got off to a false start with a three & half hour delay flying from Luton. Bugger! Ironically we were going to spoil ourselves & go in the VIP lounge before our flight but as it didn't open until 4.30pm & our flight was supposed to be 5.50pm it was hardly worth doing, if only we'd have known!
With the delayed flight our pick from Palma airport was also cocked up with an hour waiting there so we didn't get to our hotel until about 4am! We seriously considered not going to bed, just going for a walk or find a bar or something have breakfast and lounge by the pool all day, but once we got to our room the bed looked too inviting!
Up at 9.30am for brekky. The restaurant the hotel had was about a minutes walk round the corner, very pleasant surroundings and plenty of brekky to be had.
We did a great deal of pottering & strolling hand in hand from café to café and from bar to bar, just enjoying the great weather and each others company on this holiday.
We did do a couple of trips though. A guided tour of Palma was good with a funny old chap called Jordie. He was very interesting though, he gave an in-depth history of Palma and the cathedral. On Tuesday evening we went to a show at Son Amar which was well worth seeing. It was a show of dancing and acrobatics and comedy with dinner included. We sat with a couple from Switzerland and got on very well. The Spanish cater very well for wheat and gluten intolerances, puts us in the UK to shame quite honestly.
There was some Phoenician tombs not far from where we were staying. One afternoon T had a lay down and I went for a walk to these tombs. Only about half an hour along the coast, a glorious day, I'd worked up quite a sweat once I'd got there, the tombs were fascinating albeit alittle knocked about. I popped into a local supermarket to pick up a few nibbles and drinks for our room. I got a litre bottle of red wine for just under 2 Euros! It was very nice!
Had some really good dinners here. We decided to go on a B&B basis only to give us the opportunity to sample the local fare, so we ate at a different restaurant on all but one evening. Can Picafort was once a small fishing harbour, its got bigger due to tourism but still has alot of fish on the menus of just about everywhere
One place we went to used old vinyl records as menus, some items printed on the album cover,& some the record itself. That was abit different.
We already knew that this end of the island was very Germanic, no problem with that, everyone we spoke to was very friendly, afew other English about but not many. It was a touristy area but not the kiss me quick hats and 'Full English breakfast here' type place, it was quite laid back really. We'd seen a singer advertised in one of the bars so we went back there after dinner one evening and had a great time. Even got a few dances as well, great stuff!
We had an absolutely brilliant time and our week came all too quickly to its end. Trouble free journey home, we flew with Monarch airlines and two days later they went bust so bit of a close call!
We enjoyed the place so much we are seriously considering going there again next year. Can't wait!
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| Inside Palma Cathedral |
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| Outside Palma Cathedral |
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| View from a waterfront bar. |
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| Memsahib at the rooftop cocktail bar at our hotel |
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| And the view from the roof |
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| Us. |
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| With accompanying drinks. |
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| View from our room. |
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| Phoenician tombs |
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| Interesting lamps in one of the resturants |
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| Albums used as menus |
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| A pillbox even though Spain was neutral during the second world war. Probably to keep both sides off the island! |
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| Phoenician tombs |
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| Resturant |
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| Interesting collection of chilli's outside a shop in Palma |
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| Jordie, our guide around Palma |
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| My find of the week, a 2 Euro bottle of wine! |
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| Street in Palma. |
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