Inside an abandoned club in Mallorca that once hosted parties for 10,000 people with half-naked dancers before it was left to decay

THIS club in Mallorca once attracted THOUSANDS of partygoers with half-naked dancers, fireworks and famous artists – but now it lies completely abandoned.

Located near the popular Cala Millor strip, Dhraa nightclub first opened its doors to holidaymakers, celebrities and locals in 1984.

The huge venue immediately catches the eye and resembles an ancient ruin rather than a former club.

What was once a popular place to party is now apparently a popular place for illegal dumping: garbage is dumped everywhere and the walls are covered in graffiti.

The iconic club opened its doors in the 1980s and welcomed more than 10,000 partygoers. It featured several bars, some “private” areas and an extravagant spiral staircase leading to an open-air dance floor.

The Dhraa club building was originally designed by the Spanish architect José Ángel Suárez.

It was considered incredibly ahead of its time, which may have been part of the appeal of spending evenings there.

But since artists like the British band Immaculate Fools performed there, the club has been deserted for many years.

During performances or DJ sets, laser beams illuminated the night sky and offered an impressive spectacle that often amazed the pilots in the sky.

GoGo dancers, jugglers and trapeze artists can be found all around the club, while great music blares and explodes over fireworks.

However, in 1993 the club changed ownership and its appearance was completely transformed into a more historical style and renamed Camelot.

The restaurant was still in operation until a few years ago in a desperate attempt to keep the doors open, but was soon closed.

Now it stands in the middle of the desert, closed to city explorers and left to decay.

From the outside, the main infrastructure appears to have been preserved, with its metal railings, wooden archways and steps up to the stage.

The once gleaming, exotic party resort that attracted thousands of tourists and celebrities every year now stands characterless and deserted.

The 9,000-square-meter complex is a renovator’s dream, with a bar, exhibition hall, swimming pool, house and thousands of square meters of parking.

It was for sale and advertised as a property needing investment with a price tag of £233,500.

Most abandoned places quickly fall victim to graffiti artists who cover failed businesses with symbols and messages.

In contrast to the empty, lifeless buildings, the rest of the area remains the busy and popular hangout that everyone loves.

Cala Millor is a very popular tourist destination and has one of the most beautiful beaches on the island, reports abcMallorca.

Along the Strip there are bars with live music and numerous restaurants, which are used as a holiday destination by many Brits every year.

Mallorca’s tourism crisis

This comes as a holiday war rages on the popular island, with locals staging anti-tourism demonstrations while British tourists fight back.

While enjoying the sun in Magaluf, holidaymaker Zoe Kemp dismissed the anti-tourism demonstrations taking place on the coast as “completely hypocritical”.

She told The Sun: “They rely on tourists to survive. If you look around, everything is based on tourists.”

“Places like Magaluf are touted as cheap drinking holidays. We are helping the economy.”

The holiday resort is located on the west coast of Mallorca and generates around 40 percent of its income from tourism.

Nevertheless, in May, 15,000 people streamed through the island’s capital, Palma, and mocked visitors as they sat down to eat.

Stickers with slogans such as “More tourists? No thanks”, “Stop tourism” and “Tourists, go home – you are not welcome here” are plastered all over the island.

Last month, more than 300 protesters “reclaimed” the Instagram-famous Calo des Moro cove in the south of the island by denying foreigners access to the 39-meter-long sandy beach.

Another rally is planned for July 21 on the four largest Balearic islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera – just as the summer holidays begin in many British schools.