Guide to the Balearic Islands

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Guide to the Balearic islands, Spain
Your essential travel guide to all the Balearic Islands. Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, Formetera. Find out the Balearic Islands wheather. Detailed destination guides to all islands & beaches

The Balearic Islands of Spain have been favourite destinations for the British, Germans and other North Europeans since the beginnings of mass tourism. The main reason for the popularity of the Balearics, of course, is the reliable sunshine of their Mediterranean weather. The Balearic Islands are made up of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera. All of these Islands have an excellent climate with around 300 days of sun per year, wonderful golden beaches and a rich cultural offering. There are more passengers passing through the airport of Palma de Mallorca than at the airport of any other Spanish city making the Balearic Islands one of the top destinations for many tourists

The Balearic island offer a sunny climate during June, July and August, with flight times of less than 3 hours from most UK airports, many holiday makers return year after year. All the Balearic islands offers vast, safe sunny beaches, and hidden coves to explore, historical cities, and stunning scenery. Then there is, of course, the vibrant nightlife with many bars staying open until the sun comes up. The smallest of the three main Balearic Islands, Ibiza has stunning rugged coastlines, in contrast to the soft sandy beaches with hidden coves. The sizzling summer sun keeps holidaymakers of all ages returning year after year as this wonderful island has so much to offer. Accommodation ranges from self catering apartments, hotels to suit every taste and budget, to wonderful family villas. Ibiza weather is typical Mediterranean, with mild winters and hot summers and each season has something unique to offer visitors to the island. During July and August, the weather is both hot and sunny.

Menorca is popular with those who want sunshine and breathtaking scenery without the crowds and fast pace of top resorts such as Mallorca's manic Magaluf. Holidaymakers seeking total tranquility head for the beautiful, unspoilt island of Formentera which is a mecca for nature lovers (and naturists) from all over Europe.
Menorca 's attractions include more than 100 beaches, a wealth of historic sites to explore, some of the finest seafood restaurants in the archipelago and a good range of family-orientated sports and leisure facilities.

Mallorca, the largest and best-known Balearic island, battles with its image, popularly reckoned as little more than sun, party and high-rise hotels. In reality you’ll find all the clichés, most of them crammed into the mega-resorts of the Bay of Palma and the east coast, but there’s lots more besides: mountains, lovely old towns, some beautiful coves and the Balearics’ one real city, Palma. Mallorca is in fact the one island in the group you might come to other than for beaches and nightlife, with scope to walk, travel and explore the varied landscapes and small villages.

The dynamic history of each of the Islands and the perfect location in the Mediterranean has left the Balearics with some unique landscapes. The Islands differ greatly among each other, but it’s above all the people who make this archipelago such a fantastic holiday destination. Mallorca, Ibiza and Menorca all have international airports and numerous low cost airlines offer cheap flights from the UK and other European destinations (flying time from London is around 2.5 hours). Formentera is reached by ferry from Ibiza Town – the journey takes between 35 minutes and an hour depending on whether you take the fast or standard ferry. There are regular ferries between all the four main islands and day excursions from Mallorca around the Cabrera marine reserve.

Just eleven nautical miles south of Ibiza Town, Formentera with its population of only 6120 inhabitants is the smallest of the four main of the Balearic islands, measuring just 20km from east to west. Formentera’s history more or less parallels that of Ibiza, though for nearly three hundred years – from the early fifteenth century to the end of the seventeenth – it was left uninhabited for lack of water and fear of Turkish pirate raids.