Your equipment should also always be adapted to the climatic conditions.
In this case, when cycling in Mallorca, it is easy for you to find your way around: Follow the cycle route with the designated number one. This makes a trip to the island a success.
With the beginning of the summer holidays in Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, schools in twelve federal states will be closed from next weekend. This guarantees traffic jams on all important travel routes. Especially on the connections to the coast and to the south, vacationers should prepare for longer compulsory breaks. The ADAC expects peak times on Friday between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. and on Saturday between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
It gets tight on the following routes:
A 1 Cologne – Dortmund – Hamburg – Puttgarden A 2 Dortmund – Hanover – Berlin A 3 Cologne – Frankfurt – Nuremberg A 4 Dresden – Erfurt – Kirchheimer Dreieck A 5 Kassel – Frankfurt – Karlsruhe – Basel A 6 Mannheim – Heilbronn – Nuremberg A 7 Hamburg – Flensburg A 7 Hamburg – Würzburg – Füssen A 8 Karlsruhe – Stuttgart – Munich – Salzburg A 9 Berlin – Nuremberg – Munich A 19 Wittstock triangle – Rostock A 24 Berlin – Hamburg A 61 Mönchengladbach – Koblenz – Ludwigshafen A 93 Inntal triangle – Kufstein Greater Hamburg , Frankfurt and Munich
Traffic jams abroad
Since holidaymakers from all over Europe are now on the move, there is also a great risk of congestion on many connections abroad:
Austria: West-, Tauern-, Inntal-, Brenner-, Rheintal- and Karawanken autobahn as well as Fernpass route Switzerland: Gotthard and San Bernardino route as well as the connection St. Gallen – Zurich – Bern Italy: Brenner autobahn and the lines Villach – Udine, Verona – Venice – Trieste and all major roads to the coast Slovenia: Karavanke tunnel – Ljubljana – Zagreb, Spielfeld – Maribor – Macelj Croatia: Zagreb – Zadar – Split, Trieste – Pula, Trieste – Rijeka and the coastal roads France: Mühlhausen – Dole – Lyon – Orange, Orange – Nimes – Spanish Border, Monaco – Aix-en-Provence, Dijon – Lyon
Longer waiting times must also be taken into account at the border crossings of Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey.
A cycling holiday in Mallorca needs to be well planned: Getting there, equipment and the right maps for longer cycling tours are essential. The better you plan in advance, the less stress you will get through on your vacation.
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Cycling holiday in Mallorca: plan cycling tours before you leave
Take some time to plan your cycling holiday in Mallorca. If you want to take your two-wheeler with you to the island for bike tours, you should contact your airline directly or, alternatively, discuss the details of taking it with you when booking at the travel agency.
Normally, your bike has to be packed for the flight, the dimensions may not exceed 130 x 70 x 25 centimeters – unpacked bikes are not always accepted by the airlines. There are special bike cases with hard shells, but with prices starting at 150 euros, they are not cheap. In most cases, you can store the additional equipment in your luggage.
Equipment for the bike tours: what you need
A cycling holiday in Mallorca places special demands on your equipment. The bike tours often have to deal with inclines, two-wheelers with at least seven gears or a triple chainring at the front and at least 24 teeth at the rear are well suited.
Check aff ccom at home that your brakes and basically everything else on your bike are still in perfect working order. Your equipment should also always be adapted to the climatic conditions. In the warm season you have to keep an eye on your fluid balance: bottles with a suitable holder make it easier for you to drink while driving.
For a cycling holiday on Mallorca in spring, autumn and winter, you should have the right rain outfit in your luggage. Finally, you shouldn’t forget the maps for your trip, although a GPS device attached to the handlebar takes up less space than analog maps.
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For spontaneous: equipment on site
You can also partially book your cycling holiday on Mallorca on site. You should definitely check in advance what equipment is provided by the provider. If something is missing, you should take care of it yourself. Planning from home is strongly recommended, especially for longer bike tours – even if you only want to rent your two-wheeler on the island.
The waters of the north are not very summery: Instead of 20 degrees in the previous week, only 17 degrees before Norderney, the average water temperature on the German North and Baltic Sea coasts fell by two degrees, reports the German Weather Service (DWD). The Mediterranean continues to warm: Here, many destinations have increased one degree compared to the previous week, in Rimini it is even two degrees. The same plus is recorded in Lake Constance, where the water temperature is now 21 degrees. On the other hand, there was hardly any change in the long-haul destinations: only in California was there another temperature increase of two degrees.
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| Water temperatures in Germany | centigrade |
|---|---|
| German North Sea coast | 15-17 |
| German Baltic coast | 16-17 |
| Heligoland | 15th |
| List / Sylt | 17th |
| Norderney | 17th |
| Fehmarn | 16 |
| to reprimand | 16 |
| Usedom | 17th |
| Lake Constance | 21st |
| Water temperatures in Europe | centigrade |
|---|---|
| Biscay | 17-20 |
| Algarve coast | 22nd |
| Azores | 19-21 |
| Canary Islands | 21-22 |
| French Mediterranean coast | 21st |
| Eastern Mediterranean | 23-25 |
| Western Mediterranean | 20-24 |
| Adriatic | 20-24 |
| Black Sea | 21-24 |
| Madeira | 21st |
| Aegean | 23-24 |
| Cyprus | 24 |
| Antalya |
25th |
| Corfu |
24 |
| Tunis |
22nd |
| Mallorca | 23 |
| Valencia | 23 |
| Biarritz | 20th |
| Rimini | 24 |
| Las Palmas | 22nd |
| Oslo | 17th |
| Ijsselmeer | 16 |
| Water temperatures at long-distance travel destinations | centigrade |
|---|---|
| Red Sea | 26th |
| South Africa | 18th |
| Mauritius | 24 |
| Seychelles | 28 |
| Maldives | 29 |
| Sri Lanka | 28 |
| Thailand | 30th |
| Philippines |
24 |
| Fiji Islands (Nandi) | 29 |
| Tahiti |
28 |
| Hawaii (Honolulu) |
24 |
| California |
14th |
| Gulf of Mexico |
29 |
| Puerto Plata |
26th |
| Sydney | 20th |
Riding in Mallorca has a special charm: Many tours are offered on the beach, where the noble four-legged friends can really let off steam. Those who spend several days riding on the island not only go on exciting rides, but also get to know Mallorca from its original side.
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Riding in Mallorca: Guided or on your own
The beaches of the Balearic Islands are particularly popular with holidaymakers. Not only can you spread out your bath towel here, you can also ride a horse. Galloping across the beach on horseback is the ultimate for most horse fans.
Also very attractive: a trip on horseback into the hinterland. In order to fulfill this dream, you can take part in a guided ride – in a group or booked privately.
Riding in Mallorca is also possible on your own: in riding stables, also on site "Rancho" or "Club Hipico" called, you can rent horses – by the hour or by the day.
If you are not confident enough to ride yourself, you can admire the beautiful horses from afar. There are trot and horse races in Palma and Manacor. Here you are sure to become a representative of the island’s own horse breed "Rura Raza Mallorquina" encounter.
For real horse fans: several days of riding holidays
If you would like to explore the whole island on horseback, you can book a riding holiday lasting several days. You will either spend the night on a ranch, in tents or in old monasteries. A trip to Mallorca takes on a completely new character: you get to know the original Mallorca and improve your riding skills at the same time.
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Which riding experience is required varies from provider to provider – before your riding holiday you should assess your abilities as realistically as possible and inform the organizer, regardless of whether you are a beginner or a professional.
Air passengers in France have to be patient at the moment, because air traffic in France got into disarray because of an air traffic controller strike on Tuesday. At the major Paris airports, where 20 percent of the flights had already been canceled as a precaution, the effects of the strike were, however "limited" as it was called by the airport operators.
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Especially in Orly there are "some delays and cancellations". In Lyon, however, 70 of 351 flights were canceled and delays could not be ruled out. The strike should be felt more particularly in the south of France. The smaller air traffic controller union Unsa-ICNA called for the strike, which should last until Sunday. The civil aviation supervisory authority DGAC then called on the airlines to cancel 20 percent of their flights in Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux and Paris for flights to the south, including abroad, as a precaution.
Hardly any impact on Germany
In Germany, the strike did not initially have any particular impact: there were a few minor delays on flights from Paris, but according to a spokesman, no flights were to be canceled at Frankfurt am Main Airport. According to the French government, around 75 percent of all flights in France should be secured during the week. The strike also includes the weekend when the first big wave of vacationers in France is expected. Air traffic controllers are on strike for more money for their sector, which they say needs urgent modernization. In their opinion, airport fees for airlines should therefore be increased, but they want to pay less.
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The currently used radar and control system for air traffic in France dates from the 1980s and is to be replaced. Devices are also to be renewed. According to trade union information, for example, all radar screens in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France were recently "urgent" replaced after about 20 umbrellas failed in a period of 18 months.
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