Economy
Bad news for bars and restaurants
New restrictions issued for businesses with terraces on the Paseo Marítimo.
Majorca
Phases and schedules: the week in Majorca
A zero de-escalation phase and three numbered phases; the day was divided up by age; and will German tourists be coming in late June or not?
The terrace U-turn
Once the terraces are open again Palma councillors can smother their faces in egg!
The Blog
Space, The Viral Frontier ...
For very different reasons, beach capacity is back on the agenda. There will be the need for space between people on beaches.
Viewpoint
End Palma terrace ban
It's time the local authorities have a general rethink and prepare for the future.
The Week That Was
Alberto and the referendums
It is the Restaurants Association which is to hold a referendum on terraces.
Majorca
Enclosures and cancellations: the week in Majorca
Gathering hysteria; a winter tourism slump; and fighting them over the terraces.
Viewpoint
That’s it for terraces
All across the centre of Palma yesterday, terraces were being dismantled.
Terrace enclosure removed from a bar in Palma.
Terrace enclosure removed from a bar in Palma.
Bylaws
Palma terrace enclosures coming down
Fines can be imposed from Thursday if the enclosures aren't taken down.
News
Palma terrace wars
CAEB, CCOO and UGT ask Palma City Council to extend deadline for complying with new terrace laws.
Terraces
Deadline looms for Palma terraces
The new law does allow screens, windbreakers and umbrellas that are not anchored to the pavement, but critics say that’s pointless.
Terraces
Terrace wars continue in Palma
"Their excessive occupation hinders free passage and causes inconvenience.”
Palma Terraces
Palma Terraces
Town halls
Complaints about beggars on Palma's Blanquerna
Bar and restaurant owners don't have much faith in the town hall taking any action.
Majorca
Fighting them on the terraces: the week in Majorca
Palma had a terraces war, tourist statistics proved a point, academic research regarding the tourist tax didn't prove a point, and there was more snow.
Majorca
Disaster and division: the week in Majorca
Disaster came in the form of the rentals zoning, for which there was division, as there also was over Catalan. It snowed, and some nuns were in a spot of building bother in Manacor.
Bylaws
Legal war looming over Palma terraces
500 of Palma's 1,650 terraces will be affected in some way by the new bylaw.
Bylaws
Palma terraces not complying with accessibility regulations
There are obstacles to accessibility, such as steps, slopes, lack of space between tables, advertising boards, which present barriers to the disabled.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Big changes on the horizon when Britons travel to Mallorca
- 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"
Viewpoint
Terrace booking battle
When it comes to bar and restaurant terraces in Palma, I just can’t win...
Humphrey Carter21/05/2020 18:20