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Balearic Islands is an autonomous community of Spain.
Regions
There are two groups of islands:
- The Gymnastics - Minorca, Majorca, Cabrera and other islets
- The Pitiusas - Ibiza, Formentera and other islets
Cities
- Palma de Mallorca - capital of the island of Majorca
- Mahon - capital of the island of Minorca
- Ciutadella de Menorca
- Ibiza - on the island homonymous
Other destinations
To get
The fastest way is to arrive by plane to some of its airports, from which flights depart to many national and European destinations. From the Palma de Mallorca airportYou can reach the center of Palma by bus. Although it can also be reached by boat from Barcelona or Denia.
Travel
Transport on the islands is diverse, there are regular bus lines, with a fairly diverse schedule during the day and some night buses, public transport is flexible in the main islands, Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza, in the rest of the islands the Schedule is quite short and in some cases with buses only in the morning and one in the afternoon.
By car
There are also taxi transfers, which in turn offer the possibility of guided tours of the islands at prices ranging from € 50 to € 180, and car rentals with several companies: EuroRent, QuarentaCarsSixt,NiceCars,Cicar,What cars, Pepecar,Europcar,Beneluxcar,Roig Cars,Cars Valls, Maxirent, BBrentacar, Enterprise Y TramuntanaRentACar
Boat
Talk
- In this autonomous community there are two official languages: Catalan and Spanish.
They have their own dialect which is Balearic which in turn is composed of other Majorcan, Menorcan, Ibizan and Formentera dialects.
To buy
- Mallorca pearls
To eat
- Frito Mallorquín
- Mallorcan soups
- Tumbet
- Stuffed Eggplant
- Brossat stash bin dessert
- Ensaimada candy
Drink and go out
Try the almond slush and the ointment, a typical drink based on gin (local) and lemon.Cas Gasi offers through its luxury restaurant an excellent sample of authentic Mediterranean cuisine in Ibiza [3]
Sleep
In the Balearic Islands the hotel offer is immense, ranging from the most luxurious hotels located in typical farmhouses, to more economical two-star hotels. The hotels are mainly concentrated in two areas, the first concentrates a more national tourist, together with mainly Italians, while the second is more Anglo-Saxon, so the leisure and restaurant venues vary significantly.
Respect
Above all, the beaches. Don't forget to use the wastebaskets - many visitors forget they exist.
Health
external links
Wikipedia has an article on Balearic Islands.w: Balearic Islands
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