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Article: No Iberian cheap Seats on the road this summer
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 8, 2009
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The road north-east to Cap de Formentor appears to snake up from
Port de Pollena in northern Mallorca like an especially tricky tract
of the digestive system.
The reality of the PM-221 is more rewarding than the map: you
discover one of Europe's most spectacular coastal drives. The narrow
strip of asphalt teeters a raw edge of the world, where towering
mountains crumble into the sparkling Mediterranean hundreds of
metres below. An alluring prospect. But you could find it hard to
make this great drive: this summer a holiday certainty has, like an
afternoon shower on a sun-roasted road, evaporated.
There have long been three "givens" about the school holidays:
prices for overseas trips will go ...