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PRIVATE CAR
DURATION: Approximately 4 hours half day
Explore at your own pace with a private vehicle, driver and English-speaking guide at your service. This exclusive tour is designed to allow you the chance to customize your time ashore and discover the most interesting sights in the comfort and privacy of your own vehicle. With your private vehicle, and the personalized attention of your driver and English-speaking guide, you will have the flexibility and independence to design your itinerary ashore according to your own interests, and take in the sights at your own pace. See the famous sights, or go beyond to create your own intimate connections and unique cultural encounters.
This exclusive service is recommended for a family, friends, and special interest groups traveling together. It can also be an excellent choice for physically challenged guests.
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Private cars are ordered per vehicle (not per person), so only one person in the party need order the vehicle. The price shown is the total cost for the vehicle, driver, and English-speaking guide. Entrance fees for attractions are not included. In many destinations, the number of vehicles available is extremely limited, so guests are encouraged to secure their private vehicle reservation as early as possible.
Capacity: 2 guests.
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PRIVATE MINIVAN E-mail :corralmiguel@hotmail.com
DURATION: Approximately 4 hours - Half day
Capacity: 6 guest
Explore at your own pace with a private vehicle, driver and English-speaking guide at your service. This exclusive tour is designed to allow you the chance to customize your time ashore and discover the most interesting sights in the comfort and privacy of your own vehicle. With your private vehicle, and the personalized attention of your driver and English-speaking guide, you will have the flexibility and independence to design your itinerary ashore according to your own interests, and take in the sights at your own pace. See the famous sights, or go beyond to create your own intimate connections and unique cultural encounters.
NOTES:
Private minivans are ordered per vehicle (not per person), so only one person in the party need order the vehicle. The price shown is the total cost for the vehicle, driver, and English-speaking guide. Entrance fees for attractions are not included. In many destinations, the number of vehicles available is extremely limited, so guests are encouraged to secure their private vehicle reservation as early as possible.
Your private party may be of any size up to the maximun capacity.
corralmiguel@hotmail.com
The carriages have platforms at each end which make up for the lack of air conditioning, and provide a better view for railfans.
The views of orange groves have given away to panoramic views of the base of the Sierra de Alfábia range. A series of short tunnels passes and then we enter Túnel Major, as its name indicates, the longest and most important tunnel on the route, built at the route's highest point of 323 meters for a length of 2,856 meters. The construction of Túnel Major began in June 1907 and was completed in June 1910. The chilly air of the tunnel is a shock to the platform riders and only the brave remain to enjoy the lightshow given by the pantograph as it scrapes off the 1200 volts of DC power. As the train emerges, the pantograph has stooped so low you can almost touch it, but perhaps best not to do so.
A stop is soon made at Mirador des Pujol de'n Banya, a panoramic viewpoint and passing siding. Trains bound for Sóller stop here for a few minutes letting its passengers admire the view while waiting for the Palma-bound train to finish its climb up the mountainside. If one looks carefully the Sóller station can be seen slightly to the right of Sóller's cathedral in the valley below.
Twisting our way down the mountainside in a tight "U" configuration, we quickly arrive at the delightful station in Sóller, a town nestled in the mountains dividing the holiday hot spots of the south from the quieter, more picturesque, and rugged northern coast. The station is full of character and Spanish charm which seems to come alive at the coming and going of the few trains which serve it. Passengers waiting for Palma-bound trains are entertained by the shunting back and forth of the engines of the railway, as well as of the adjacent tramway.
Also located here is the depot of the railway, which looks after the 500hp electric locomotives which haul the trains, as well as the tram cars. Steam traction was used in its early days, but the line was electrified in 1929, seventeen years after it opened. The current rolling stock dates from the conversion to electric operation. Official site of the Tren de Sóller and tramway.
The ride doesn't finish here, however; a tramway line using heritage and some home-built cars operates from Sóller to the coastal town of Puerto de Sóller. The tramway, used by tourists and locals alike, runs 4 km. through the heart of the town of Sóller along streets and through its main square, and then via private right of way emerging at the edge of Puerto de Sóller's cove beach.
The tramway was Majorca's first electric railway, operating since 1913. The tramway makes 17 stops along its route but only a handful are used-- those in-between the town centers of Sóller and Puerto de Sóller have limited boardings, mostly by locals (and railfans), and many are "flag" stops. The tramway is single track except at the Sóller terminal, at Ca'n Guida station, at Es Control station, and just past Marysol station outbound. (The penultimate station on the line, Marysol, is the current terminal of the line due to repair works between there and the usual terminal at Sa Pagesa.
Don´t Think your time in the Island not long enough for this tour.
We take you by car from the pier in the port of Palma ,
We will find the right place (out of the city) to take the train or the tram,
We will wait for you when you finish the ride,to continue for the rest of the trip.
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Los templarios se convirtieron en los banqueros de Europa. Dicho poder económico estaba dirigido a dotar de fondos a la lucha en Oriente, y se articulaba en torno a dos instituciones caracteristicas: la Encomienda y la Banca
La encomienda es un bien inmueble, territorial, localizado en determinado lugar, que se formaba gracias a donaciones y compras ,a cuya cabeza se encontraba un Preceptor. Así, a partir de un molino (por ejemplo) los templarios compraban un bosque aledaño, luego unas tierras de labor, después adquirían los derechos sobre un pueblo, etc. etc. y con todo ello formaban una encomienda, a manera de un feudo clá¡sico. También podían formarse encomiendas reuniendo bajo un único preceptor varias donaciones más o menos dispersas. 
En cuanto a la Banca, hay que decir aquí que los Templarios fueron los fundadores de la Banca moderna. Gracias a la confianza que inspiraban, muchas personas e instituciones les confiaban su dinero, desde los comerciantes hasta los propios reyes (de hecho, el Tesorero del Temple lo era también de Francia...). Debido a que tenían una extensa red de establecimientos, pudieron poner en marcha la primera letra de cambio, dando así a los viajeros la oportunidad de no viajar con efectivo en unos momentos en que los caminos de Europa y del Oriente Proximo eran de todo, menos seguros.
Este sistema bancario, y sus abundantes riquezas convirtieron a la orden en un gran prestamista, que aportaba los fondos incluso cuando los diversos reyes europeos necesitaban dinero: hay registrados préstamos a reyes de Francia y de Inglaterra entre otros.
Los templarios llegarán a ser una de las instituciones más ricas de su época, contando con vastas tierras y señorios, numerosas ventajas comerciales, grandes tesoros, flotas comerciales que partían desde Marsella...Sin embargo, sus operaciones económicas siempre tuvieron como meta el dotar a la Orden de los fondos suficientes como para mantener en Tierra Santa un ejército en pie de guerra constante. Y por ello el lema de la Orden: "Non nobis, Domine, Non Nobis, Sed Nomine Tuo Da Gloriam" (No para nosotros, Señor, no para nosotros sino en Tu Nombre dános Gloria).
Los templarios en la Corona de Aragón
La orden comienza su implantación en la zona oriental de la península ibérica en la década de 1130. En 1131, el conde de Barcelona Ramón Berenguer III pide su entrada en la orden, y en 1134, el testamento de Alfonso I de Aragón les cede su reino a los templarios.
Esta corona pronto llegaría a un acuerdo con los templarios, para que colaboraran en la Reconquista, favoreciéndoles con nuevas donaciones de tierras, así como con derechos sobre las conquistas (un quinto de las tierras conquistadas, el diezmo eclesíastico, parte de las parias cobradas a los reinos taifas).
También, según estas condiciones, cualquier paz o tregua tendría que ser consentida por los templarios, y no sólo por el rey.
Como en toda Europa, numerosas donaciones de padres que no podían dar un título nobiliario más que al hijo mayor, y buscaban cargos eclesiásticos, militares, cortesanos o en órdenes religiosas, enriquecieron a la orden.
Tras la derrota de Muret, que supuso la pérdida del imperio transpirinaico aragonés, los templarios se convirtieron en custodios del heredero a la corona en el castillo de Monzón. Este, Jaime I el Conquistador, contaría con apoyo templario en sus campañas en Mallorca (donde recibirían un tercio de la ciudad, así como otras concesiones en ella), e instalando en la antigua almudaina de Gumara el centro logistico más importante del meditérraneo occidental (declarado Bien de Intéres Cultural ).
Los templarios se mantuvieron fieles al rey Pedro el Ceremonioso, manteniéndose de su lado durante la excomunión que sufriría raíz de su lucha contra Francia en Italia.
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