The capital city is known for its Gothic cathedral with an after canopy by modern architect Antoni Gaudi, and Almudaina,a moorish royal palace.
Balearic Islands Map
These are the Balearic Islands:
Majorca:
Majorca is the largest of the islands. It is known for beaches, scenic coastline.
Ibiza:
Ibiza is a international party destination. Many DJ's host popular nightclubs.
Minorca:
This Balearic Island has a mix of colonial and local architecture.The international opera week and international organ festival in Mahon, and the summer music festival and Capella Davidica concerts in Ciutadella are the main events of the island.
Formentera:
Formentera has been a popular destination for hippies.
Sports:
The islands most successful football club is RCD Mallorca from Palma, currently playing in the second division in 2013. they like water sports, particularly the many races held on the waters of the Badia de Palma. The big event, including the kings cup and queen Sophia's cup, are celebrated as public holidays. Also bull fights are popular in mainland Spain.
Tennis player Rafael Nadal, winner of 14 grand slam single titles.
Tennis player Rafael Nadal, winner of 14 grand slam single titles.
Water sports
Underwater fishing is especially popular, with sea bass, sole, dentex, dorado and sea bream all plentiful.
Underwater fishing is especially popular, with sea bass, sole, dentex, dorado and sea bream all plentiful.
Local Cuisine:
Maó Cheese
The resorts and large town centres found in the Balearic islands offer a good selection of restaurants, able to satisfy even the most demanding of palates. While the resorts do, of course, cater for visitors who have come for the beaches rather than the food, good quality, local cuisine is in plentiful supply.
Coca de trampó
Language Catalan and Spanish are major languages in the islands. Other languages such as English, German, and Italian are often spoken by locals, especially those who work in the tourism industry.
Architecture The Balearics exhibit a varied terrain, with undulating hills, plateaus, and lowlands. Minorca has extensive plains. Annual precipitation is low, rarely exceeding 18 inches and occurs mainly in Autumn and Spring. the populations of Majorca and Minorca are heavily concentrated in the larger cities, where those of the islands of Iziba and Formentera tend to be dispersed.
Las Islas Baleares
"eso es Isas Baleares naravilosas"
"that's the wonderful Balearic Islands"
AREA: 1,927 mi
POPULATION: 1.103 MILLION
CAPITAL: PALMA DE MALLOCRCA
The capital city is known for its Gothic cathedral with an after canopy by modern architect Antoni Gaudi, and Almudaina,a moorish royal palace.
These are the Balearic Islands:
Majorca:
Ibiza:
Minorca:
Formentera:
Sports:
The islands most successful football club is RCD Mallorca from Palma, currently playing in the second division in 2013. they like water sports, particularly the many races held on the waters of the Badia de Palma. The big event, including the kings cup and queen Sophia's cup, are celebrated as public holidays. Also bull fights are popular in mainland Spain.Tennis player Rafael Nadal, winner of 14 grand slam single titles.
Water sports
Underwater fishing is especially popular, with sea bass, sole, dentex, dorado and sea bream all plentiful.
Local Cuisine:
The resorts and large town centres found in the Balearic islands offer a good selection of restaurants, able to satisfy even the most demanding of palates.
While the resorts do, of course, cater for visitors who have come for the beaches rather than the food, good quality, local cuisine is in plentiful supply.
LanguageCatalan and Spanish are major languages in the islands. Other languages such as English, German, and Italian are often spoken by locals, especially those who work in the tourism industry.
Architecture
The Balearics exhibit a varied terrain, with undulating hills, plateaus, and lowlands. Minorca has extensive plains. Annual precipitation is low, rarely exceeding 18 inches and occurs mainly in Autumn and Spring. the populations of Majorca and Minorca are heavily concentrated in the larger cities, where those of the islands of Iziba and Formentera tend to be dispersed.