CALVIÀ INCREASES ITS DESEASONALIZING OFFER

The consistory signs an agreement with both, the Peguera-Cala Fornells Hotel Association and the company Sport Leisure & Life, which will allow to gather thousands of people in the municipality, thanks to sport, during the low season months.

Today, the Calvià Town Hall has given another step forward within its fight against the tourist seasonal standstill with the signing of the agreement through which four sport trials of outstanding international interest  will be carried out during the course of the forthcoming four years. The signatories of the document have been, apart from the consistory´s Mayor, Manuel Onieva, the President of the Peguera and Cala Fornells Hotel Association, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, the Secretary of the Foundation Calvià 2004, Patricia Domínguez and the person in charge of the company Sport Leisure & Life and Director General of ICAN, Sunil Bhardwaj.

The municipal representatives are very pleased with the signing of the agreement today, as it is considered the best course to follow within these difficult times in which we are submerged in. In fact, in Calvià, the collaboration between private companies and the Town Hall has achieved to optimize resources and undertake projects able to extend, as far as possible, the tourist season.

In this sense, it is to be highlighted also, the fact that the organisers of the event have chosen Calvià to carry out this event which shows the high quality of the sport facilities which the municipality counts with, facilities which are being considered international wide as it has been proven at the different tourist fairs in which the municipality has been represented.

 
Thanks to this agreement signed this morning, the company Sport Leisure & Life SL commits itself to organize the ICAN triathlon in Peguera, the Costa de Calvià International Marathon in Magalluf and a minimum of two more popular trials in the municipality, during the course of the year.

Video presentation of the ICAN Peguera Triathlon 2012: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M6HadmTj90 

 

TWO "Q"´S FOR TOURIST QUALITY

The Calvià Town Hall has been awarded, for its good job made in terms of tourist quality, for the Palmanova beach and the five Municipal Tourist Information Offices.

The Calvià Town Hall received, from the Secretary General for Tourism, Isabel Borrego, a double recognition of the “Q” for Tourist Quality, for the Palmanova beach, which renews this certificate for the third time, and the five Municipal Tourist Information Offices existing in the municipality, last Friday.

The prizes, which were presented in Fitur, the most important tourist fair nation wide, were collected by the Deputy Mayor for Coast Lines, Daniel Perpiñá, and which means the  acknowledgement for the tourist quality, which Calvià offers. The establishments awarded with the “Q” for Quality have passed through strict audits which guarantee the quality, security and professionalism of their services. Thus, guaranteeing the best tourist experience possible for the clients.

The Palmanova beach has renewed this certificate for the third time, which shows the municipal  commitment in the increase of the quality of our beach services. On the other hand, the Municipal Tourist Information Offices, have become the first civil service on the Balearic Islands holding this   recognition for Quality, in great measure for the work done by the civil servants who have known how to improve the services, provided by a municipality such as Calvià, for the visitors received every year.

CLEAN UP OF CALA FIGUERA BEACH

 
The Balearic Young Navigators Association, in collaboration with the Calvià Town Hall and the company Teka , has carried out, another cleaning action on the municipality´s coast line.

The Balearic Young Navigators Association, in collaboration with the Calvià Town Hall and the company Teka , has carried out, another cleaning action on the municipality´s coast line.  The elected area was Cala Figuera, which access is not able by a non existing footpath, thus being a beach without an ordinary municipal cleaning service. In total, almost a ton of waste materials has been removed.
 
The cleaning sessions have counted with the participation of 15 volunteers from the Balearic Young Navigators Association, which is carrying out a cleaning campaign of  beaches around Majorca, on 9th and 10th August.Once the work finished, the collected waste materials were removed, with a Civil Defence vessel, to Calvià 2000 for their adequate treatment.

Both, the Cala Figuera´s bearings and its narrow orography make that all the waste materials dragged in by the ocean currents which enter on the cove, get anchored unableing its exit with the continuous current change. Therefore, it is important that  an annual cleaning action is organized, in which  the Calvià Town Hall´s Departments for Environment and Maintenance collaborate together with the Local Police, Civil Defence and  Calvià 2000.

9 CALVIÀ BEACHES SHOW, FROM TODAY, THEIR BLUE FLAG

The Mayor of Calvià, Manuel Onieva, chaired today, the official display of the nine Blue Flags which the municipality has achieved, this year.

The Mayor of Calvià, Manuel Onieva, chaired today, the official display of the nine Blue Flags which the municipality has achieved, this year. Sign for quality, which the Foundation for the Environment Education (FEE), yearly awards, not only for the quality of the water but also for the quality of the beach services, services that, in Calvià, improve every year with the aim of maintaining the extraordinary international image which the 54 KM of coast is privileged with,  and which the municipality counts with.

The flags already fly on the beaches of Palmira, Torà , Romana, Santa Ponça, Cala Vinyes, Son Matías, Palmanova, Es Carregador and Oratorio and therefore, the municipality of Calvià is again, at the top the ranking of places in the Balearics with more Blue Flags, keeping furthermore, the three "Qs", for Tourist Quality, in three of the beaches awarded today.

The Son Matías beach has recovered the quality emblem, this year, although the Magaluf beach has lost it, however, it is expected to recuperate it next year, thus, achieving ten flags of ten submitted applications.  Also, it is to be recalled that the municipality is achieving prestige internationalwide thanks to its commitment with the accessible tourism. In fact, four beaches are totally adapted: Son Matías, El Toro, Palmanova and Santa Ponça. All of them provided with wood paths, adapted toilets, shaded areas and delimited spaces for people with reduced mobility. Also, an elevator was installed, recently, on the beach in Ca's Català.

The municipal government team, directed by Manuel Onieva, has shown its satisfaction for the   International recognition for the work carried out on the Calvià beaches while has highlighted that    they will improve “even more” the efforts to maintain in perfect quality, health, accessibility and cleanliness conditions, “the most valued treasure in the municipality which keeps being a reference  international and nationwide”.                                  
                           

CALVIÀ PUBLISHES THE ACCESSIBLE TOURISM GUIDE

The Town Hall gives another step forward to convert the municipality in a reference in the tourist offer for disabled people

Calvià, presented its new Plan "Calvià, Accessible Todo el Año" (Calvià, Accessible all year round)
almost a year ago, with the aim of facilitating a real tourism for everybody. Thus, convert Calvià in an International reference within the tourist offer for disabled people and at the same time increase the market´s share and fight against the tourist stationalisation, was the premise marked, then, by the Calvià Town Hall and through which they have been working for. Now, the government team, directed by the Mayor Carlos Delgado, has given an important step forward to achieve this objective, with the publishment of the new "Accessible Calvià" guide, a perfect tool which compiles the Calvià´s complete tourist offer and the level of accessibility presented. And, once more, the Town Hall has been pioneer with the publishing of this guide through which its intention is to offer objective and detailed information of all the tourist establishments in the municipality in order to let anyone, evaluate and decide which of the  registered in the "Accessible Calvià" guide is the best one according to their necessities and encourage, therefore, the visit of this group of people  to the municipality of Calvià.

Published by the Town Hall and by the Foundation Calvià 2004 in Spanish, English and German, this first guide, which will be a reference for future ones in which the participation of more  companies, connected to the sector is expected, offers detailed information about the accessibility´s criterion of the sport facilities, beaches, hotels, restaurants and bars, leisure, health centres, transport, tourist offices, etc., as well as telephones of interest in the municipality and assistance service at the Spanish airports for people with reduced mobility.

The guide will be available in all and each of the Tourist Information Offices in the municipality and also in the more than 20 tourist fairs to which the Town Hall attends to promote the accessible tourism.  Also, it is to be recalled that Calvià attended the Rehacare Fair (Düsseldorf) to know, first hand, of the market´s latest novelties regarding the elimination of architectural barriers, also is the first Spanish municipality integrating in the Red Europea de Turismo Accesible (ENAT) European Accessible Tourism Network, from where the "Turismo para Todos" (Tourism for all), is promoted.

The guide will also have its establishment in a digital format and will be introduced in the municipal tourist promotion channels such as the web visitcalvia.com.

This guide´s publishment is added to the various actions that the Town Hall has developed to offer a destination available for everybody, with no distinction and/or exclusion and to help them to be tourists with total rights, a 40% of the world´s popullation who, on the contrary, would not be able to accomplish.

The disabled people group, represents the 9% of the Spanish popullation and the 10% of the European popullation and more than 500 million of people in the world are integrated in it. This  part of the popullation, collaborate within the tourist destationalisation; the fact is that a 51% of this group, according to the European Union, do not have work responsibilities, which makes it easier for them, to travel at any time of the year.

CALVIÀ BEACHES, IN BETWEEN THE BEST 25

                                 
A survey carried out by TripAdvisor, places Calvià beaches in between the travellers 25 favourite beaches, worldwide

Calvià beaches, are placed between the travellers 25 favourite beaches, worldwide, according to the survey carried out by the TripAdvisor´s web-site, with the aim of knowing the best beach places, around the world.
The survey, "2011 Travelers Choice" has been carried out amongst various millions of travellers who have voted the top 25 beach destinations, in 2011. Thus, together with the Calvià beaches, also there are other Majorcan beaches such as the ones in Alcudia and one in Formentera and the rest of the ranking is made up with other seven Spanish beaches, six of them from the Canary Islands and one from Cataluña.

On the other hand,  the USA also has seven of its beaches amongst the travellers 25 favourite beaches, four of them in the region of Florida, another one in South Carolina, one in New Jersey  and one, in Hawai.

The TripAdvisor´s web-sites count with more than 40 million visitors per month and 20 million members, registered.

                                  
     

 

 

CALVIÀ COMMITTED WITH ORNITHOLOGICAL TOURISM
                                       
The Calvià Town Hall directed by the Mayor Carlos Delgado, progresses within its Tourist Seasonal Diversification Plan and diversifies its offer with  Birding Calvià
 
The Calvià Town Hall has given a step forward within its Tourist Seasonal Diversification Plan with the start of Birding Calvià, a new tourist product specially in demand during the low season months and which yearly moves more than 78 million people around the world.

The objective pursued by the government team, directed by Carlos Delgado is, diversify even more the tourist offer with a new modality consisted of giving information known about the municipality´s natural values,  and specially about the more than 200 birds which  nest or fly through  the Calvià skies and the routes from  where they can be seen. Therefore, a group of experts have:  

 
Delimited a total of  16 areas and itineraries of ornithological importance:

Galatzó public estate: Ses Cases, Ses Sínies and S'Esclop path ways
Santa Ponça ravine from  Calvià
Santa Ponça ravine from es Capdellà
Ses Malgrats viewpoint

 

El Toro
Natural itinerary  Peguera-es Capdellà
Cap Andritxol
Torre de Cala Figuera
Puig de Sa Morisca
 
Serra de na Burguesa
Coll de sa Creu
Small humid areas
Coves and beaches
Urban areas

Classified species of interest: Sedentary species such as the Balearic Warbler (Sylvia balearica), migrant species such as the  Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe), wintering species such as the Common Kingfisher  (Alcedo atthis) or summer species such as the Woodchat Shrike  (Lanius senator ssp. badius) are regular in the municipality of Calvià.

These routes and the different species can now be consulted in Spanish on the web page www.birdingcalvia.com, but soon,  all the updated information about the Calvià´s ornithological  richness and variety will be available in English and German.

 
Furthermore, a tourist brochure has been published, collecting the different proposals which  enthusiasts in this practice can count with.

Finally, it is to be highlighted that,  a municipal delegation has recently attended  the Ornithological International Fair, held in Extremadura, where it was presented, with good acceptance by the attending  public, the new product  “Birding Calvià”.

 

NEW WALK PATH BETWEEN CALVIÀ AND ES CAPDELLÀ

The Mayor inaugurated this new natural itinerary which is included in the important tourist hiking routes network which the municipality counts with  

More than 300 people attended  the inauguration of the  new  pedestrian  path and cycle track which links both, the village of Calvià and es Capdellà, covering by foot or  bicycle, the 1,7 kilometre route and enjoying of its incomparable natural environment, last Saturday.  
This new natural itinerary, which counts with the width of two metres  and a 1,17%  medium level change, parallel to the main road, was inaugurated by the Mayor Carlos Delgado who also, together with  his government team, covered mentioned route.

 
The works, which have meant an investment of  543.189 euros and which have been totally financed by the Calvià Town Hall, started last 15th September and have been carried out by the company Vías y Obras Públicas S.A. (Vopsa). With its implementation, not only the neighbours historical claim  has come true but the Town Hall has given a step forward within its goal of  promoting tourist routes which develop the practice of a sport activity with an added cultural, patrimonial or historical value.

 
As it will be recalled, the Town Hall decided, half year ago, due to the carelessness shown by the  Consell de Mallorca, to carry out  another natura intinerary, which as in this occasion,  had also been claimed numerous times by both, the neighbours and the hoteliers from the area. We are talking about  the natura itinerary which links Peguera with es Capdellà which, with the one inaugurated last Saturday, make a tourist natural network which, with no doubt, will contribute to the all year round tourism.

 
Furthermore, and within this same action line, the Town Hall has carried out other important works with the aim of offering new products with which will alleviate the tourist seasonal standstill, such as the  Passeig Calvià extension with new eight kilometres, carried out during the last legislature or the  four new itineraries, with more than 35 kilometres, which pass through the incomparable Galatzó public estate. On the other hand, and within this same goal, it is to be also highlighted, the creation  of the disembark routes, at the end of 2009, which offer the walker, to relive the places where the King James I passed  by, more than 700 years ago.

 
Finally, it is to be recalled that, with the new walk path for pedestrians and cyclists between Calvià and es Capdellà, the security conditions, for both,  have remarkably improved, as up to now, if they wanted to do this route, they had to do it, by the verge of the road. 
                                             

                             

PRESENTATION IN DUBLIN OF THE NEW RUGBY PITCH

The Mayor met with the Irish Rugby Federation representative, with the Leinster Rugby Federation President and with the rugby clubs and travel agencies representatives

Calvià continues with its intensive tourist promotion and ,therefore, a municipal representation, headed by the Mayor, Carlos Delgado, travelled to the Irish capital last Friday to present the varied tourist offer which distinguishes the municipality and  places it as one the tourist destinies ,par excellance, not only in the Balearic community also in the whole Mediterranean basin.

The Mayor travelled to Wales and Scotland in May, to present  the new sport complex in Son Caliu, consisting of a rugby pitch and an indoor heated swimming-pool; now, the Mayor, Carlos Delgado, has travelled to Dublin together with the manager for the Calvian Sport Institute, Manuel Onieva, and the  Town Hall´s Tourism department Director, Jaime Martínez, to promote mentioned facility, which, with no doubt, will become a point of reference of the sports offer in Calvià and from now on, will be, together with the athlethics track and the natural grass football pitch in  Magaluf, one of the star projects which will be shown in fairs and promotional events.

In Dublin, the Mayor met  Kevin Fitzpatrick, President of the Leinster Rugby Federation, as well as other mentioned Federation members; Geroid Ferrick, Irish Rugby Federation representative; Karl Mitchell, Dublin Town Hall´s Sports Director; Borja Bedoya, head of the Tourism Spanish Office information department in Dublin; as well as numerous rugby clubs and travel agencies representatives, who showed their interest for this facility and its  location, Calvià´s excellent beaches and complete hotel and services offer, which make the municipality the ideal place for the practice of sport throughout the whole year.

 

The new approved rugby pitch measures 112x67 metres, with state of the art artificial grass and 70 mm of fibre glass and stands. Also there is a service building with changing rooms with capacity for four different teams at a time; the referees´s changing rooms and the social center. The heated swimming-pool measures 25x12,5m and is provided with changing rooms, rest rooms and offices. All this, is surrounded by a parking space with room for 80 vehicles.

This new rugby pitch, which is advanced in its construction, will complete an extense map with more than 50 sport facilities, public and private, which Calvià counts with and makes it  an International reference for the practice of sport and the organization of big sport events.

The Town Hall directed by Carlos Delgado works intensively to improve the municipality´s image as a destination for the practice of an active tourism throughout the year and therefore has made an important investment to modernize, to reform and add new sport facilities. Thus, to the great success the new athlethics track and the natural grass football pitch in Magaluf have supposed, there are to be added the three new paddle tennis courts built in  Costa d'en Blanes or the new sport area in the  Oratorio in Portals.

As well, it is to be mentioned the Calvian Sport Center´s refurbishment works and the following opening of the new indoor heated swimming-pools in Santa Ponça and Peguera. Also, there will be refurbishment works in the Santa Ponça, Peguera and Costa de la Calma sport center. Two new tennis courts and three paddle tennis courts will be built in Costa de la Calma.

CALVIÀ
INAUGURATED THE NEW PEGUERA-ES CAPDELLÀ WALK PATH

The Town Hall recovers one of the tourist routes and with great natural interest,  used in the past  by neighbours and tourists with an excellent grade of acceptance 

The Mayor of Calvià, Carlos Delgado, together with his government  team, inaugurated the  new natural route, Peguera-Es Capdellà, last Saturday. A 4,1 km long and  1,50 metres wide walk path; due to this new walk path, it has been able to recover a tourist route with a high natural interest which, since many years ago, was used with a great grade of acceptance by the neighbours.   

It is the Town Hall´s wish, to promote tourist walk paths which develop the practice  of a sport activity with a cultural, natural, patrimonial or historical added value and contribute to the all year round tourism.Therefore, together with the inaugurated route it is to be mentioned the “Passeig Calvià”  new eight kilometres extension, carried out during the last legislature; the four new routes, with more than 35 km, which pass through  the beautiful Galatzó estate  or the creation  of the disembark routes at the end of last year, which offer the walker to  relive the places  where the king  James I passed  by  more than 700 years ago.

The new Natura route Peguera-Es Capdellà, was programmed, at the beginning , to be carried out by el Consell de Mallorca but ended being finished by the  Calvià Town Hall.  The project , which had been awarded to the company  Vopsa, started in December last year and have made a total  of  492.970,94 euros investment.

Within the project, an agreement was settled with the owners to occupy 22.765  square metres, the existing walls have been conserved in their original form and new adjustments have been done to all affected estates. As well as, in certain parts, the road security has improved with security barriers to avoid  any inconvenience to pedestrians  on any incoming traffic. Above all, both, a path above the Vall Verda torrent  and  a conection with the urban path in Peguera, have been built.

It is to be reminded that this route was a historical claim from both, neighbours from the area of Capdellà and Peguera and from the  Peguera and Cala Fornells Hotelier Association, who requested  this new walk path  a long time ago in order to offer a new product to contribute to  the all year round tourism.

 Technical features:

Length: 4,1 km
Width of path: 1,5 m
Average of  journey on foot: 1,5 to 2 hours
Medium level change: 3,1%
Maximum level change: 25%
Maximum height: 135 m
Minimum height:: 18 m

 

 

 

 

 

 

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