balear islands

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Menorca’s autumn light: where culture meets calm

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Discover Menorca in autumn: UNESCO heritage, golden hiking trails, artisan flavours, and a model of sustainable slow travel in the Mediterranean.

30/09/2025

Destinations

Where to go in Europe for (almost) guaranteed winter sunshine

Guests will be eligible for a one-night complimentary stay for every full day the Cyprus resort doesn’t meet the ‘Sunshine Guarantee’.

29/10/2024

Travel News

‘Mykonos of Spain’ threatens to close to tourists amid overcrowding

Tourists regularly enter into homes, steal belongings and climb up balconies.

15/05/2024

Travel News

Message in a bottle: Italian finds Spanish child's sea-tossed note

The message travelled about 2,000 sea miles for four months.

28/02/2024

Spain

'Really?': Shock as British mayor starts governing Mallorca town

Candidate for the regionalist party Més per Mallorca (More for Mallorca) Richard Thompson has been appointed as the new mayor of Sant Joan, in the centre of the island.

23/06/2023

Health news

3,000-year-old human hair provides first proof of drug use in Europe

The unusual finding of human hair in a cave in Menorca has provided the first direct evidence of the use of plant drugs by people in Europe.

21/04/2023

Nature

Spanish diver saves 12-metre humpback whale in 'daring' rescue mission

32-year-old marine biologist and diver Gigi Torras said the experience was 'incredible'.

25/05/2022

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Six reasons to visit Balearic island Formentera in summer 2022

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Ibiza’s laid-back cousin, Formentera – the Balearic island with no airport and few paved roads – knows a thing or two about slowing things down.

20/04/2022

Spain

Eleven bodies recovered off Spain's Balearic Islands

Authorities said that three people had been rescued and 11 bodies recovered after a sailboat was reported west of Cabrera.

04/10/2021

Travel News

No more quarantine-free travel from the Balearic Islands to the UK

The Balearic Islands have been added to the UK's amber list, while Bulgaria, Croatia and Hong Kong have joined the green.

14/07/2021

Destinations

The best all-season island cities in Europe

Anthony Grant rounds up the European island cities worth visiting all year round.

15/11/2020