{"id":66,"date":"2012-05-28T11:09:05","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T10:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=66"},"modified":"2012-05-28T11:09:05","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T10:09:05","slug":"enjoying-mallorca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=66","title":{"rendered":"Enjoying Mallorca"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mallorca is sunny and warm and after our last few days in chilly Provence. W,e are making the most of it. \u00a0We moved from Puerto Portals to a marina in Palma. Still parked next to big beautiful yachts but this marina is not quite as large nor are the boats.<\/p>\n

The first morning, the Guarda Civil were on the dock, busily chaining a 75 foot ketch to the dock, ostensibly because the owners haven’t paid their marina fees for a few years. \u00a0The bill is Euro 200,000. \u00a0We will make sure the marina fees are paid before we leave.<\/p>\n

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Packing away leggings and jackets, getting the boat ready for the rest of the season, this has been the past week’s activities. \u00a0Since yesterday was Sunday, we decided to take a drive up to Polen\u00e7a\u00a0and stop in some lovely towns along the way. \u00a0This was virtually a drive down to Cap Blanc and then a drive up the east coast of Mallorca. \u00a0We left Palma and headed for Santanyi, a 700 year old town near the Natural Park of Mondrago. \u00a0We drove through the large town of Manacor which looked like a thriving centre of commerce.<\/p>\n

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We had a lovely lunch in Art\u00e0, a very old and lovely town that seems to have been preserved from the development rampant on much of the island. \u00a0The tiny street our restaurant was on seemed to be pedestrian traffic only, so you could sit outdoors under an \u00a0awning and relax with gazpacho and salad.<\/p>\n

We left for Alcudia and the National Park of s’Albufera and on the way passed major developments of condos, resorts and villas. \u00a0Many of them going for a nice price as the area has overbuilt and the banks are worried. One set of resorts will be catering to the Germans and the next will be catering to our friends from the UK. \u00a0We stayed overnight in a nice resort in Polen\u00e7a\u00a0for E62 per night. \u00a0Bargains abound.<\/p>\n

We arrived at Alc\u00fadia, ambled through the cobbled streets of the old quarter, with laneways and one or two story stone buildings through out. \u00a0Alcudia has kept it’s heritage and thankfully the condo developers haven’t managed egress here. \u00a0It is lovely to walk around and people watch.<\/p>\n

Alc\u00fadia\u00a0is developed on Roman ruins and the fort like walls were built in the 1300’s, to protect landowners from pirates and rebelling peasants.<\/p>\n

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We left\u00a0Alc\u00fadia after climbing to the top of the walls and roaming around the cobblestoned streets and squares for\u00a0Polen\u00e7a and it’s port. \u00a0We aren’t sure if we will be able to sail into Port\u00a0Polen\u00e7a, as we may draw too much water but we would love to spend more time there.<\/p>\n

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Monday morning, back to wait for workmen to get Mercier into better shape. Hope you enjoy the photos.<\/p>\n

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Mallorca is sunny and warm and after our last few days in chilly Provence. W,e are making the most of it. \u00a0We moved from Puerto Portals to a marina in Palma. Still parked next to big beautiful yachts but this marina is not quite as large nor are the boats. The first morning, the Guarda … Continue reading Enjoying Mallorca<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VxXq-14","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}