We're going to Ibiza...well Mallorca....close enough

Monday, July 12th, 2010

After a late night celebrating the Spanish victory in the World Cup Final, we slept in a bit this morning, checking out of our hotel in Barcelona at around noon. We then took the 12:30 bus to the Montmelo train station and the 1:01 train to the airport. We may have slightly underestimated the travel time from hotel to airport and arrived at the airport less than one hour before our flight to Palma de Mallorca, but luckily we were able to successfully check our bags and board our flight with time to spare. The flight from Barcelona to Palma de Mallorca is only 30 minutes in flight time, so it was a quick jump over the Mediterranean and we were there. Upon our arrival in Mallorca I inquired about transport to the Palmanova/Magaluf area of Mallorca, where our hotel the Playas Ca's Saboners Apartamentos was located. Transportation was fairly simple, we merely had to take the #1 bus from the airport to the main bus station near the Placa de Espana and one of several different busses from there to Palmanova/Magaluf. Based on the information I had read in reviews we got off at a Magaluf bus stop and had only a 5 minute walk to our hotel. We arrived at the hotel around 5:00 in the evening and were able to check in straight away. The hotel was very well located within walking distance of a grocery, restaurants, the beach, etc. The hotel also had a very nice pool on site as well. The room itself was nothing spectacular but had a separate bedroom, living room area, and kitchenette with a mini fridge, stove top, toaster, plates, silverware, etc. It was perfect for our needs and would be an excellent place to return with friends. After dropping our bags in the hotel we walked to a supermarket we had seen upon our arrival and picked up some items for breakfasts/lunches which we planned to eat in the room as well as some snacks/beverages. After returning to the hotel we set back out shortly to find a place to eat. We had dinner at a little place just right down the street. I was really surprised that for a resort town the grocery items as well as the prices at restaurants were quite cheap, often cheaper than what we have found in mainland Spain. After dinner we walked back to our hotel and hung out on the patio chatting over a couple of drinks before heading to bed.