Entradas

Mostrando entradas de septiembre, 2014

2014 ISAF ANNUAL CONFERENCE Palma de Mallorca - Hotel Melia Palce Atenea

Imagen
Palma which is 8 km / 10 minutes from Palma de Mallorca airport comes as a surprise to many people - it is stylish, sophisticated, intimate, yet bursting with life. Located on the southern shores of Mallorca, the island's capital city looks out over the sparkling blue seas of the Mediterranean   As an island, Majorca has been subject to numerous invasions, conquests & sea-trading throughout its history. Palma was known to the Arabs as Medina Mayurqa (902 to 1229) and to Mallorcans thereafter simply as Ciutat (City) - Palma was in fact named after the Roman city of Palmaria (founded around 120 BC). The Roman city still exists, a metre or two beneath the ground; inhabitants of houses near the cathedral are still discovering Roman remains. The Moors were finally overthrown by the Spanish in the 13th century, and Palma became an important port & commercial centre in the Mediterranean. The Melia Palas Atenea Hotel, venue for the November Confrence is situated on th