Balearic Islands

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Balearic Islands 39°23.203'N, 002°50.585'E39.19541;2.27728 destination

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The Balearic Islands comprise of three major islands, Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera, plus a number of smaller islets including Cabrera, Dragonera, S'Espalmador. They lie in the Balearic Sea off the coast of Spain between France and the coast of North Africa.

Charts

Weather

See Spain.

Currents & Tides

Passages

See Aegean to West Mediterranean Passages.

Communication

Add here VHF channel for coastguard, harbor masters. etc.

Also see World Cruiser's Nets

Islands in the Group

There are 4 major islands in this group plus 3 smaller ones:

• Majorca Majorca /wiki/Majorca |  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – marina ||  – anchorage | (aka Mallorca)

  Cabrera Cabrera /wiki/Cabrera |  – anchorage |

  Dragonera Dragonera /wiki/Dragonera |  – anchorage |

• Minorca Minorca /wiki/Minorca |  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – marina ||  – anchorage | (aka Menorca )
• Ibiza Ibiza /wiki/Ibiza |  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – marina ||  – anchorage | (aka Eivissa)

S'Espalmador S'Espalmador /wiki/S%27Espalmador |  – anchorage |

S'Espardell S'Espardell /wiki/S%27Espardell |  – anchorage ||  – needs data |

• Formentera Formentera /wiki/Formentera |  – harbour ||  – marina ||  – anchorage |

Key to symbols: ||  – island ||  – port of entry ||  – harbour ||  – marina ||  – anchorage ||  – needs data ||

The islands are very popular destination among the cruisers, so in the season the ports and the marinas there are full despite of notoriously high there.

Some berths on the islands could be booked in advance via PortsIB (Ports de les Illes Balears) service.

Anchorages

Some parts of the islands' coast are considered as important Posidonia oceania fields. These locations are declared as protected zones and the anchorages there are regulated.

In season anchoring is possible there at the designated buoy fields and the places are to be booked in advance either at the special website or via Android application (see CBBAsea).

Transportation

• The Balearic Islands have the airports of Palma de Majorca, Ibiza and Mahón, making any journey extremely easy
• It is also possible to reach them by ferry

Tourism

See individual islands.

Friends

Contact details of "Cruiser's Friends" that can be contacted for local information or assistance.

Forums

List links to discussion threads on partnering forums. (see link for requirements)

Links

• Balearic Islands at the Wikipedia
• Balearic Islands at the Wikivoyage
• Balearic Sea at the Wikipedia
• PortsIB (Ports de les Illes Balears) a public body that represents the pleasure boat harbours managed by the autonomous community of the islands. els teus ports -- list of the harbours
• Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares -- Port Authority of the Balearic Islands: Alcudia, Ibiza, Mahon, La Savina and Palma.

References

• Graham Hutt and RCC Pilotage Foundation, Islas Baleares: Ibiza, Formentera, Mallorca, Cabrera and Menorca, Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson; 9th Revised edition edition (March 30, 2011), ISBN 9781846232831
• Rod Heikell, Mediterranean Cruising Handbook, Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson; 6th Revised edition edition (April 21, 2012), ISBN 9781846231704
• Rod Heikell and Lucinda Michel, Mediterranean Almanac, Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson; 8th edition edition (December 12, 2012), ISBN 9781846232961

Comments

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Verified by

Date of member's last visit to Balearic Islands and this page's details validated:

• October 2004 --Istioploos Travels with S/Y Thetis

Contributors to this page
Names: Lighthouse, Alan Teed, Istioploos