Tributes have been paid to a British tourist who died after a late-night fall on to rocks near a Majorcan beauty spot beach.
Ben Clark, 41, was killed after the 15ft plunge from a wall in the early hours of Friday.
Sources said his partner had also fallen from the same spot and been knocked unconscious before coming to and going to a nearby hotel to raise the alarm.
Friends of Mr Clark, who described himself on Facebook as a self-employed carpenter from Andover in Hampshire, called him ‘one of the good ones’.
And one of his daughters wrote on social media: ‘Love you forever dad.’
Friends also described him as a ‘great guy’ as they spoke of their shock at learning the news, with one telling of feeling ‘completely gutted’ following the tragedy.
Becky Paris said: ‘Honestly I just spent the majority of the evening blabbering on about how “it’s the kind of thing you read about in the newspapers, but think well it wouldn’t ever happen’ as it wasn’t real life.
‘Today I am just absolutely heartbroken for you and your little family.
‘No words that could make sense of it. You really were one of the good ones mate.’
Peter Fordham added: ‘RIP Ben Clark. Devastating news and a sad loss.
‘You will be massively missed. Condolences to all your friends and family.’
Glenn Quackenbush wrote on social media: ‘Farewell to great guy Mr Ben Clark. It was an honour RIP.’
And Chris Jon Osman told his daughter who had shared her own tribute online: ‘Couldn’t be more gutted for you, love to all your family.
‘His memory will live on through the many peoples’ lives that he lit up. He was a great guy and a true legend.’
Police said firefighters had helped them recover the body of an unnamed British man.
A spokesman for the Civil Guard in Majorca said on Friday afternoon: ‘We received an emergency alert just before 2am this morning, saying a man had fallen from a height of around 15ft in a rocky area in Cala Agulla near to Capdepera and had possibly died.
‘The Civil Guard’s specialist Greim mountain and cave rescue unit was mobilised. The man’s body was recovered just after 5am.
‘A full report has yet to be drafted by the Greim unit and an autopsy will take place. But everything at this stage is pointing to the victim dying as a result of an accidental fall.’
Mr Clark is believed to have been with his partner who survived before going to raise the alarm at the Club Cala Rajada Hotel.
An island newspaper has reported the fall happened in an area popular with tourists who visit the beauty spot to take in its picturesque sunsets.
Mr Clark, who is thought to have been father to a grown-up daughter aged about 20 as well as a younger child, had been joking with a friend on Facebook the day before losing his life.
The contact, commenting on the last photo Mr Clark posted online from Majorca late on Thursday showing him appearing redder than normal, said: ‘Looking a bit serious Ben lol x’ – prompting Mr Clark to respond: ‘And burnt.’
When the friend asked, ‘Where’s your sun protection then LOL’, he replied: ‘In the hand luggage.’
Cala Agulla is a large and white sand beach in the north-east of Majorca, a short drive from Capdepera.
It is surrounded by sand dunes, pine trees, desert plants and low-lying rocky areas which form the Llevant Peninsula Natural Park.
Last month a British woman, 39, died after plunging from a scenic beauty spot in Majorca.
She fell about 60ft from a lookout point in the Palma neighbourhood of El Jonquet overlooking the sea.
Police and paramedics who responded to an emergency call stabilised her at the scene before putting a ‘Green Alert’ in place to make sure she got to hospital as quickly as possible by clearing traffic for the ambulance transporting her.
Police confirmed after the May 19 tragedy they were not looking for anyone else in connection with what happened and the death was not being treated as a crime.