Visit Sa Dragonera, Mallorca’s Dragon Island
Dragonera Island (Sa Dragonera) is a small, uninhabited islet off the southwestern coast of Mallorca in the Balearic Islands, Spain, four kilometers long and one kilometer wide at its widest point. Many people believe its name is due to its resemblance to a dragon’s back. However, that’s not the complete story. Dragón means dragon in Spanish. In Catalan, lizards and geckos are also called dragó or dragonets. The island is home to a subspecies of Lilford’s wall lizard that grows to a maximum snout-to-vent length of 8 cm (3 in), but adults are usually...