{"id":12510,"date":"2020-01-28T07:02:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-28T15:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ronperrier.net\/?p=12510"},"modified":"2021-06-14T23:26:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T06:26:16","slug":"spain-balearic-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ronperrier.net\/2020\/01\/28\/spain-balearic-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"SPAIN – Balearic Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0Balearic Islands<\/strong>\u00a0(Catalan:\u00a0Illes Balears, Spanish:\u00a0Islas Baleares) are an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of\u00a0Spain.<\/p>\n

Mallorca.<\/strong> The largest of the Balearic Islands, and a classic among European travel destinations, with beaches, nightlife and spectacular mountains.
\nMenorca.<\/strong> The second largest island is the least overrun and most tranquil of the Balearics, with an unspoilt beauty, it allows the more adventurous the opportunity to discover new charms and experiences.
\nIbiza<\/strong>. It is world-famous for its intense nightlife and huge clubs, and attracts top DJs from all over the planet.
\nFormentera<\/strong>.\u00a0The smallest island is flat and sandy with magnificent, unspoilt beaches. It is perfect for cycling, walking, snorkelling and sailing.<\/p>\n

CABRERA ARCHIPELAGO\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>XL and NP.<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n

FORMENTERA<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Cala Saona Beach.
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\n<\/strong>IBIZA
\n<\/span><\/strong>Ibiza Airport (IBZ)
\n<\/em><\/strong>IBIZA, BIODIVERSITY and CULTURE.<\/strong>\u00a0World Heritage Site. Ibiza provides an excellent example of the interaction between the marine and coastal ecosystems. The dense prairies of oceanic Posidonia (seagrass), an important endemic species found only in the Mediterranean basin, contain and support a diversity of marine life. Ibiza preserves considerable evidence of its long history. The Phoenician ruins at\u00a0Sa Caleta<\/em>\u00a0(settlement) and\u00a0Puig des Molins<\/em>\u00a0(necropolis) testify to the important role played by the island in the Mediterranean economy in protohistory, particularly during the Phoenician-Carthaginian period.
\nUpper Town of Ibiza is an excellent example of a fortified acropolis which preserves in an exceptional way in its walls and in its urban fabric successive imprints of the earliest Phoenicians settlements and the Arab and Catalan periods through to the Renaissance bastions. The long process of building the defensive walls has not destroyed the earlier phases or the street pattern, but has incorporated them in the ultimate phase. An outstanding example of 16th century military architecture; it had a profound influence on the development of fortifications in the Spanish settlements of the New World.
\nSes Salines Beach\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAquarium Cap Blanc,<\/strong> Sant Antoni de Portmany.
\nIBIZA (town)\u00a0<\/strong>
\nMuseu d’Art Contemporani d’Eivissa<\/strong>
\nMuseu Puget<\/strong><\/p>\n

MAJORCA<\/span>
\n<\/strong>CULTURAL LANDSCAPE of the SERRA de TRAMUNTANA<\/strong>.\u00a0World Heritage Site. Located on a sheer-sided mountain range parallel to the north-western coast of the island of Mallorca. Millennia of agriculture in an environment with scarce resources has transformed the terrain and displays an articulated network of devices for the management of water revolving around farming units of feudal origins. The landscape is marked by agricultural terraces and inter-connected water works – including water mills – as well as dry stone constructions and farms.
\nTransformations of the steep terrain to exploit the scarce available resources using a system of terraces and cobbled road network with an articulated network of devices for the management of water, revolving around farming units of feudal origins. Several villages, churches, sanctuaries, towers, lighthouses and small dry-stone structures punctuate the terraced landscape and contribute to its actual character.
\nExemplifies the interchange between the Muslim and Christian cultures, Arabic water harvesting and management technology introduced by the Christian conquerors, who took over the island of Mallorca in 13th century AD – orchards, vegetable gardens and olive groves, which were earlier organised around small farm holdings, and later in large estates (posesiones) and which nowadays make up the physical and functional features of the Serra de Tramuntana.
\nHighly specialised system of waterworks for collecting and storing water, featuring qanats, that are underground channels to harvest and transport water, canals, ditches, storage basins, with a system of terraces supported by dry-stone walls and including a sophisticated drainage system to avoid soil erosion.
\nTheir land distribution and use pattern, comprising rocky areas on the tops of mountains, strips of woodland, slopes with terraces, extensive grazing land, fields for reaping, vineyards or fruit crops on flatter land, ensured over time the full exploitation of the existing resources. The Tramuntana area thus pays testimony to the continuous evolution of human settlement in a rugged and steep area of the island.
\nFornalutx.<\/strong> Village
\nPlatja de Formentor Beach\u00a0<\/strong>
\nPlaya de Muro beach\u00a0<\/strong>
\nFrederic Chopin & George Sand Museum.<\/strong> Valldemossa
\nMol\u00ed d’Algaida,\u00a0<\/strong>Algaida.\u00a0windmill.
\nSineu Windmill<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Cova des Pas de Vallgornera.\u00a0<\/strong>Cave
\nCuevas del Drach.\u00a0<\/strong>Cave
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\nPALMA. <\/strong>The capital of the Balearic Islands, offers its visitors not only sunshine, numerous bars, restaurants and shops but also a beautiful harbour and a historical centre.
\nPalma Airport (PMI)
\n<\/em>Es Baluard.<\/strong> Museum
\nFundaci\u00f3 Pilar I Joan Miro.<\/strong> Art Museum
\nMuseu de Mallorca.<\/strong> Museum
\n<\/em>Castell de Bellver.<\/strong> Castle
\nLa Almudena.<\/strong> Castle
\nPalma de Mallorca Cathedral<\/strong>
\nAuditorium de Palma de Mallorca<\/strong>
\nPalma Aquarium<\/strong>
\nPorto P\u00ed Lighthouse<\/strong>
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\nSOLLER*
\nSoller tramway line<\/strong>
\nCan Prunera Museum of Modernism<\/strong>
\nS\u00f3ller Botanical Garden<\/strong><\/p>\n

MENORCA
\n<\/span><\/strong>Mah\u00f3n\/Menorca Airport (MAH)
\nMuseo de Menorca,<\/strong>\u00a0Mah\u00f3n
\nCala Mitjana beach
\n<\/strong>Es Grau beach
\n<\/strong>Cap d\u2019Artrutx Lighthouse<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mining Historical Heritage.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>Tentative WHS:\u00a0\u00a0(27\/04\/2007).\u00a0The Mining Historical Heritage is a serial proposal consisting of 21 locations in nine provinces and regions spread over the entire country. The majority of the mining sites are coal and iron ore mines, but metals such as copper, silver, lead, gold and mercury were also mined. Among the selected sites are also stone quarries and salt works. In the oldest of these sites, mining activity dates back to the Neolithic period.
\nBalearic Islands.<\/em>\u00a0Mares de S’Hostal Quarries (39″ 59′ N 1 3′ 51′ W) (MENORCA). Marine sands consolidated during the quaternary are of varying hardness and of a white to golden ochre colour. Quarries excavated stone for use in all types of construction from the earliest settlers in the Talayotic Period to the present.
\nExtraction is in the form of blocks which are subsequently broken into smaller pieces for different applications in construction. Traditional quarrying was by by the use of hand tools which left unique marks on the quarry wall. Mechanisation of the work resulted in a flat quarry face with deep cuts.
\nTalayotic Culture of Minorca.<\/strong> Tentative WHS\u00a0 (29\/01\/2013). 25 archaeological sites that represent the Prehistory and Protohis\u00adtory of Minorca. They embrace the arrival of man on the island to the Medieval Islamic era. “Talayotic” refers to buil\u00addings in the form of a tower. The best talayotic cyclopean architecture is seen at Torre d’en Galmes (19), Talatf de Dalt (16), Cornia Nou (14), Monteff (21) and Trepuc6 (1B).
\nThe geological composition of Minorca is different to that of its neighbours in the Balearic archipelago.\u00a0The north of the island has older components that belong to the Primary and Secondary eras, that is, the Paleozic, the Triassic, the Jurassic and the Creta\u00adceous periods. It is characterized by an undulating relief with small mounds and valleys of reddish and ochre soil. The south, Terciary, is an extensive calca\u00adreous platform of the Miocene period, with a flat relief and good quality soil where forage is cultivated. This platform is criss-crossed by gullies, between which walls circulate spring water. In these places one finds orchards and kitchen gardens where a variety of fruit and vegetables are grown.
\nLarge blocks of stone were used in the island’s prehistoric constructions. Country houses and buildings were designed for raising cattle and sheep livestock. Thousands of kilometers of dry-stone walls form a grid.
\n1.Tomb of Ses Roques Llises and the enclosure of Sa Comerma de se Garita. A central chamber, patio in front of its fa\u00e7ade, many “Me\u00additerranean” type columns that supported the stone slab roof and three access doors with lintels.
\n2.\u00a0Naviform settlement of Son Mercer de Baix.\u00a0A settlement of dwellings, one known for its roof supported by polylythical\u00a0columns.
\n3.\u00a0Hypogeum of Torre del Ram. A funereal excavated in the rock with continuous stone benches around the walls.
\n4.\u00a0Necropolis\u00a0and Coastal Establishment of Cala Morell. Artificial caves cut into the cliff walls. One has a fa\u00e7ade decorated with classic architectural motifs. Naviforms is on the upper part of the cliff.
\n5.\u00a0Navetas of Biniac-l’Argentina. Two circular funereal buildings.
\n6.\u00a0Naveta of Es Tudons. A funereal building shaped like an upturned boat.
\n7. Navetas of Rafal Rubi. Two funeral buildings of an extended ground plan in the shape of upturned boats. They are situated at only 65m. apart, similar to those of Es Tudons.
\n8.\u00a0Cave of s’Aigua. Cave with an interior lake with cera\u00admics and human remains.
\n9.\u00a0Necropolis of Calescoves. Several natural caves and funeral\u00a0hypogeums excavated in the walls of the cliffs that make up this cove and used from the 9th-3rd century B.C. Coastal walls closed off the promontory. This small natural harbor of Calescoves was used for anchorage from the 5th century B.C.
\n10. Hypostyle Hall of Galliner de Madona. Five polylythical columns used for storage.
\n11.\u00a0Talayot of Trebal\u03cdger. Large with an ellip\u00adtical ground plan.
\n12. Talayots of Binicodrell.\u00a0Two talayots, one with a ramp to access a platform.
\n13.\u00a0Settlement of Torralba d’en Salort and the Well\u00a0of\u00a0Na Patarr\u00e1. A mo\u00adnumental talayot and a Taula Enclosure with a central pilaster and a spectacular well known as Na Patarr\u00e1, 47m deep and with stairs that reach the aquifer.
\n14.\u00a0Settlement of CorniaNou. Talayot has steps that access a platform on the Crown. One has a reinforced door that makes up a spectacular passageway in the interior.
\n15.\u00a0Settlement\u00a0and Naveta\u00a0of\u00a0sa\u00a0Torreta\u00a0de\u00a0Tramun\u00adtana. Has a Talayot, houses known as dwelling circles and a taula enclosure. Peaty soil predominates as opposed to calcareous stone. A Naveta, a funeral building, of which only the floor remains.
\n16.\u00a0Settlement of\u00a0Talat\u00ed\u00a0de Dalt. A\u00a0monumental Talayot and a Taula Enclosure with an inclined column that is supported on the capital of the central piece.
\n17.\u00a0Settlement\u00a0of\u00a0Torell\u00f3. Has a large Talayot whose entrance has lintels and a corridor. All have a central patio and rooms around it, forming an almost circular building.
\n18. Settlement\u00a0of\u00a0Trepuc\u00f3. A large Talayotic settlement with two Tala\u00adyots and a spectacular Taula Enclosure
\n19.\u00a0Settlement of\u00a0Torre d’en Galm\u00e9s. A large settlement with three Talayots, a Taula Enclosure and plen\u00adty of large circular ground plan with a central patio, storage silos, covered enclosures (also known as Hypostyle Halls) attached to them and, in certain cases, such as the dwelling known as “Circulo Cartailhac”, they have a large open-air area in front of their fa\u00e7ades. Here an oven has been indentified, as well as other areas of handicraft activity. In the southern part of the settle\u00adment and at a lower height than that of the central part, a sophisticated water-collection system has been identified, with decanting pans and cisterns excavated into the rock-like wells.
\n20.\u00a0Sanctuary of So na Ca\u00e7ana. 10 buildings that include Ta\u00adlayots and Taula Enclosures. It is a sacred place, a sanctuary.
\n21.\u00a0Settlement\u00a0of\u00a0Montef\u00ed. Three Talayots, under\u00adground burial caves and an area of silos, stores and channels.
\n22.\u00a0Settlement\u00a0of\u00a0Son\u00a0Catlar. A large Talayotic settlement with mo\u00adnumental walls 900m long. Sentry boxes and square towers are semi-detached to the walls.
\n23.\u00a0Settlement\u00a0of Torretrencada. The Taula has a pilaster leaning on its rear part.
\n24.\u00a0Settlement of\u00a0Torrellafuda. Large Talayot, a Taula Enclosure\u00a0with a monumental central piece.
\n25.\u00a0Settlement\u00a0of\u00a0Binisafullet.
\nThey appear similar to those of Minorca, such as the Majorcan talayots, the towers of Corsica or the Nuraghes of Sardinia.
\nMegalithic Tombs or Dolmens: Chamber, covered corridor and a perforated slab that gives Access to the chamber.
\nNaviforms or Dwelling Navetas: Dwelling with an upturned boat floor plan because of its shape. Walls are covered with wooden, stone and earth and rarely with stone slabs.
\nHypogeums are artificial caves excavated from the subsoil with an access corridor, chamber and a bench.
\nHypogeum of a circular or oval ground plan were small, had one chamber and at a great height from the ground.
\nTombs of triple faces or Protonavetas: Funeral with an inner chamber.
\nNatural Caves with Cyclopean Walls – a corridor and a fa\u00e7ade of a megalithic character. For funerals.
\nNavetas: Collective funeral buildings originally circular and later, an upturned boat.\u00a0Talayots: A truncated cone tower built with a dry cyclopean technique and located at the highest points in settlements.
\nSettlements:\u00a0Urban plan with integrated dwelling, defensive, artisanal and religious structures.
\nTaula Enclosures: A Sanctuary with a horseshoe ground plan and a column in the shape of a “T” in the central part of the building that is exclusive to Minorca. Large and built with two large stone blocks.
\nDwellings: Dwelling circles or domestic units. Central patio and surrounding rooms, a living area and silos.
\nCovered Space or Hypostyle Hall: Polylythical columns supported the roof of large slabs of stone. Used for storage.
\nWells: Can reach depths of 50 meters with zigzag steps strewn out of the natural rock to reach the aquifer to collect water.
\nWalls: Free-standing to surround the settlement.
\nHypogeums: Artificial funeral caves, some compartmentalized with fa\u00e7ades decorated with architectural motifs. In the walls of gullies and cliffs that look out to sea.<\/p>\n

Get In.\u00a0<\/strong>Airports: Palma de Majorca, Ibiza and Mah\u00f3n. Barcelona, Valencia, and Madrid less than an hour, Par\u00eds and London it takes under two.
\nBoat. Barcelona is only a night-crossing away eight hours.
\nGet Around.\u00a0<\/strong>Visit the centre of Palma on foot or hire scooters and bicycles. One railway line departs from from the main station in the Plaza de Espa\u00f1a in Palma, to a number of villages on the island through a mountain range to the quaint village of Soller.
\nCuisine.<\/strong>
\nSobrasada – red pork pate with sweet paprika. It is good. There is also an official Ensaimada – Majorcan cake contains pumpkin jam and lard.
\nMajorcan extra virgin olive oil, which is otherwise hard to find.
\nDrink<\/strong>. Palo and Hierbas are two of the most popular local liquors among local residents. Palo is made from the fruit of the carob tree. It is often drunk mixed with soda water and sometimes even taken for medicinal purposes. Sweet, mixed and dry “Hierbas” are available. The ingredients include assorted herbs.<\/p>\n

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Experiences
\n<\/em><\/strong>Tapas-hopping
\nTaste Gazpacho
\nTaste Tortilla espa\u00f1ola
\nWatch a Flamenco performance<\/p>\n

NOMAD MANIA Spain \u2013 Balearic Islands (Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza)
\n<\/strong>World Heritage Sites:
\n<\/em><\/strong>Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana.
\nIbiza, Biodiversity and Culture
\nTentative WHS: <\/em><\/strong>Mining Historical Heritage (27\/04\/2007)
\nBorders: <\/em><\/strong>Balearic islands (sea border\/port)
\nXL: <\/em><\/strong>Cabrera
\nWorld of Nature: <\/em><\/strong>Cabrera Archipelago<\/p>\n

Islands
\n<\/em><\/strong>FORMENTERA<\/span>
\nBeaches: <\/em><\/strong>Formentera: Cala Saona
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\n<\/strong>IBIZA<\/span>
\nWorld Heritage Sites: <\/em><\/strong>Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture
\nAirports: <\/em><\/strong>Ibiza (IBZ)
\nBeaches: <\/em><\/strong>Ibiza: Ses Salines
\nAquariums: <\/em><\/strong>Sant Antoni de Portmany: Aquarium Cap Blanc
\nEuropean Cities
\n<\/em><\/strong>IBIZA (town) <\/strong>World Cities and Popular Towns
\nMuseums
\n<\/em><\/strong>Ibiza: Museu d’Art Contemporani d’Eivissa
\nIbiza: Museu Puget<\/p>\n

MAJORCA<\/span>
\nWorld Heritage Sites: <\/em><\/strong>Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana
\nVillages and Small Towns: <\/em><\/strong>Fornalutx
\nFestivals: <\/em><\/strong>Grape Throwing Festival, Mallorca
\nBeaches
\n<\/em><\/strong>Mallorca: Platja de Formentor
\nMallorca: Playa de Muro
\nPlanetariums: <\/em><\/strong>Mallorca Planetarium
\nMuseums: <\/em><\/strong>Valldemossa: Frederic Chopin & George Sand Museum
\nWindmills
\n<\/em><\/strong>Algaida: Mol\u00ed d’Algaida
\nSineu Windmill
\nCaves
\n<\/em><\/strong>Balearic Islands: Cova des Pas de Vallgornera
\nBalearic Islands: Cuevas del Drach
\nPALMA <\/strong>World Cities and Popular Towns
\nAirports: <\/em><\/strong>Palma (PMI)
\nMuseums
\n<\/em><\/strong>Es Baluard
\nFundaci\u00f3 Pilar I Joan Miro
\nMuseu de Mallorca
\nCastles, Palaces, Forts
\n<\/em><\/strong>Castell de Bellver
\nLa Almudena
\nReligious Temples: <\/em><\/strong>Palma de Mallorca Cathedral
\nEntertainment\/Things to do: <\/em><\/strong>Auditorium de Palma de Mallorca
\nAquariums: <\/em><\/strong>Palma Aquarium
\nLighthouses: <\/em><\/strong>Porto P\u00ed Lighthouse
\nSOLLER*
\n<\/strong>Railway, Metro, Funiculars, Cable Cars: <\/em><\/strong>Soller tramway line
\nMuseums: <\/em><\/strong>Can Prunera Museum of Modernism
\nBotanical Gardens: <\/em><\/strong>S\u00f3ller Botanical Garden<\/p>\n

MENORCA<\/span>
\nTentative WHS: <\/em><\/strong>Talayotic Culture of Minorca (29\/01\/2013)
\nAirports: <\/em><\/strong>Mah\u00f3n\/Menorca (MAH)
\nMuseums: <\/em><\/strong>Mah\u00f3n: Museo de Menorca
\nBeaches
\n<\/em><\/strong>Menorca: Cala Mitjana
\nMenorca: Es Grau
\nLighthouses: <\/em><\/strong>Menorca Island: Cap d\u2019Artrutx Lighthouse<\/p>\n

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