Spanish party town loved by Brit tourists undergoing huge £3.9m makeover

One of the astir booze-filled strips successful Spain volition spot its alcohol-littered promenade transformed - acknowledgment to a hefty £3.9 cardinal facelift owed to beryllium completed successful May

Magaluf is astir to go unrecognisable...(Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Perhaps 1 of the astir infamous promenades successful Spain is undergoing a large transformation. Magaluf, successful Majorca, whitethorn person a estimation for being enactment cardinal - often saturated with rowdy tourists clubbing until the aboriginal hours of the greeting and waking up to an 'I HEART SPAIN' tattoo connected their bum cheek.

The boozy hotspot was 1 of galore Spanish destinations deed with anti-tourism protests past year, arsenic locals argued excessive visitant numbers person priced them retired of the spot market. A clampdown connected thoroughfare drinking and late-night income of intoxicant was past rolled retired successful the country - a immense stroke to tourists wanting to fto loose.

According to the Independent, nether the legislation, anti-social thoroughfare drinkers could look a good betwixt €500 (£430) and €1,500 (£1,290) for disrupting the 'tranquillity of the environment'. However, a £3.9 cardinal renovation task could alteration Magaluf for bully - for some tourists and residents.

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Funded by the European Union and the Agency for Tourism Strategy of the Balearic Islands (AETIB), works reportedly started successful the country past October and are slated to decorativeness successful May. 650-metres of the promenade volition beryllium revamped nether the archetypal signifier - starting astatine the country of Nikki Beach and extending to the well-known Pirates Square.

"The promenade volition acquisition a implicit rearrangement and beautification, with each its infrastructure and services being renewed," states Majorca Daily Bulletin. "This includes updating the lighting, sewage system, rainwater postulation with an irrigation tank, drinking h2o networks, irrigation network, and thoroughfare furniture...The archetypal two-year refurbishment program has been reduced acknowledgment to the committedness of the contractor, Amer & Sons, to conscionable 7 months."

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A tiny oasis country volition besides beryllium created, with the relocation and planting of caller thenar trees; Artificial dunes volition beryllium placed connected the beach, with Mediterranean riverside shrubs planted connected top. Evem the sanction of the promenade volition soon change, and volition beryllium referred to arsenic Gabriel Escarrer Juliá successful designation of the laminitis of the Meliá Hotels International group.

Majorca volition beryllium keen to support renovations connected way arsenic the land is besides preparing to big the yearly normal of the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) this year. Industry leaders and experts volition beryllium flying into Palma International Airport for the lawsuit - and volition beryllium accommodated astatine the Meliá Calvià Beach and Meliá South Beach edifice successful Calvià.

Both of these hotels are successful Magaluf, a specified stone's propulsion from the renovations. The lawsuit runs from 6-8 October 2025.

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