Truth be told, I was never really expecting to use the phrase ‘Majorca Grand Prix’. Oh, I actually rather like the idea of using a small island location for a major sporting event, and it would certainly be a unique location. Short of objecting to nearly ever race on the F1 calender, it would be daft for me to suggest that a near tropical location would be somehow a bad thing for a Formula One race. No, my problem with a new European venue is simply that it’s a new European venue. That seems a little too backwards looking for me. The trend definitely seemed to be towards making this a truly global sport. Grand Prix in Bahrain, China, Turkey and Abu Dhabi were added in the last decade. Honestly, I really shouldn’t complain that we are all now able to rent Cala san Vicente villas to see one of the world’s most exciting sports. Contracts for the two Spanish venues currently in the Formula One season are not due to expire any time soon, so do we really need another?.

The hope is that the Majorcan venue will replace Valencia, the street-race venue that has hardly been massively popular among F1 fans. Whereas the Monte Carlo street circuit is a traditional and visually exciting race, the short comings of street-races (basically, they’re even less eventful than most races) are exposed by the tedious Valencia. It’s a race so dull that I recommend that, when you travel to holiday cottages, don’t event bother with it, there’s far more interesting things to be done with your time. But none of this is to say that a replacement should even be sought in the Mediterranean?

Now, counting the environmental cost of a Formula One race is never a particularly popular thing to do. The site of the new venue would be Llucmajor, in the south of the island. Aside from the occasional noise pollution, to we honestly believe that the Grand Prix is worth uprooting vast swathes of Countryside for?? With emerging economies making mega bucks and deservedly snatching slots on the Grand Prix itinerary from European venues, will we really be booking Puerto Pollensa Holidays for something like a decade? This’d be a venue used for its first contract alone?

Just before an important May 31st date, Plan B will arrive on holiday. Whether he’ll take a cab to the shopping malls is another matter, but the holiday in question will be in Majorca (Mallorca) and he’d probably be honoured if you joined him.

Plan B will be headlining at the Mallorca Rocks Festival. Mallorca Rocks is a hotel brand and festival, an offshoot of the Ibiza Rocks brand, itself a Manumission offshoot. With economies heavily reliant on tourist cash, Balearic islands able to put on a good party quickly reap significant rewards. What Ibiza Rocks did for San Antonio is quite remarkable really. Hopefully Mallorca Rocks can do the same for Magaluf, but they’ll need you to book Puerto Pollensa Holidays, even if Plan B isn’t your thing. The Kooks, Calvin Harris, Pendulum, Biffy Clyro and Dizzee Rascal have all previously performed for the ‘Rocks’ chain, and the festivals share headline acts.

Cliched as it may be to say so, Majorca really has something for everyone. Modern music acts are only a tiny piece of this complex puzzle. Majorca has several traditional festivals every month that may tempt you into looking for holiday cottages. Even as early as February you’ll find countless carnival parades, with plenty of fancy dress masquerades in the run up to Lent. Among these events, the most extravagant has to be that held in Palma: Sar Rua (‘The Cavalcade’). The parade is the central feature, with extravagant fancy dress and floats abounding. In the evening, there’s plenty of bonfires to huddle around. Things pick up again in April, with feasts on the 2nd and 23rd (Festa Sant Frecesc and Festa Sant Jordi ) as well as the major Yachting regatta, the Princess Sofia Trophy. The swelling tourist numbers have feasts and festivals to match, and the Majorcan people come out in force for these events. Stepping out from your Apartments in Pollensa onto the streets of July and August, you will be met with a sophisticated street music festival with countless treats for the music connoisseur. In these months, Pollensa is home to a dedicated music festival, offering Jazz, world, classical and traditional sounds to open ears.

Here are the best beaches on the Balearics largest island:.

Majorca has been a top holiday destination for many years now and has established a reputation for sumptuous sun, sea and sand. With hundreds of beaches to choose from its difficult to find the best one to for peaceful sunbathing.?