Mallorca [antikvár]

; ' ! i ' . I VT ' i : l DISCOVER! MALtORCA! ¦ - ¦ ! Al' Loud chatter of cicadas in your ear and the scent of pine in your nose, the sun burning down on you - and from below, shimmering through the green of the treetops, a turquoise bay with its white rim of sand: the Cala Mondragô is only one of hundreds of small sandy bays dotted ail around the island. And of course this fits in perfectly with the dream image of sun, sand and the Mediterranean. That this area is also hardly built up and has been declared a strictly protected natural park shows ecological insight of a kind rarely encountered in the Mediterranean. Mallorca is a magnet, and the largest island in the Balearics pulls them all in: kings, artists, pop stars, drop-outs and downsizers - and most of all tourists. No other Mediterranean destination is as varied and as versatile. Infamous as a holiday destination for the masses in the early years of tourism, the island has developed into a multicultural microcosm with excellent infrastructure and high-quality gastronomy, without ruining Mallorca's most important resource: its overwhelmingly natural beauty. Visitors wanting to experience this have to be prepared to leave the Photo: Coast at Dela I ; i ¦ ¦i i I 1Î ; 'I I