Majorca's too GERMAN for me! Brit complains island is 'more like Munich than Spain' with bars blasting out techno and bratwurst on 'every corner'
Tara Davies flew to El Arenal with her cousin for a getaway on June 23, hoping for a full-on Spanish experience.
But instead of flamenco and fiestas, the 25-year-old claims she walked straight into a techno-fuelled beerfest, complete with bratwurst stalls, football lads and menus written almost entirely in German.
'It was a bit of a shock when we came here the first day, we knew there were going to be a lot of Germans but didn't realise we booked a holiday to Munich,' Tara said.
The PR consultant from South London admitted she had read that the area was popular with German tourists, but didn't realise just how popular.
She added: 'We saw a few reviews of the area and we saw there are quite a lot of Germans, but we thought, there always is. I didn't expect it to be full-on Munich.
'I expected to see some Spanish people, I've been to a few different Spanish islands and Spain, but it's just funny that all of the signs and bus stops are all in German, but I'm in Spain right now.
'Road signs are in Spanish because it is Mallorca, but the adverts for the bars, the clubs and the bus stops are all in German.
Tara claims that many things, including restaurant menus were all in German
'All the restaurant menus are in German and then Spanish, English is the third language if it's on there at all.
'All of the 'looky looky' men and club promoters, they all come up to us speaking in German, which is funny.
'I knew it was going to be a very German-populated area but we didn't expect to this extent, we didn't do much research.
'There's always Germans when you go abroad, where Brits go, Germans go.
'All the men are wearing football shirts. Full football teams are coming here for their holidays, groups of 20 lads. British tourists are always extremely drunk, the Germans don't really do that.
'You can get a bratwurst on every corner, but there's so many restaurants, we had an Italian last night, we've had a lot of tapas and sangria, so we're still getting the Spanish in.
'I don't think we can go as far as to have a bratwurst.
Tara went on to add: '90% of the music in all of the big bars that we've walked past has been German music. But the restaurants it's been a bit of a mix of Spanish and English music.
'When you go past the big bars that are heaving, that's where everyone's listening to German euro pop.
'Pretty much everywhere we've been, we've been able to get a German beer on the menu, I don't know if there's any Spanish beers, we've gone straight to the sangria.
Still, she's taking the culture shock in her stride.
'We were just having a giggle, we just thought it was funny. This was my short getaway to Germany,' she said.
'I've been to Berlin and I loved it and always wanted to go back, but turns out I went back a lot sooner than I thought.'
And despite the initial surprise, Tara says it's actually been a great trip, with German tourists proving more pleasant than your average Brit abroad.
'It's quite a vibe, they're all having a good time, they all seem quite happy. The Germans are a lot more friendly than British tourists.'
Commenters online were quick to weigh in on Tara's unexpected detour. One joked: 'Looks like h*ll on earth!'
Another said: 'We did this last year! And honestly, the Germans and Dutch people were so nice and friendly! But we also had no clue what any of the songs in the bar were.'
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