| Having been to Palma de Mallorca now over 10 times | | | | Majorca. |
| I know a thing or two now about this city. Palma is | | | | Palma is a tourist hotspot for UK residents and has |
| to me is one of the most beautiful places in Majorca | | | | been so for over 50 years since around 1952 when |
| and the main port and capital of the island. Palma is a | | | | the first pioneer tourists travelled across on |
| cosmopolitan city with a wealth of restaurants, bars, | | | | massively expensive air flights. The modern advent |
| clubs, hotels and rental accommodation to choose | | | | of cheap air fares has transformed the island of |
| from. Where to get an unbiased view on all of these | | | | Majorca into a thriving tourism industry and the |
| services? Where to get away from the patter of | | | | beauty of certain parts of the coastline have been |
| slick travel agents? The answer these days is this, | | | | ruined by irresponsible building of too many |
| simply go to a tourist forum where real tourists can | | | | apartment blocks especially in the 1980 to 1990 |
| discuss openly issues they had with their Majorca | | | | period. |
| holidays. | | | | Palma has been developer fairly responsibly being one |
| Unlike the sales people working in the travel and | | | | of the jewels in the crown of Majorca, so thankfully |
| accommodation industry, that are hungry to close a | | | | even with tourism thriving in Palma, the traditional |
| deal rather than give people the real low down on | | | | culture and charm of this ancient historic city have |
| the city and best places to go, these forums are | | | | not bee lost, simply running in harmony with modern |
| becoming a really powerful way for individuals to cut | | | | times. The best advice without any doubt for a |
| through all the rubbish and get informed on a much | | | | tourist, before visiting Palma do get involved with |
| more genuine basis. Forums like the Cheap Majorca | | | | other tourists discussion groups online and find out |
| Holidays discussion forum and others are paving the | | | | information that you will not be told by travel |
| way for tourists to really take back some ground | | | | agencies or brochures. It is vital to examine the pros |
| and cut through to really useful reviews by other | | | | and cons to a location in order to plan around the |
| tourists that have absolutely no vested interests in | | | | cons and maximise the pros. After all you only get a |
| the success or failure of that service, meaning that | | | | break from work some 4 or so weeks of the year, |
| you are confronted with genuine comments sharing | | | | so no margin for error! |
| the good, the bad and the ugly side of a holiday in | | | | |