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Windmill, near Palma de Mallorca
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Forget English ale and chips. Well, for a while at least. The Romans came to Mallorca and stayed to build towns and amphitheatres. One such is the Teatro Romano in Alcudia in the north east of the island: a delightful town on the water’s edge with its own little marina. If you’re staying in the nearby Puerto, a somewhat noisier resort (with plenty of ale and chips), then it’s within easy reach on foot.

Not so long ago, the resorts on Mallorca's north east coast were quiet fishing villages where no one wanted to go. Now the area's a coastal strip of villas and apartments. But there is a barren quality about the landscape; its greenery having been reduced to a burnt out brown among the scorched rocks. Tour companies offer holiday options mainly along this coastal area but there is a huge variety of accommodation catering for all choices.

And although the popular conception of Mallorca is of an eternal club scene transplanted from its trendier cousin Ibiza, in reality there is so much more for those like myself not dedicated to worship at the altar of the mega-decibel nightclub.

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