More than 50 people have been filmed taking part in a massive street brawl in the party resort of Magaluf. Hooligans were seen kicking and punching each other and throwing missiles including bottles in the orgy of violence in the morning of May 7.
Families holiday with babies in Palma Nova, just minutes away from the stripBritish families staying on the edge of the infamous Magaluf strip have told how they love bringing their young children to the party hotspot - but blame rowdy tourists for forcing strict tourist rules on everyone.
One mother revealed how pushy holiday reps tried to drag her into a bar for shots with her three-month-old baby, while another couple fled the strip amid fears their children would step in smashed glass. British families staying on the edge of the infamous Magaluf strip blame rowdy tourists for forcing strict tourist rules on everyone. Pictured: Holidaymakers on the strip last night
The shops sell the t-shirts and babygrows in a desperate bid to cater for boozy revellers and families Amid the fresh clampdown on drinking in popular resorts such as Magaluf, Palma and Llucmajor in Majorca and San Antonio in Ibiza, tourists face fines of up to £1,300 for street drinking, shops selling alcohol must close at 9.30pm and party boats cannot sail within one nautical mile of designated areas.
But the 30-year-old, who used to come to Magaluf to party, added: 'Last night when we finished out food, we had to walk through Magaluf strip to get back here. Ben Forrest , who was holidaying in Palma Nova with his wife Kara , both 29, and their two children, aged three and five, said: 'from street to street is a big difference'.
'They need to have some sort of restrictions, because people come to Magaluf just to get paralytic,' she said. Sarah Donnelly, who was staying in Palma Nova with her husband Karl and their two young children, said: 'We have come twice, once when my son was in my tummy five years ago and then we thought we would bring the the kids back - we love it here.
As well as Majorca's recent fresh crackdown, all-inclusive hotels have only allowed guests to have three drinks at lunch and three at dinner since 2022. 'We like a drink, we are here as as family, the kids are stressing out, we want to have a drink so I'm sneaking drink. It's only wine and beer, it's not anything major. That whole drink as much as you can is even there as a family. My husband wants more, we are having to go shop to buy more alcohol.'
But Ms Forrest told of the moment she had to flee after turning down the nearby Magaluf strip with her pram. 'You don't want to walk down there with the kids. You could step in a bit of glass, you could trip over, there could be anything on the floor. Read MoreEXCLUSIVE Brits go to war against Balearics' boozy holiday crackdown: Tourists accuse officials of 'killing' Ibiza and Majorca hotspots with raft of tough new curbs including €1,500 fines for street-drinking Describing the moment of walking from Palma Nova to the Magaluf strip, he said it 'turns into the slums'.
'We haven't been to the strip at night yet. We wouldn't want to take her up there, we know it's party central so we wouldn't take her. If we were on our own, yeah, but not with the baby. In an attempt to toughen up the islands' 2020 legislation, shops selling alcohol in areas of 'excessive tourism' must now completely close between 9.30pm and 8am.
Up to €16million will be spent on enforcing the street drinking ban as well as on security, inspections and educating tourists on 'excessive tourism'. Last week, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party of Palma highlighted the existence of around 800 illegal holiday rental homes in the municipality alone, according to Ultima Hora .
Ibiza also became the latest Spanish holidaymaker hotspot to join in with growing anti-tourism protests that have erupted around the country. In Menorca, graffiti has also sprung up on walls telling tourists to 'go home', while in Marbella last year, tyres on cars with British number plates were slashed.
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