Balearic Islands
The Balearic Islands are an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Spain. The four major islands are popular tourist destinations. Ibiza, in particular, is known as an international party destination, attracting many of the world's most popular DJs to its nightclubs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Palma de Mallorca and Formentera.
Palma de Mallorca
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Palma de Mallorca is the chief city of the island of Mallorca, and the capital of the entire Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean. With a population of 423,000 in 2022, it's home to half the people of Mallorca, and in summer feels like it contains half the people of Europe.
Formentera
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Formentera is the smallest and southernmost of Spain's Balearic Islands. The island is flat and sandy with magnificent, unspoilt beaches. There are a few places where the land rises to present spectacular cliffs to the sea.
Ibiza
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Ibiza is the major settlement on the eponymous island in Spain. "Ibiza" is the Spanish name; in Catalan, it is known as Eivissa. The locals call it Vila for short. Ibiza is widely known and visited for its exciting nightlife.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Mallorca and Menorca.
Mallorca
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Mallorca or Majorca is the largest of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean, all governed by Spain. It's an easy-to-reach destination well-developed for tourism, with sunny beaches, fascinating old towns, mountain scenery and great food and wine.
Menorca
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Menorca is the second largest of the Balearic Islands, located to the northeast of Mallorca and is the least overrun and most tranquil of the Balearics.
Ibiza
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Ibiza or Eivissa is one of the Balearic Islands, a group of autonomous communities of Spain. Known for being a party hotspot, Ibiza's part in the post-1950s package holiday boom means there is something for everyone on this island.
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Balearic Islands
- Type: archipelago with 1,230,000 residents
- Description: archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea
- Also known as: “Balearic Isles”, “Islas baleares”, and “Province of Balearic Islands”
- Location: Spain, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Balearic Islands” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Baleariese Eilande”
- Albanian: “Ishujt Baleare”
- Albanian: “Ishujt Balearik”
- Amharic: “ባሌያሪክ ደሴቶች”
- Arabic: “جزر البليار”
- Aragonese: “Islas Balears”
- Armenian: “Բալեարյան կղզիներ”
- Arpitan: “Iles Balèares”
- Arpitan: “Iles Balèâres”
- Asturian: “Islles Baleares”
- Azerbaijani: “Balear adaları”
- Balinese: “Kapuloan Balears”
- Banjar: “Kepulauan Balears”
- Basque: “Balear Uharteak”
- Basque: “Balearrak”
- Belarusian: “Балеарскія астравы”
- Bengali: “বালেয়ার দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
- Bengali: “বালেয়ারীয় দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
- Bosnian: “Balearska ostrva”
- Breton: “Balearez”
- Breton: “Inizi Balearez”
- Bulgarian: “Балеарски острови”
- Catalan: “Balears”
- Catalan: “Illes Balears”
- Catalan: “Província de les Illes Balears”
- Catalan: “ses Illes”
- Cebuano: “Balearic Islands”
- Cebuano: “Kabaleyaran”
- Central Kurdish: “دوورگەکانی بالیار”
- Chechen: “Балеарийн гӀайренаш”
- Chinese: “Balear Kûn-tó”
- Chinese: “巴利亞利群島”
- Chinese: “巴利阿里群岛”
- Chinese: “巴利阿里群島”
- Chinese: “巴厘亞利群島”
- Cornish: “Ynysow Balearek”
- Corsican: “Baleare”
- Corsican: “Baleari”
- Corsican: “Ìsule Baleare”
- Corsican: “Ìsule Baleari”
- Crimean Tatar: “Balear adalar”
- Croatian: “Baleari”
- Czech: “Baleáry”
- Danish: “Balearerne”
- Danish: “Baleariske Øer”
- Danish: “De Baleariske Øer”
- Dimli (individual language): “Adey Baleari”
- Dutch: “Balearen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزر الباليار”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزر البليار”
- Esperanto: “Balearoj”
- Estonian: “Baleaarid”
- Extremaduran: “Islas Balearis”
- Finnish: “Baleaarit”
- French: “îles Baléares”
- French: “Îles Baléares”
- French: “Province des Îles Baléares”
- Galician: “Illas Baleares”
- Galician: “Illes Balears”
- Georgian: “ბალეარის კუნძულები”
- German: “Balearen Inseln”
- German: “Balearen”
- German: “Balearische Inseln”
- German: “Islas baleares”
- Greek: “Βαλεαρίδες Νήσοι”
- Guarani: “Ypa’ũnguéra Baleares”
- Gujarati: “બેલેરીક આઇલેન્ડ્સ”
- Haitian: “Zile Baleares”
- Hebrew: “האיים הבלאריים”
- Hindi: “बेलिएरिक द्वीपसमूह”
- Hindi: “बैलेरिक द्वीपसमूह”
- Hungarian: “Baleár-szigetek”
- Icelandic: “Baleareyjar”
- Ido: “Baleari”
- Indonesian: “Kepulauan Balearik”
- Interlingua: “Insulas Baleares”
- Interlingue: “Baleares”
- Irish: “na hOileáin Bhailéaracha”
- Irish: “Na hOileáin Bhailéaracha”
- Italian: “Baleari”
- Italian: “isole Baleari”
- Italian: “Isole Baleari”
- Japanese: “バレアレス”
- Japanese: “バレアレス諸島”
- Javanese: “Kapuloan Baleares”
- Kabardian: “Балеар тӀыгухэр”
- Kabardian: “Балеар хы тӀыгухэр”
- Kannada: “ಬಾಲೀರಿಕ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು”
- Karachay-Balkar: “Балеар айрымканла”
- Kazakh: “Балеар аралдары”
- Kinaray-A: “Kabalearan”
- Kinaray-A: “Kabaliyaran”
- Kirghiz: “Балдар аралдары”
- Kirghiz: “Балеар аралдары”
- Korean: “발레아레스 제도”
- Kurdish: “Giravên Balear”
- Ladin: “Ijules Baleares”
- Ladino: “Isolas Baleares”
- Ladino: “Izlas Baleares”
- Latin: “Baliares insulae”
- Latin: “Gymnesiae insulae”
- Latin: “Insulae Baliares”
- Latvian: “Baleāru salas”
- Latvian: “Baleāru Salas”
- Ligurian: “Isoe Baleari”
- Limburgan: “Baleare”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Isolas Balear”
- Literary Chinese: “巴厘亞利群島”
- Lithuanian: “Balearų salos”
- Lombard: “Isole Balear”
- Low German: “Balearen”
- Low German: “Balejoarn”
- Lower Sorbian: “Baleary”
- Luxembourgish: “Balearesch Inselen”
- Macedonian: “Балеарски Острови”
- Malagasy: “Nosy Baleares”
- Malay: “Kepulauan Balear”
- Malay: “Kepulauan Balearic”
- Manx: “Ny h-Ellanyn Balearagh”
- Maori: “Islas Baleares”
- Marathi: “बालेआरिक द्वीपसमूह”
- Mazanderani: “بالئاری جزیره”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Balear Kûn-tó”
- Mingrelian: “ბალეარიშ კოკეფი”
- Mongolian: “Балеарын арлууд”
- Northern Frisian: “Balearen”
- Northern Frisian: “Balearisk Eilunen”
- Northern Sami: “Baleáraid eanangoddi”
- Northern Sami: “Baleárat”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Balearene”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Balearane”
- Norwegian: “Balearene”
- Novial: “Isles Baleares”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Illas Balearas”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Baleares”
- Ossetian: “Балеары сакъадæхтæ”
- Pampanga: “Kabaleáran”
- Panjabi: “ਬੈਲੇਆਰਿਕ ਦੀਪਸਮੂਹ”
- Persian: “جزایر بالئاری”
- Piemontese: “Ìsole Balear”
- Polish: “Baleary”
- Portuguese: “Ilhas Baleares”
- Portuguese: “Islas baleares”
- Quechua: “Balyar wat’akuna”
- Romanian: “Insulele Baleare”
- Russian: “Балеарские острова”
- Samogitian: “Balearā”
- Sardinian: “Ìsulas Baleares”
- Saterfriesisch: “Baleariske Ailounde”
- Scots: “Balearic Islands”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Na h-Eileanan Balèarach”
- Serbian: “Балеарска острва”
- Serbian: “Балеарска Острва”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Baleari”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Balearski otoci”
- Sicilian: “Ìsuli Baliari”
- Sinhala: “බලේයරික් දූපත්”
- Slovak: “Baleáry”
- Slovenian: “Baleari”
- Slovenian: “Balearski otoki”
- South Azerbaijani: “بالئار آدالاری”
- Spanish: “Baleares”
- Spanish: “Islas Baleares”
- Spanish: “Las Baleares”
- Spanish: “Provincia de las Islas Baleares”
- Swahili: “Visiwa vya Baleari”
- Swedish: “Balearerna”
- Swedish: “Islas baleares”
- Tagalog: “Baleares”
- Tagalog: “Kapuluan ng Baleares”
- Tagalog: “Kapuluang Baleares”
- Tajik: “Ҷазираҳои Балеар”
- Tamil: “பலேரிக் தீவுகள்”
- Tatar: “Балеар утраулары”
- Telugu: “బాలియారిక్ దీవులు”
- Thai: “หมู่เกาะแบลีแอริก”
- Tsonga: “Balearic Islands”
- Turkish: “Balear Adaları”
- Ukrainian: “Балеарські острови”
- Upper Sorbian: “Baleariske kupy”
- Upper Sorbian: “Baleary”
- Urdu: “جزائر بلیار”
- Urdu: “جزائر بلیبار”
- Uzbek: “Balear orollari”
- Venetian: “Bałeari”
- Venetian: “Ìxołe Bałeari”
- Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Baleares”
- Vlaams: “Baleoarn”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kapuropod-an Balear”
- Welsh: “Ynysoedd Balearig”
- Western Frisian: “Balearen”
- Western Frisian: “Baleären”
- Western Panjabi: “بیلارک جزیرے”
- Wu Chinese: “巴利阿里群岛”
- Yiddish: “באלעארישע אינזלען”
- Yue Chinese: “巴利亞利群島”
- “Balearā”
- “Baleares”
- “Isole Baleari”
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