TOURISTS are now fighting for the best spot on the beach, not with sun loungers, but by reserving umbrellas.
Sunbed wars often rage in resorts across Spain, with tourists fighting each other.
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And tourists, particularly German tourists, have added a “new dimension” when it comes to trying to save the best, according to locals.
Mallorcan residents say they now get up at dawn to reserve their straw umbrellas in the front row, just centimeters from the sea!
Many foreign tourists mark their territory early in the morning, with dozens of umbrellas being brought before the crowds arrive.
“While half of Mallorca is still sleeping, the towel war is already starting in Playa de Palma”, says the Spanish press.
“German tourists not only ‘reserved’ sun loungers in hotel pools at dawn, but also transferred this habit to the beach.
“With towels hanging from umbrellas early in the morning, tourists are guaranteed the best spots by the sea.”
Local media images were taken over the weekend near an important hotel in Playa de Palma, popular with German tourists.
In the early morning, just over a dozen umbrellas were “occupied”.
Towels can be seen hanging from almost every pole, many of them belonging to nearby residents. hotels.
“The strategy of holidaymakers is probably to ‘reserve’ the best places and then go for a peaceful breakfast”, he reports. Ultimahora.es.
Palma City Council offers a sun lounger and umbrella rental service on this stretch of beach, through an external company, between 10am and 7pm, for a daily fee.
As a rule, employees are on site from 8:30 am, opening the sun loungers and distributing them.
At night they are stacked and closed.
One resident who has lived in Playa de Palma for years said: “You don’t just see it here. You can even find this all over Playa de Palma.”
And responding to the Inselradio report, one said he would “throw these towels into the sea”, while another said he was “embarrassed by something like this”.
A third said it was a “totally bad habit”, adding: “Protecting sunbeds with a towel early in the morning is absolutely reckless and absolutely unacceptable.
How long can you reserve a sun lounger?
Etiquette expert William HansonPlease note that there is a 30-minute grace period for poolside reservations.
He said: “In the morning, early in the day, and you’re in the pool after breakfast, so at 8:30 it’s okay to put your towel on the bed to reserve your place.”
“But at the end of the day, after you use the lounger, and go out for a massage, for example, which will last an hour, then you cannot use a towel to reserve the lounger.”
If you are going to eat something at lunch, said William tourists can eat at the hotel bar or restaurant, as long as you don’t stay more than 30 minutes.
He said, “It also gives the towel time to dry.”
William said, despite the grace period, “You can’t hog the sunbed all day.”
“If no one blocks the sun loungers with towels in the morning, everyone can have one. After all, we all want the same thing: a relaxing vacation.”
Another outraged local said: “This has been happening all my life in Benidorm. What surprises me is that it took so long to get to Palma.”
Sunbed fights usually take place at large holiday resorts rather than beaches.
One woman even reveals how she charges £500 a time to store sunbeds for tourists.
But it’s not just Spainas new rules are introduced on Greek beaches.
However, it is not tourists who are cracking down, but cafes and restaurants, which, according to them, have “taken over” the beaches with sun loungers and seats.
The Greek government is now introducing rules that include limits on the number of sun loungers and requiring licenses to place tables on the sand.
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