The Balearics is the Spanish Mediterranean region with the longest coastline. The islands appear to rise up from the sea, offering 1,239.9 kilometres of coastline, with more than three hundred beaches and coves, thirty-three lighthouses, high cliffs, sixty commercial and fishing ports and marinas. Inland, there are pine and Holm oak woods, hillside terraces made of stone walls, hundreds of plots covered with ancient olive-trees, mountains that tower over the sea, rising to 1,443 metres, rolling hills planted with cereals and fig trees, prehistoric ravines, walled citadels, picturesque villages, medieval streets, modern avenues, impressive caves hiding geological treasures, military fortresses, castles, churches, palaces, lakes, marshland, lagoons, roads and motorways, trains, fishing villages, modern and classic architecture and much, much more; a never-ending list of countryside and scenery to discover.
