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Brits are flocking to Spain’s Balearic Islands: UK arrivals soar by 8% in first half of 2024

THE BALEARIC Islands have received over 11,479,118 international tourists between January and August. This represents a 6.8% increase on the same period last year. According

19 Sep, 2024 @ 13:31

Balearic Islands·Lead·Travel News

Man who ‘put two apples inside another man’s rectum without his consent’ is arrested in Spain’s Mallorca

A GERMAN man has been arrested in Mallorca for putting ‘two apples inside another man’s rectum without consent’. Palma’s Policia Nacional has arrested a German

19 Sep, 2024 @ 12:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Exclusive: British groom-to-be needs facial reconstruction surgery after suffering ‘brutal attack by nightclub bouncers’ in Spain

A BRITISH groom-to-be is awaiting facial reconstruction surgery after he was allegedly attacked by bouncers at a nightclub in Mallorca. William Wheatley, 26, can only

18 Sep, 2024 @ 13:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s Malaga Port witnesses busy September with increased cruise ship activity

Ibiza plans to limit the number of cruise ship arrivals amid overtourism backlash

AUTHORITIES in Ibiza have announced a crackdown on the number of cruise ships allowed to dock on the island amid a wave of anti-tourist protests.

17 Sep, 2024 @ 14:27

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead·Travel News

British boy, 15, is fighting for his life after near-fatal accident at a water park in Spain’s Mallorca

A 15-YEAR-OLD British boy is fighting for his life after suffering a near-fatal drowning at a Mallorca water park. The teenager was rushed to hospital

17 Sep, 2024 @ 06:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

‘Sophisticated’ camera hidden in a water bottle was ‘used by bar owner in Spain’s Mallorca to record hundreds of women and minors using his toilet’

A BAR owner in Mallorca is accused of using a camera disguised as a water bottle to film hundreds of women as they used the

15 Sep, 2024 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Snakes have ‘fully invaded’ Spain’s Ibiza: Environmentalists fear for local lizard species

The horseshoe snake arrived to the island around two decades ago

13 Sep, 2024 @ 13:42

Balearic Islands·Environment·Ibiza·Lead

Two Brits in critical condition in the Balearics: ‘Drunken’ 34-year-old hit by taxi in Ibiza while 70-year-old man rescued from drowning in Formentera

A BRITISH tourist is in a serious condition after drunkenly falling in front of a taxi in the popular resort town of Sant Antoni in

12 Sep, 2024 @ 22:00

Ibiza·Lead

British judge ‘astonished’ at 30-year-old mother of rioter, 12, who skipped her son’s court hearing for £1,000 holiday in Spain’s Ibiza

A BRITISH judge has slammed a mother’s decision to skip her 12-year-old son’s court hearing for taking part in the UK’s summer riots to go

11 Sep, 2024 @ 18:00

Ibiza·Lead

Ryanair loses mini court battle in Spain: Passenger successfully challenges €30 fee for printing off his boarding pass at the airport

RYANAIR has been ordered to refund a passenger who was charged an extra fee for printing his boarding pass at an airport in Spain. The

11 Sep, 2024 @ 15:34

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Travel News

Germans are ditching Mallorca for a major resort in Turkey this autumn, booking figures suggest

GERMAN tourists have famously long loved the sun, sea and sand of Mallorca – but it may be time to say ‘Auf Wiedersehen’ as new

10 Sep, 2024 @ 15:40

Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

World’s best chef Dabiz Muñoz to open ‘gourmet spaces’ at four major airports in Spain

DABIZ Muñoz, the highly-acclaimed Madrid-born chef, has premiered his first airport dining concept set to land at four terminals across Spain this year. The Hungry

10 Sep, 2024 @ 14:41

Barcelona·Food & Drink·For Foodies·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Mallorca·Olive Press Travel·Travel News

Double tragedy as body of British hiker, 32, is found in Spain’s Mallorca days after his girlfriend, 26, died in torrential storms

THE body of a British hiker who was washed away in torrent of water while hiking in Mallorca on Tuesday night has been found, the

6 Sep, 2024 @ 13:36

Lead·Mallorca

Trousers and a shoe found in desperate search for British hiker, 32, who was swept away after storms struck Spain’s Mallorca

RESCUE teams looking for a British hiker who was swept away by a torrent in Mallorca have found a pair of trousers and a shoe.

6 Sep, 2024 @ 10:01

Lead·Mallorca

Tourism bosses in Spain’s Balearic Islands launch PR campaign to lure back Brits after number of UK arrivals plummet by 10%

THE Balearic Islands are increasing efforts to encourage UK tourists to visit after a significant dip in visitor numbers following a spate of anti-mass tourism

5 Sep, 2024 @ 14:00

Balearic Islands·Lead

‘There’s still hope’: Search continues for missing British tourist who was swept away by flash flood in Mallorca as specialist divers join the team

RESCUE teams have resumed the search this Thursday morning for a British hiker, 32, who was swept away by a surging river on Tuesday night.

5 Sep, 2024 @ 12:25

Lead·Mallorca

Heart-stopping moment a French tourist climbs a crane in Spain’s Ibiza

A DRUNK French tourist was spotted climbing a crane in just his swimming trunks in Ibiza on Wednesday morning. The incident took place in the

5 Sep, 2024 @ 12:06

Ibiza·Lead·Video

Bluetongue disease is affecting sheep in the Balearic Islands

Bluetongue outbreak in Mallorca: At least 22 animals are killed after insect-borne disease sweeps through farms

THE regional agricultural department in Spain’s Balearic Islands has detected the presence of bluetongue, with a total of 22 sheep left dead in five different

5 Sep, 2024 @ 09:34

Balearic Islands·Lead

Mallorca braces for hurricane winds: Flights are delayed and public areas sealed off over fears of uprooted trees – as experts warn when the most severe weather will hit

MALLORCA is batting down the hatches today as hurricane force winds of over 120km/hr are set to blow into the island. According to state weather

4 Sep, 2024 @ 13:49

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Weather

German tourists are arrested for ‘defecating in lifts’ of Mallorca hotel and ‘emptying fire extinguishers’

TWO German tourists appeared in court on Monday after causing extensive damage to a hotel in Arenal, a small tourist town south of Palma. The

4 Sep, 2024 @ 13:02

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British tourist, 32, dead and his partner missing after being swept away by flash floods in Mallorca – amid ‘hurricane’ alert

A DESPERATE search is underway for a British tourist swept away in a flash flood after the body of her boyfriend was discovered on a

4 Sep, 2024 @ 12:01

Lead·Mallorca

WATCH: Hurricane alert in Mallorca: Spain’s state weather agency Aemet warns winds could exceed 120km/hr

MALLORCA has been warned of ‘hurricane winds’ that could exceed 120km/hr. The entire Balearic island has been placed on an orange alert for Wednesday by

3 Sep, 2024 @ 14:06

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca·Video·Weather

Watch: Weather chaos in Spain as roads are destroyed by hail and rain storms in the north and east – while Mallorca is placed on orange alert

SEVERE storms are continuing to batter north and eastern Spain, as well as the Balearic Islands. Images shared online show how roads have collapsed in

3 Sep, 2024 @ 13:54

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·Video·Weather