More books on Majorca
Listed below are a selection of our favourite
books on Mallorca. Most can be obtained via Amazon.co.uk
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walking
The result is a magnificent book that replaces our North and Mountains guides and expands the knowledge of walking in this region to the maximum possible. June Parker's 'Walking in Mallorca' is widely regarded as the classic walking book for the island but since June's sad early demise in 1998 it has been falling out of date. Charles has produced the new classic and has set new standards in the process. Walk descriptions are both detailed and inspirational. Each of the 44 walking routes includes walk summary, walk ratings guide, frequent timings, gps waypoints, a 1:40,000 scale colour Tour & Trail map section, plus 'short walk' and 'stroll' alternatives where appropriate. Another modern classic confirming Charles Davis as the 'new rock star' of mountain walking'.
Now updated with wire-O spiral binding that allows this book to lay-flat and fold-back on itself without damage. It is GPS compatible with Waypoint Lists for all walking routes.
Buy this book along with its companion map:
Mallorca North & Mountains Tour & Trail Super-durable Map
Discovery Walking Guides Paperback 176 pages (Jan 16, 2006)
Recommended - For walkers who also love food. This excellent pocket-sized full-colour guide, illustrated with hundreds of photographs, is designed for short-break holidays. It describe 10 walks and 2 excursions recommending restaurants/hotels en route (with sample menus). All the restaurants and menus feature traditional Mallorquin food. Following each restaurant entry is one or more of their recipes, to be made in self-catering accommodation or at home. Other sections include: planning your trip, logistics on arrival, shopping for self-catering (including health food shops), local markets and specialities, glossary of local food terms, etc.
Sunflower Books
Paperback - 2006
A pocket guide to the landscape of Mallorca, designed to take visitors away from the tourist centres and out into the countryside, exploring by private or public transport, or on foot. Divided into sections on car tours, picnics and walks, this book also contains timetables for public transport. The walking maps are based on the latest Spanish military maps with a scale of 1;50,000 and illustrate 25 main walks. Includes 10 car tours, 60 long and short walks, 27 picnic suggestions along with Plans of Palma, Soller, Pollensa plus a fold-out touring map.
Sunflower Books
Paperback - 6Rev Ed edition Aug 2006
Here is a new side to Mallorca - an escape from the crowds. The diverse walks included will enable the rambler to discover rural traditions and explore quiet villages. The variety of scenery on this island is stunning - one can enjoy views from below and on top of magnificent mountains, or combine a coastal walk with a refreshing dip in the sea. As well as the presence of this blue Mediterranean backdrop, there are country strolls amid olive groves to be enjoyed, and more demanding rambles in the mountainous north-west of this dramatic island. Thoroughly researched with bags of background and historic information, the book also offers practical advice for walkers unfamiliar with Mallorcan access rights. Each walk is provided with not just a set of instructions but many pointers to interesting sights to be appreciated.
Sigma Leisure
Paperback - July 2000
"Walking in Mallorca" quickly established itself as the most comprehensive guidebook to the island, with particular emphasis on the rugged Serra de Tramuntana. June Parker's routes have been walked afresh, carefully checked and amended where necessary, and are now presented with new mapping and plenty of colour pictures. This book will entice walkers well off the beaten track, enabling them to explore the most diverse terrain around the island. Rugged mountain walks contrast with remote valleys, while waymarked trails give way to long-forgotten mule tracks and hidden mountain passes. Some walks run close to breathtaking cliff coastlines, while others pass through sleepy villages where welcome refreshment can be obtained. Birdwatchers, geologists and historians will find abundant interest throughout Mallorca, and a full introduction explains about facilities around the island. Language notes are given in native Catalan and Castilian Spanish, enabling visitors to pass the time of day with local people and make the most of their visit to the island.
Cicerone Press
Paperback - 4Rev Ed edition (Sep 2006)
Mallorca ~ Rolf Goetz, M. Kent(Translator)
48 walks mostly in the the muntana mountains above the northwest coast, but also coastal walks in other areas of Mallorca.
Bergverlag Rother
Paperback - 1 June, 2000
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fiction
A loving portrait of the other Majorca, and of a life there revolving around music and manana, that is as paradaisical as could be -- a book to savour, perfect for escaping those crowded beaches. 'I've used what's left of my eardrums to describe the culture I was born into, and to contrast it with the British culture I was educated in.'
Tomas Graves was born in and belongs to Mallorca (even if he did go to boarding school in England as a teenager). His father, the great love poet Robert Graves, famously ended up in the beautiful Mediterranean island pretty much by accident, but it is the happiest accident of Tomas' life. His love and respect for the special beauties of Mallorcan culture shine on every page of this infectiously happy book.
Hardcover 208 pages (November 1, 2004)
"Winter
spring" finds Peter, under the sharp eye of his long-suffering wife Ellie, struggling
to shake off the relaxed Spanish tranquiloness that he has now mastered all too well.
Old friendships have been established and new ones are found as the Kerrs are introduced
to Mallorca's champagne-swilling filthy rich set and their eyes are opened by just how
the other half lives. Mosquito-repellant vinegar baths, delicious Mallorcan food and
with background support from dogs, donkeys, geckos, parrots and canaries, this is an
autumn such as they've never known.
Summersdale Publishers Paperback - (April 22, 2004)
Detective-Inspector Raynes is persuaded to take a much-needed holiday and travels to
Majorca with his infinitely corruptable friend, Mrs. Debbie May. For rest and refreshment,
the Hotel Aphrodite in Puerto de Pollensa seems the ideal place - with the traditional
ingredients of sun. sex and sangria being enjoyed to the full. But soon the idyll is
shattered by a brutal murder on Seahorse Island, during a cruise on the pirate ship
- the Jolly Rioja. The Inspector cannot resist the temptation to find the murderer,
even though the clues lead to an apparent dead end. This is more than a busman's holiday;
it is sheer escapism of the highest order.
A Mishap in Majorca is the latest in a series of highly enjoyable detective
novels written by David Shepherd. The novels feature Detective-Inspector Raynes, whose
ability to solve murder mysteries is in the best tradition of Hercule Poirot and Miss
Marple. Crime and sex are happily mingled with a good dash of humour, making the books
ideal holiday reading.
A Mishap in Majorca can be supplied direct to PuertoPollensa.com
visitors at £4.99 per copy (including P&P) from:
Meadowside Publications
14 Albany Terrace
Dundee DD3 6HR
Do mention PuertoPollensa.com !
A drinking binge aboard a boat on Mallorca has sinister consequences as Sheard, a young
British tourist, finds out when he wakes up with a hangover to discover only his friend
Lewis's clothes. Inspector Alvarez eventually (and reluctantly) becomes involved in
the investigation.
Allison & Busby
Paperback - 31 May, 1999
Having battled and succumbed to the ma ana pace of rural Mallorca, spring sees Peter
Kerr and family relaxing into a supposedly simpler way of life, growing oranges on their
little valley farm, Ca's Mayoral. However, even after the trials, tribulations and triumphs
of their initiation, Spain has not yet finished with them. Embarrassing subtleties of
the language, brushes with the local police, the unfortunate outcome of a drinking session
. . . surprises are aplenty to test the resolve, stamina and, perhaps more importantly,
the sense of humour of this venturesome (some would say foolhardy) !"migr!" family. Their
eccentric and colourful new friends are always on hand to help out - for better or worse
- and add spice to this engaging account of tranquilo life from the author of Snowball
Oranges. All the charm of Mallorca: where you seldom do today what can be more judiciously
put off till ma ana!
Summersdale Publishers
Paperback - 5 July, 2001
It's the stuff of dreams. A Scottish family give up relative sanity and security to
go and grow oranges for a living in a secluded valley in the mountains of Mallorca.
But dreams, as everyone knows, have a nasty habit of not turning out quite as intended.
Being greeted by a freak snowstorm is only the first of many surprises and "experiences",
and it isn't long before they realise that they have been sold a bit of a lemon of an
orange farm by the wily previous owners. However, laughter is the best medicine and
a colourful set of Mallorcan neighbours (including an eccentric old goat-herd who eats
worm-ridden oranges to improve his sex life) restore the family's faith in human nature
and help them adapt to a new and unexpectedly testing life in this deceptively simple
idyll of rural Spain. This book is hilarious - read it!
Summersdale Publishers
Paperback - 31 May, 2000
Moving to Majorca is the true, humorous story of an American couple who motor scooter
700 miles across Europe one winter in search of the sun. Their quest takes them to the
island of Majorca. Moving into a coastal villa with no running water but loads of helpful
friends. This book is great fun.
Writers Club Press.
Paperback - May 2000
This
collection of eight stories feature characters such as Christie's most famous detective,
Hercule Poirot, Mr Parker Pyne and the mysterious Harley Quin. The plot of the main
story centers on Mr Paker Pyne's efforts to set a mother's mind at ease by saving her
son from "an unsuitable woman".
HarperCollins
Paperback - 7 May, 1996
This text contains 50 folk tales from "L'Aplec de Rondaise Mallorquines" which was produced
to preserve the rapidly disappearing country tales and seafaring legends of Mallorca.
Editorial Moll
Paperback - March 2000
Lucia
Graves, daughter of the poet Robert Graves and his wife Beryl, grew up in the beautiful
village of Deia on the island of Majorca. Neither Spanish nor Catholic by birth, she
nevertheless absorbed the different traditions of Spain and felt the full impact of
Franco's dictatorship through the experience of her education. Lucia found herself continually
bridging the gaps between Catalan, Spanish and English, as she picked up the patterns
and nuances that contain the essence of each culture. Portraying her life as a child
watching the hills lit up by bonfires on Good Friday, or, years later, walking through
the haunting backstreets of the Jewish quarter of Girona, this is a personal memoir
which provides a first-hand account of Catalonia, where Lucia lived and raised a family.
It is also a perceptive appraisal of a country burdened by tradition yet coming to terms
with political change as the decades moved on.
Virago Press
Paperback - 6 April, 2000
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