Majorca: Destination Of The Day (PHOTOS)

Add Majorca, Spain to the list of places we're dying to go. From the beautiful Gothic architecture to the perfectly Mediterranean seascape, it's an ideal late-summer getaway.

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The La Seu cathedral overlooks the Parc de la Mar and the Mediterranean Sea in Palma, the capital of Mallorca. The cathedral was built in the Spanish 'Levantino' Gothic style on the site of an existing Arab mosque and was founded by King James I of Aragon in 1229. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)

The La Seu cathedral overlooks the Parc de la Mar and the Mediterranean Sea in Palma, the capital of Mallorca. The cathedral was built in the Spanish 'Levantino' Gothic style on the site of an existing Arab mosque and was founded by King James I of Aragon in 1229.

(Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)

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[Chaling]

05:05 PM on 08/20/2010

Try Minorca as well, the next island over, less tourists, more sand on the beach.

[paulacvdw]

03:21 PM on 08/20/2010

I lived there for over 17 years. On a mountainside, with forests and terraces. My nearby village had 500 inhabitants. My neighbors were sheep and shepherds. I lived under the Mediterranean sun, with groves of olives, and surrounded by the sea.

I had private health insurance ($100/mo which covered everything, including standard private hospital room), a train stop in the town that let me go from one end of the island to the other, buses which would take me to other small villages when I wanted to go. I had happiness and peace.

Woe, to me. I had to leave that and come back to America. I left a lot behind. And that is a pity, because Americans (could have afforded) the "luxuries" I took for granted. But corporations trumped people. And still seem to do.

[sski74]

10:17 AM on 08/20/2010

Been there years ago, and it was stunningly beautiful.

[ZenCrusader]

07:57 AM on 08/20/2010

Mediterranean beaches simply cannot compete with the Caribbean.

[ZenCrusader]

07:55 AM on 08/20/2010

Beaches in the Mediterranean simply cannot compete with beaches in the Caribbean.

[TerryYaki]

07:28 AM on 08/20/2010

I go to Mallorca regularly as I have a mate living on the island. That cove is called Cala Deià, great for swimming, though not for stretching out as you can see. There is one relatively unspoilt long sandy beach on the island called Es Trenc. Palma is a real gem, very beautiful, lovely little alleyways, great bars and restaurants.

Mallorca also has some wonderful historic little towns but you have to pay well to get a good location and good beds (something all of Mallorca seems to suffer from is small hard lousy beds). Much of Mallorca's coast has been ruined by development to cater for hordes of cheap boozy holiday makers from the UK and Europe since the 60s, but it's easy to avoid these spots.

[robbor]

05:36 AM on 08/20/2010

travel ad, not news

[bg66astoria]

04:16 AM on 08/20/2010

Moderator: is there any way to copy the Cathedral photo & caption so that it can inform the blogs/comments re: Park51? Evidently some good folks think that only Moslems build over other religions' sanctified ground.

[StephBr]

03:44 AM on 08/20/2010

Been there, was full of cheap drunk tattooed brits.
No fun.

[juancapez]

01:40 AM on 08/20/2010

deia is an amazing little town with a fantastic hotel off the beaten path on the mountainous west coast. great place to vacation.

[ByersL]

12:46 AM on 08/20/2010

It's really beautiful. Never been, but might have to be living there in 2012 if America gets stoooopid and elects a rightie.

[Diver992]

01:38 AM on 08/20/2010

Might start saving for your plane ticket

[ByersL]

11:03 AM on 08/20/2010

Oh, I've got the money. But my bet will be on Obama.

[Jennifer Hagan]

02:50 PM on 08/20/2010

If you can deal with the drunken British and tourists good luck. However, the Spanish have become right winged themselves lately. Especially at Palma Majorca. My friend lives there with his wife (half Asian and Spanish-white) and he is African American. They've been having so much trouble lately. Kids have been spitting and beating up his kids and calling them monkeys and worst of all is that he is constantly being stopped and asked for his papers. I live in France and I can say it isn't much better. You might wanna rethink that move.

[LBPrep]

04:09 PM on 08/20/2010

your friend is lucky he's not a "moro" (Arab)--often treated even worse than "negros"

i love spain but the racism is intense. when i lived there it was one of the most difficult things to deal with, some new friends you can't introduce to each other, because they already hate each other. entrenched racism in that culture... fueled by a lot of their own illegal immigration and unemployment issues.

[ByersL]

11:51 PM on 08/21/2010

I think we are entering a new "inquisition" period in all of the western world, it makes me sick. The htred of Mus-lim≠s in the US among the right wing is devastating to those of us who worked so hard after 911 to combat it.

[Ikkru]

12:10 AM on 08/20/2010

I thought for sure that was New Jersey.

[Trittydi]

11:39 PM on 08/19/2010

Huffingtonpost ... doing their part to keep America stupid by not using maps.
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[juancapez]

01:39 AM on 08/20/2010

http://costa-brava-sailing.com/images/map-balearics.jpg

[Diver992]

03:07 AM on 08/20/2010

Unfortunately, with some people a map wouldn't help...

[martiniandabotoxchaser]

11:21 PM on 08/19/2010

Rocky beaches look gorgeous in photos but are not so comfy.

[Scruffyboo2]

10:29 PM on 08/19/2010

NO MATTER WHERE IT IS YOU CAN HAVE IT ... NO VISABLE PALM TREES AND TOO MANY ROCKS!

[adrurc]

09:04 AM on 08/20/2010

"Visible".