Tag: Mallorca in the 1960s

What was Mallorca like in 1960
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What was Mallorca like in 1960

Did you know that Mallorca in 1960 was a very different island from the one we know today? With just 362,000 inhabitants, quiet streets, almost deserted beaches and tourism only beginning to take off, life in Mallorca moved at a much slower pace. Through the memories of Erika, a young German woman who arrived on the island at the dawn of the tourism boom, discover what everyday life was really like in Palma and Mallorca in the 1960s: the cost of a Vespa or a Seat 600, where people ate, how they spent their Sundays, what the beaches looked like and the customs that surprised a young foreign visitor. Take a nostalgic journey back to Mallorca in 1960 and discover the island before mass tourism transformed it.

The extraordinary story of travelling around Mallorca on a camel
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The extraordinary story of travelling around Mallorca on a camel

Discover the extraordinary true story of a camel journey around Mallorca in 1964. Two young Mallorcan artists set out from Palma with Mohammed, a 600-kilo camel, determined to travel around the island and turn their adventure into a story. Follow their remarkable journey through Mallorca, from village to village and across the Tramuntana mountains, and uncover one of the most unusual and unforgettable stories from 1960s Mallorca.