Mallorca - Introduction

Mallorca is the most popular year round resort of the Balearic Islands and is also the largest measuring 96 km at its widest point and 78 km long. In total it covers an area of 3.640 km2, of which 554 km are made up of coastline.

The island boasts spectacular beaches, shopping, entertainment and culture and really is one of the jewels of Europe.

Tourism to this idyllic Mediterranean island began in the 1950’s and for years mallorca was seen as a cheap package tour destination. Now Mallorca is home to the rich and famous as celebrities frequent the famous ‘Puerto Portals’ and ‘Palma’ alike

What is as clear is its very insularity is that the uniqueness of Majorca is no hindrance to its ability to show us innumerable different facets. Despite its modest area, its fragile and limited territory, it offers the visitor a wide range of alternatives, whether these be its countryside, its culture, its artistic legacy or its leisure facilities.

For years, the beach and sunshine were the emblems that made it what is was - and still is: a high quality tourist destination that was a point of reference throughout Europe, thanks to entrepreneurs who were able to appreciate the possibilities of the island as such a century or so ago.

Geography

Mallorca’s landscape is very varied, depending on its geological formation. However, the first thing which attracts your attention is the Tramuntana Mountain Range, formedby a line of mountains running parallel to the north coast, the highest of which is Puig Major (1.445 M). The mountains give way to a coastline of cliffs, amongstwhichspectacularly beautiful little beaches of pebble and rock are hidden away. The sides of the mountains, down which mountain streams run, have produced fertile valleys in which orange and lemon trees grow (in Soller, for example) or else long hillside terraces with narrow orchards producing the best tomatoes, beans or sweet grapes on the island (in places such as Estellencs, Banyalbufar, Deià and Valldemossa).

Accomodation

Mallorca has a wide range of accommodation on offer including comfortable, modern hotels of different categories and prices, guest houses, apartment-hotels, holiday clubs, apartments, houses offering rural tourism, inland hotels, camp-sites and even accommodation in monasteries!
 

In total there are some 300,000 beds available. The majority of hotels and apartments are situated nearby the island’s more than one hundred beaches and have been designed with the tourists’ enjoyment in mind. More recently, the old houses of the island’s inland towns and villages have been restored to offer accommodation. More than sixty old or renovated rural houses set in the midst of the splendid yet peaceful Mallorcan countryside are now available.
 

Trips

The island’s entertainment facilities, which can be found close by hotels and apartments in almost all the island’s resorts, offer variety and something unique to each for you to enjoy your holiday to the full.

Travel agencies organize day-long excursions to the Drach Caves and Artà, amongst other places, or else the Roman remains of Pollentia in Alcúdia, the beach of Formentor, the Carthusian Monastery at Valldemossa, the Port of Cala Figuera and the islands of Dragonera and Cabrera. However, if you prefer not to go so far, you can while away the hours walking around the surrounding areas and going on country walks.

For those who like gambling, the Casino (situated some 20 km from Palma) offers you gaming tables and machines. Whether you win or lose, the night club just alongside offers a show of international standards, as do other places around the island. Just remember, you can do anything except get bored!