Best things to do in Majorca!

After a week in sunny Majorca with my family. I thought that I would share a few interesting places to visit and to do on the Island. Flying to Palma could not be easier for cruisers or people going on package holidays, its only 2 hours flight, and if you’re going through to the port it couldn’t be closer to the airport. I stayed in Alcudia, which is a popular resort s to the north of the Island. If I am honest, my expectations were not exactly that high, as we had only paid £500 for the week, but when we arrived I was very pleased with the cleanliness of the area, and the apartments really exceeded my expectations......
 We were only a ten minute walk from Alcudia's famous beach, here there we many bars and restaurants to have a spot of lunch after a relaxing day on the beach. Your never far from a cash machine, or a telephone and the area feels very safe to walk around.



For families this resort is excellent, lots of things for kids to do, Aquariums, go karts, water sports, arcades, water parks, and all of the restaurants I went in were very child friendly. The cuisine is probably not the strongest point, although you are on a Spanish island, most restaurants try very hard to attract English guests. They use such slogans, as REAL BRITISH FOOD WITH AHH BISTO GRAVY and COME IN REAL BRITISH CHEFS. This of course is great if your happy eating burger and chips every night, so again for kids there will be no problems. But if you would like to sample the more authentic Spanish food, then maybe a smaller less British orientated resort would be for you.

As my daughter is only 7 months old. There were a few tours that I would of loved to do but couldn't. So I cannot speak about these from experience, but I can tell you they certainly sounded very interesting, see them below:-

Pirates

Pirates has thrilled more than 3 million people over the past 24 years with a unique mix of spectacle, music, dance and fun. The 'Pirates experience' begins even before the show does! As you approach the specially designed theatre you realise that you are in for night unlike any other. Our swashbuckling heroes escort you to your table where you feast on buccaneering fayre washed down with flagons of pirate punch. Then the epic tale unfolds all around you as the pirates perform incredible feats and amazing stunts that will take your breath away

The Caves of Drach

The Caves of Drach are the most famous tourist attraction on the island of Mallorca. There are three chambers inside the caves, Cueva Negra (Black Cave), Cueva Blanca (White Cave) and Cueva Luis Salvator (Luis Salvator Cave). The latter is named after the Archduke Ludwig Salvator of Austria who invited Édouard-Alfred Martel to explore the caves in 1896; the caves are also home to Lago Martel (Lake Martel), one of the largest subterranean lakes in the world. Visitors can take a boat ride on the lake and see the beautiful limestone formations, including stalagmites protruding from the rock face and stalactites hanging down from the roof of the cave. As part of their journey underground, they are accompanied by the sound of musicians performing classical music, including compositions by Chopin, every hour on a boat.

The Tiananmen Trail

The orange blossom trail. Described as easily the most popular excursion in Majorca, you get the opportunity to travel onboard the ‘Orange Blossom Express’, a famous wooden train, from which you will be able to view an array of remarkably picturesque landscapes that include pine mountains, gorgeous villages and colourful citrus groves. You get the chance to step back in time also, when you visit a Majorcan country mansion.



All in all, I would recommend Alcudia, to any family with Kids, the beach is brilliant, the terrain is very flat for pushchairs or wheel chairs, weather is great, mosquitoes can be a little irritating, nothing jungle formula wouldn’t fix. The flight is short, and there is plenty to do! For couples, still good for a cheap beach holiday, just make sure you book the right hotel and do your homework. For people looking to sample the local life, I would say look at another Spanish destination for example, I was sitting in the Queens head, drinking a pint of carling, eating fish and chips on a Sunday afternoon, I wondered why the weather seemed so good!