NEW THIS week.RESTAURANT INDIAN (TRANSFER 135.000 EUROS) RENTAL 15.000 EUROS Property in a busy precinct walkway holiday resort packed with tourists and tree lined streets.The area is full of flower and tubs in the early part of the year there are bars for beer wine and snacks .Plenty of easy parking for access to the shops or busineses low taxes good street lighting wide streets disabled access. A really busy place at the height of the summer season In Mallorca on the island of Majorca. 

Since early last year please note. Smoking was not allowed in the most of the public places such as bars, restaurants and hotels in Majorca. There was no regulation at all on mandatory non-smoking spaces in these public places and the facts are, that most of those where completely smoking areas. Now, with the new regulation, everything is supposed to be changed. But has is it?

By Spanish law, bars, discotheques and restaurants with more than 100 square metres must have a 70% of the area dedicated to non-smokers people. Smokers areas must be separated and have it's own door. Non smoking persons are supposed to be free and have a clean atmosphere now all over majorca.

But funny enough in Mallorca, public spaces with less than 100 square metres can choose whether they want to be smoking or non-smoking places, but not both. And these are the 90% of bars and restaurants in Spain (remember, tapas are usually served at snack bars or bars!). So now that laws are supposed to be more restrictive, Spanish  persons smoke as they usually did:  yes everywhere.

The only real change is now at jobs or work: The Spanish are not allowed to reserve any dedicated space for smokers and they need to go outside if they want to smoke.

Mallorca yes palma de mallorca  Majorca has by now it's own exception due to local laws: small bars are also allowed to reserve a space for non smoking people, but they do not need to physically separate this space from the smoking one stramge but true.

Have things changed in your town village ? might have, but most likely not. If it has changed or there has beeen a change then let us know by email.   yacuk1@gmail.com