Every traveller is familiar with the difficulty of finding the ideal sun lounger for a day of lounging by the pool.
But as they frantically rushed to book their ideal location, these vacationers were taking no chances.
The swarm is shown in video posted to TikTok dressed out in caps and towels, ready for a day of soaking in the Majorcan sun.
As soon as 9am arrived, the competing tourists began to rush toward the hotel’s neighbouring pool to set down their towels and claim lounge chairs.
In the frenetic rush for the few available seats, some looked to be running at top speed as they passed over others.
Millions of people have seen the video online, and one person said: “That’s pretty terrible that someone would go to that extent simply to obtain a chair at the pool.”
It is hardly surprising that travellers are rushing to the sunspots in the early morning hours given that Europe is now experiencing another intense heatwave.
Spain reported that July was the hottest month on record, while France is now experiencing its fourth heatwave of the year.
The heatwave started in the south and is predicted to spread across the nation and linger through the weekend, according to the national meteorological office Meteo France.
The southern part of France will anticipate daytime highs of up to 40C (104F), while overnight lows won’t go below 20C (68F).
The hot weather is making it difficult for firefighters to combat a blaze in eastern France’s Chartreuse Mountains, close to the Alps, where officials have evacuated some 140 people.
The heatwave this week won’t be as severe as the one last month, when numerous locations witnessed record-breaking temperatures, according to Meteo France.
The administration has said that the extreme drought is the reason for the high temperatures. The driest July since records have been kept started last month.
Spain’s official meteorological service said that in more over 60 years, no month had been as hot as July.
Since records have been kept in 1961, July has never had an average temperature of less than 25.6C (78F), which is 2.7C higher than any other July in history.
On July 24, the town of Moron de la Frontera in southern Andalusia recorded the month’s hottest temperature of 46C (115). In the city of Ourense, the north-west Galicia area recorded a 44C (111F) high.
Numerous wildfires have been started as a result of the intense heat and dryness that has increased in numerous locations.
According to the European Forest Fire Information System, 2022 was the worst year ever for Spain in terms of burned land and the number of fires.
More than 370 fires, according to the EPA, have destroyed 240,000 hectares of land.
The hottest July on record for Portugal, according to the country’s meteorological bureau, dates back to 1931. The average temperature, which was over 3C higher than the anticipated monthly average, was 25.1C (77F).