Housing sales fell 18.6% in the Balearic Islands in February, despite a 1.4% drop in prices, according to data from the General Council of Notaries. Specifically, housing sales fell in a total of 14 autonomous communities, where the Islands rank third, only behind the Canary Islands (-21%) and Navarre (19.2%), while also being ahead of Asturias (-17.6%).

It's one of Portocristo's most recognizable sights. And, at the same time, curiously, one of its least known. The large villa at the top of the Blau coast (officially Bordils Street) has been abandoned for years in the middle of a private pine forest, under the watchful eyes of locals and tourists on their way down to the beach.