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2. Palma de Mallorca - Wikipedia

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   Palma (Catalan: [ˈpalmə]; Spanish: [ˈpalma]), also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), [ 4 ] is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. [ 5 ] It is situated on the south coast of Mallorca on the Bay of Palma.

3. Mallorca - Wikipedia

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   The beaches in the southeast of Mallorca are popular tourist attractions. The main base of the economy of Mallorca is tourism. Escorca (Serra de Tramuntana). Since the 1950s, Mallorca has become a major tourist destination, and the tourism business has become the main source of revenue for the island. [42]

4. Balearic Islands - Wikipedia

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   The official name of the Balearic Islands in Catalan is Illes Balears, while in Spanish, they are known as the Islas Baleares.. The ancient Greeks usually adopted local names into their own language, but they called the islands Γυμνησίαι / Gymnesiai, unlike either the native inhabitants of the islands, the Carthaginians, or the Romans, who called them Βαλεαρεῖς, with the ...

5. Valldemossa - Wikipedia

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   Valldemossa. Valldemossa (Catalan pronunciation: [ˌvaʎ.ðəˈmo.sə]) is a village and municipality on the island of Mallorca, part of the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. It is famous for one landmark: the Royal Charterhouse of Valldemossa, built at the beginning of the 14th century, when the mystic and philosopher Ramon ...

6. Thousands protest in Spain's Mallorca against mass tourism - AOL

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   Anti-tourism activists have staged a series of protests this year in Barcelona, and other popular holiday destinations like Palma de Mallorca, Malaga and the Canary Islands, saying visitors drive ...

7. Thousands protest against mass tourism in Spain's Balearic ...

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   May 25, 2024 at 3:50 PM. PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (Reuters) - Thousands of people protested in Spain's Balearic Islands on Saturday against mass tourism ahead of the summer season. Holding posters ...