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Welcome to my holiday guide for visiting Mallorca in December
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So in this guide we're going to take a look at what it's like to come over here on holiday
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in the Mallorca in December. Now it's obviously going to be all about
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Christmas if you're coming here on holiday during the month of December so in this video I'm going to let you know about things that you can do and see, I'm
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going to tell you what the weather is going to be like as well and also I'm going to let you know how the festivities on the island may well affect
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your stay whether you're hoping to go out shopping or you're arriving in at Parma Airport. But first I want to tell you what the weather is going to be like
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if you're visiting Mallorca in December. Well I'm filming this in the middle of
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November and we have some extremely warm hot sunny weather here for this time of
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year and it's not something we normally experience over here in November it's
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currently 23 degrees which is in the 70s Fahrenheit and it is very very warm so
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well I would say for weather in December in Mallorca is expect a huge mix of
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weather expect lovely warm sunny days like this it should be a little bit
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cooler by then one would think but also expect some very cool evenings as well so
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bring clothes for all weathers if you are packing make sure you bring a coat
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for the evening as well I'm just here in the t-shirt today and I could have quite
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easily have worn shorts but if you are coming out and you're going out in
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Parma then it's going to be quite chilly in the evening so just be prepared for
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that too. So if you are visiting Mallorca in December well you're going to be able
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to enjoy what I consider to be the very best Christmas lights that you're going
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to find anywhere in Europe because well the city is going to be filled with
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literally hundreds of thousands of little tiny fairy lights and it just looks simply magical
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Now if you are unable to visit Mallorca in December then make sure you subscribe to my
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channel because I'll be doing some live streams and recorded videos here from the Christmas lights
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over here in Palma and also I'll be heading out around the island too so you can see what your
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favourite resorts look like at this time of year too. Also if you're coming to visit Palma in the
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evening and then you're going to find those Christmas lights will be switched on after sunset so at around quarter to six or six o'clock you're going to find
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them turned off again at around 10 p.m. as well and that's going to be pretty
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much the same for all over the island. Now I do have a full guide to Mallorca
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at Christmas on my website on mallorcaunderthesun.com so go and check that out. I also have a guide to Christmas as well on my YouTube channel
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as well and I shall link to that right at the end of this video. So it's not
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just the Christmas season which is celebrated over here in Mallorca. Our Christmas holidays
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do start a little bit earlier here and we do have a couple of public holidays which I
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want to make you aware of if you're arriving here on the island at the beginning of December
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Now there are two public holidays on the 6th and the 8th of December so you going to find businesses to be closed around that time particularly on the 6th as well it Constitution Day it a very important date in the Spanish calendar to celebrate democracy here in Spain however on the 8th
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of December which is the day of conception you're going to find the shopping centres will open for
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the day as well so that won't be affecting businesses too much if you do want to go shopping
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on that public holiday then you should find absolutely everything open. So you're going to
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know if you've visited Mallorca before the shops don't tend to open up on a
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Sunday, well the shopping centres do not tend to open on the Sunday. However on the
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run-up to Christmas during December you're going to find that the shopping centres will be open so you're going to see Fann, Port-a-Pie and Festival Park
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open on those dates just to help you plan for your Christmas shopping if you
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are over here and you're hoping to get some gifts you're going to find those shopping centres open as normal. Plus you are also going to find shops
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are closing early on Christmas Eve as well and on New Year's Eve. These are
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very big nights over here in Spain as they are everywhere else in the
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world as well so just make sure you try and get your shopping in on time as well
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make sure you get your shopping done. You will find shopping centres and supermarkets closing maybe a little bit earlier on those dates as well but check
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out the video that I have linked right at the end of this video for more information about shop opening times on Christmas Eve and on New Year's Eve too
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Okay, so we've just come into Palma here to talk about the very best things that you can do
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if you're visiting Mallorca in December. Well, the very first thing to look at if you're over
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here visiting on holiday is the huge array of Christmas markets that we have on the island
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Now I do have a full article on my website with all the Christmas markets
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which you can find around the island so I'll drop a link to those below go and
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check them out. I'm just on the outside of Plata Mayor here which has one of the
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most wonderful Christmas markets that you can find. You're gonna find further
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market stalls as well right behind me on La Rambla. You're gonna find them as
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well right down in the heart of the city and also behind the bus and the train
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station as well in Parc de Estacion which is up just behind the Plata Espana for this year
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So you're going to find Christmas lights and markets all the way through the island too
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even in little towns like Concey as well and Soyer and up in the Alcudia Old Town
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So I really recommend going to check those out if you're here visiting on the island
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Also if you're visiting over the Christmas season, I recommend going to do the tour around
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the nativity scenes which you're going to find all over Palmer City Centre. Well you're going to find them all over the island as well, but you're going to find a
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a lot of nativity scenes around some of the really emblematic sites over here in the city centre
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Now I do have a route that you can go on, it's on my website, I shall drop that link below as well
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in the description text of this video for you to follow if you are visiting
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but it definitely worth going to go and check out Also if you looking to set up your own nativity set as well well the market over here right in front of me in Plaza Mayor is the place to pick up items for your nativity sets as well They got a huge selection of items it one of the
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best here on the island so make sure you go and pay that a visit too
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Now in terms of my recommended things to do in New York over December, and I've mentioned
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it before and I'll mention it again, is to get tickets for the Palmer City Sightseeing
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Bus. Now this is a hop on, hop off bus, you can get off as many times as you like, and
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the bus will take you around to the main sites here in Palmer, so it's a great way to see
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the city as well. Also you're going to find open on Christmas Day itself as well as all the other
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days throughout the year is Palm Aquarium so if you are looking for something to do on Christmas
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Day then well Palm Aquarium may just be it. Also as well you're going to find all sorts of little
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museums and art galleries open throughout the city too and if the weather is really nice and
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my goodness we've been having some amazing weather here in November too well you may even find some
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charter companies as well that could take you out on the water too so that's something that you could
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enjoy as well. Also if you get a rainy day over here in Mallorca in December and
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you're looking for something to do well I really recommend also getting yourself
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a day pass in one of the spas that we have around the island. Now a lot of
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hotels that are open at this time of year will have spas. I'll drop a link as
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well in the description that text below for you to pick up a day pass. You're
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going to find a lot of spas open here in Palma over in the Playa de Palma as
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well there's some selected hotels throughout the island too so that's a really good fun thing to do I remember doing it last December it's a great way
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to spend a rainy day here in Mallorca also if you're wondering if you can get
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any beach time over here in Mallorca in December well let's head over to the
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beach now and let's find out so I've just come round the bay here over to Ilieta's and I'm just behind
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Cala Comtesa Beach which you can see behind me and if you want to know whether you can come to the
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beach over here in Mallorca in December well yes you can. Now admittedly I'm filming this in the
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middle of November and as I mentioned before in this video we are experiencing some very beautiful
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weather but even if you are coming over here in December and the temperatures do drop well this
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is the best time to visit the coves over here in Mallorca so I'm talking about beaches such as
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There's Cala Comtesa, Ilietes Beach, and also all the coves over in Calador as well
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because, well, they're just a little bit more sheltered from the really big, wide windswept beaches that you would normally enjoy over the summer months
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And this is the best time to really get some peace and quiet on relatively empty beaches
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Now, you can see behind me that we do have a few people down here in Cala Comtesa
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but when I visited last year in December around Christmas just a few days before Christmas Well you could see people on the beach and you could also see people in the sea too Now just bear in mind as well that the
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beaches over here in Mallorca over the winter months well they're not lifeguarded so just be
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careful if you're swimming over here in the waters and there's nobody on guard there's nobody watching
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you just take extra care because of course you may also find that you may get some jellyfish
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as well in the water at this time of year as well and we're not going to see those jellyfish
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of flags either so just bear that in mind but as you can see behind me well the island is pretty
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much quite empty at the moment and we've got some lovely weather over here throughout the winter as
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well and when you do get a really lovely sunny day then I really recommend coming over here to the
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Calas but obviously there is so much more that you can enjoy if you're coming over here to Mallorca
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in December than just coming to the beach obviously you've got the hiking you've got the cycling as
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well it's just a much better time of year to visit while everyone is packing into the towns and the
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cities and the shopping centres to do their Christmas shopping well you're going to have the whole countryside here to explore you're going to have the hills and the mountains and
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you're going to also have a much more peaceful experience and just some ideal hiking and biking
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conditions too. Also as well if you're looking at getting around in Mallorca in December well
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there's just a couple of other things that I want to make you aware of. Now if you are travelling on
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Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve or any of the fiesta days as well so maybe the
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6th or the 8th of December and you're hoping to get a taxi from Palmer Airport
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well you're going to pay a premium for that taxi fare it's going to cost a
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little bit more because of course it's going to be a fiesta day same goes as
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well if you're arriving at night too but taxi services will be running as well
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bus services as well even on fiesta days you're going to have a much more
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reduced service is going to be a reduced timetable not only on the Palmer EMT
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buses but on the red and yellow islands wide TIB buses too but you are going to
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find buses running throughout the islands as well so don't worry too much
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about getting around however if you are coming over here and you do want to get
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around quickly and easily then this is a great time of year to hire a car I do
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have a few affiliate links as well for car hire over here in Mallorca I shall
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drop those in the description text below and by booking on those links as well
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You will help support the channel at no additional cost to yourselves. But I'll tell you now, you should be able to find some good rates at this time of year
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OK, everyone, if you are coming over to Mallorca in December, then do have a safe journey over here to the island
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I'm also going to have an email newsletter going out quite frequently during the course of next year as well
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So if you want to get in on some special offers and insights for your Mallorca holiday
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then make sure you subscribe to that newsletter and also put a link in the description text below this video
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Okay, everyone, don't forget you can also find me on the Facebook group and on my Instagram, also called Mallorca Under the Sun
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If you want to find out more about travelling over to Mallorca over the festive season, then do check out these links here
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appearing on YouTube. Don't forget there's also more information and a full guide to Christmas
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over here in Mallorca on my website on mallorcaunderthesun.com, so do go ahead and check that out
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And I look forward to seeing you on the next video. Goodbye for now
