|
The
south-east of the island has the largest foreign based population. What
makes this area so popular is the longer season that it enjoys over and
above all other parts of the island, and with close proximity to the city
of Palma and the airport.
From Palma the first resort is Cala
Major which merges into San Augustin making one large area. The
resort is busy all year round as many residents live here permanently.
There are also several hotels and holiday apartment buildings.
Illetas is an up-market resort which juts out into the bay of Palma,
Illetas has several hotels, all of which have either a 4 or 5 star rating.
There are many apartment blocks many of which are lived in all year round.
Portals Nous has very much a village feeling
with many English and German residents, lots of shops, restaurants and
several hotels. Lying below the village of Portals Nous is the famous
yacht marina of Puerto Portals, see here
million pound yachts, designer boutiques and many up-market restaurants
and bars, a place to definitely watch the world go by.
Next
along the coastline are the well known resorts of Palma
Nova and Magaluf,
the main destination on the island of many British holidaymakers. Palma
Nova tends to be more family orientated with three large sandy beaches
and many hotels, restaurants and bars. Magaluf by contrast is lively,
bustling and at times noisy with many discos, bars and restaurants. Very
much a place for the younger set, a night out in Magaluf is a must for
the pleasure seekers.
Further down the coast is the beautiful resort of
Santa Ponsa which is built in a horseshoe
shape around a large bay. Again, Santa Ponsa is more family orientated
with a beautiful, large sandy beach with lots of hotels, apartment blocks,
bars and restaurants.
Finally, along the south-east coastline are the
resorts of Paguera
and Puerto Andratx, both very beautiful
and busy, Paguera has a large sandy beach with many restaurants and bars
for the mass market, whereas Andraixt is very up-market with some fantastic
restaurants and bars. Another place to sit and people watch.
To
the east of the city of Palma lie the huge resorts of CaŽn
Pastilla and Arenal which are collectively
known as Playa de Palma. With a beach that is approximately 5 miles long
there are hotels, restaurants, bars and discotheques in abundance.
In
the north of the island are the resorts of Alcudia
and Puerto Pollensa, both are well established
with Alcudia suiting the more family oriented holidaymaker and Pollensa
the more up-market older age group.
On
the east coast of Mallorca there are many new resorts that very busy in
the summer months but much quieter in the winter. The resorts that are
the principal areas are from the north downwards,
Cala Bona which merges into Cala Millor
and then SÍllott, Sa Coma, Porto Cristo, Cales de
Mallorca, Porto Colom and Cala D ŽOr. All have many hotels, bars
and restaurants, sandy beaches, coves and many places of interest.
The
principal British resort on the east coast is Cala DŽOr, built in Ibizan
style with every property being whitewashed and nothing being built above
four stories making the resort both beautiful to look at and popular with
tourists. There are several sandy beached in Cala D ŽOr, many shops, bars
and restaurants, and a multi million pound yacht marina which is always
worth a visit to watch the world go by. |
