Mallorca Holidays

The Cheap Majorca Holidays website focuses on holidays in majorca and has a free open discussion forum all about holidays to majorca where tourists can openly discuss the good and the bad aspects of their mallorca holiday. In general holidays to majorca are enjoyed immensley by UK tourists. The most popular is a Palma de mallorca holiday staying in the beautiful and historic capital of the island.

Mallorca holidays

Majorca has been a destination for UK tourists since 1952, with massive growth in tourism in the 1970’s and 1980’s especially. The allure of Mallorca is easy to understand with the supreme location of the island in the Mediterranean Sea receiving pretty much year round sunshine. Majorca is the largest of the three Ballearic islands and the most popular as well.

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Majorca has been inhabited for thousands of years and archeaological remains have been discovered from 6000–4000 BC. The island was occupied by the Romans in 123 BC and developed well under the control of the Roman empire. In Roman times the towns of Alcudia and Palma were created. At this time in history Mallorca relied upon olive growing and wine making as its main money maker.

In 425 the Vandals invaded the island and won it over into their kingdom by 460. This rule of the Vandals did not last long because by 534 Majorca was taken over by the Byzantine Empire and at thios point Christianity flourished and many beautiful churches were built. From around the date of 700 the island was continually attacked by Muslim raiders from North Africa. Around 900, the Caliphate of Cordoba won over Majorca, and brought a period of complete prosperity for the island. In more recent times in 1276 James II became king of the new Kingdom of MajorcaIn 1344, King Peter IV of Aragon invaded, and re-incorporated the island into the Crown.