Hmm, I speak fluent Spanish so don’t frequent the tourist enclaves of Mallorca! There are parts undoubtedly aimed at tourists (aka the city centre) but that isn’t the whole island. Find something interesting to do to meet locals (badminton club, art class, cooking thing). They will show you the Mallorca of their childhood. Admittedly, I may be bias as I had a bit of a summer fling in Mallorca which could be clouding my view of the place. It’s only a 30 minute plane ride away anyway, go check it out and see for yourself. :)

Valencia or Mallorca!

I lived in Spain and I’ll admit some complaining is justified. However, I can’t abide those who don’t learn the language or culture of the place. I lived there ten years and in my time met many long term residents of Spain who didn’t speak a word of Spanish. I know learning a language is hard but what do you expect when living in a foreign country? It’s not just sunshine and sangria, there’s a Spanish language to learn as well. Worse was being in a group of Spaniards only for us all needing to switch to English because of one lazy “”””””expat””””””