Save the Med: Quarterly Newsletter
Spring is here and it is time to share a few highlights from Save The Med’s work in the first Quarterly Newsletter of 2022!
Formentor, a rich and biodiverse area to focus on
The facts: in recent decades, the waters of the Formentor peninsula have experienced a significant decline...
Hotel Formentor is seen in the distance
Hotel Formentor is seen in the distance.
Formentor lighthouse, Mallorca
Traffic restrictions to the Formentor lighthouse are from June 15 to September 15.
They are also demanding an improvement to the bus service.
They are also demanding an improvement to the bus service.
Incident
"Political prisoner" painting on Pollensa roads
The mayor added that the town hall wouldn't be removing them; these are roads for which the Council of Majorca has responsibility.
Pollença where tradition, history, architecture and culture all combine
Pollença, where tradition, history, architecture and culture combine for those who visit us.
Transport
GOB have denounced Formentor car park
The car park which has attracted the environmentalists' attention is the one that is now in high demand on the Formentor road.
Transport
Added frequencies for summer shuttle buses
Of the three services, the Santanyi-Cala S'Almunia one starts first - 1 June.
Transport
Government to reconsider coach access to Formentor
Coaches may be allowed to use the road on certain days.
Transport
Coach operators accuse government of Formentor discrimination
The federation of transport companies says that there is a monopoly on transport to the lighthouse.
Transport
Formentor traffic restrictions will not include the hotel
Traffic restrictions will only apply to the stretch of road from the hotel and beach to the lighthouse.
Transport
Over 8,500 cars per day using Formentor road in September
A meeting is to consider limits on the number of private vehicles on three roads - to Formentor, Port de Valldemossa and Sa Calobra.
Bylaws
Landscape regulations for Formentor building work
New regulations will have implications for the Hotel Formentor.
Law
Court legalises Villa Cortina in Formentor
The lawyer for Alfonso Cortina: "The property is totally legal and it should never have got to this situation."
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Palma Airport passport control "collapse" put down to unscheduled flights
- Living in a motorhome in Palma: "It'll only get worse"
- Watch those prices in Mallorca
Comment
The Formentor fiasco
Thousands of visitors were fined this year heading to one of the island’s top spot.
Humphrey Carter04/11/2021 09:58