Barcelona (LEBL) - Palma De Mallorca (LEPA)
Barcelona-El-Prat Airport in El Prat de Llobregat.
The airport of Barcelona is part of the comarca El Prat de Llobregat and covers approximately a quarter of its entire territory. Therefore it is a main source of income and employment for the municipality, complemented by several airport-related businesses and agencies. The airport itself was the result of fusing two local aerodromes into a single international airport in 1948.
Formentor Peninsula.
Approaching Mallorca we arrived at the headland known as Formentor, the northernmost part of the island. Known by locals as “the meeting-place of the winds” it inspired its major landowner, the Mallorquin poet Miquel Costa i Llobrera, to write his masterwork “The Pine of Formentor”. After his death in 1922 the land was dissolved and the parts were sold.
Port de Pollença near Formentor Peninsula.
The “Harbour of Pollença” - visible at the right edge of the picture - developed into its own entity during the onset of tourism in Mallorca. But instead of the usual appartment blocks and all-inclusive resorts that shape the island’s image, the town kept its historic charm with multiple smaller vacation homes and owner-operated hotels.
The market town of Inca.
Every major town in the world has a marketplace - but few are famous for theirs! Inca is known as THE market town of Mallorca with its weekly sales attracting buyers from across the entire island. Even more famous are the annual fair days of “Good Wednesday”, known for its concerts and local festivals and the following “Good Thursday”, where the actual fair takes place in Inca.