PALMA de Mallorca, already congested this early, with hordes of tourists will welcome another bunch – students from all over Europe. From Universite de Paris to Berlin University, students from all walks of life will converge to Palma de Mallorca to have a jolly good time during spring break. And these are not just French or German students. For the Universite of Paris has one of the largest foreign student populations in the world. There are Filipino, Chinese, Moroccan, Israeli, Egyptian and Pakistani students splashed all over the place.

And take a look at this, folks! One of the hottest English stars today (and I really mean hot!), Sienna Miller, was just spotted tanning topless at one of the trendiest beaches in Palma de Mallorca over the weekend! It’s not like she did it in a private beach, she did it at 4 p.m. on a public beach – the Palma Nova at the western strip of the island. If you think that’s nasty considering that Palma de Mallorca is inhabited with a largely conservative Roman Catholic population, think again. For the many people who troop to this island paradise are not because they are all English and Scandinavian tourists. Like Sienna Miller for instance.

Its people like Sienna Miller and all of these tourists who encourage airlines to create more routes in going to Palma de Mallorca not just in spring but for the whole year long. With the deregulation of the Spanish aviation industry and with the entry of foreign airlines such as Irish-based Ryanair, this is one thing to look forward to this spring. There are now flights coming in from London as well as inter-Balearic flights from Ibiza and other destinations from the Iberian Peninsula like Lisbon, Madrid, Salamanca, as well as direct flights coming from Tenerife and Las Palmas Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands off the coast of the Horn of Africa.

Along with spring also comes the annual jazz festival of Palma de Mallorca. Whereas its sister island Ibiza is well known for party music and the Spanish mainland is known for flamenco, Palma de Mallorca is known for jazz of course. And they call their jazz festival the Jazz Voyeur Festival – meaning its open to the public and not just to jazz enthusiasts. It is also named as such as an ode to the rising tide of nudist beaches here.