| Majorca is one of
the most popular holiday destinations in Europe. And this is no mean feat!
Apart from its cultural attractions, the secret is that the Island offers
visitors some of the loveliest beaches and coves in the Mediterranean.
The whole Mallorcan coastline
boasts the most incomparable scenery, based on the remarkable variety of
its terrain, the transparency of its waters and the delightful distribution
of tiny hidden sheltered coves alternating with the large stretches of
sandy beaches that are among the most well-known and visited on the Island.
Perhaps it is for these reasons that Mallorca attracts more and more holidaymakers
from all over the world every year.
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Costa De Los Pinos
SN Majorca, ES The Eurotel as a whole, lives up to the highest expectations
with a perfect blend of sun, sea and natural beauty in one of the most
attractive beauty spots in Majorca. ..
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The Island coastline combines
stretches of spectacular sheer rocky crags (on the north coast, along the
length of the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range) which rise to heights
of almost 300 metres in some places, with others of low-lying shingle or
sandy beaches, more appropriate for gentle strolls or holiday relaxation.
It is in the north of the
Island where you can find the most spectacular coves, many of them with
shingle or pebbles instead of sand, such as Sa Calobra.
However, continuing up the
coast in a north-easterly direction, the beaches become more accessible
as they form extensive dunes of differing heights, at Sa Canova, Cala Mesquida
and Cala Agulla for example. As a large area of the dunes still remains
unspoilt, it is possible to see its characteristic plant life that gives
the setting its special appeal.
The extensive sandy stretches
of Pollença and Alcúdia in the north are quite outstanding
although they are in the more urbanised areas. But when one speaks of Mallorcan
beaches, the name that springs to mind is, undoubtedly, es Trenc, one of
the loveliest and best-conserved stretches in the Archipelago.
Closer to Palma, there are
also beaches worthy of being singled out, Arenal for instance, long and
wide and white, half of which belongs to Palma and the other half to the
Municipality of Llucmajor. There are many other beaches and a multitude
of coves lying along the coast from Palma to Andratx, several of them of
extraordinary ecological and scenic interest.
As well as the beaches, there
are interesting biologically important wetlands fed by the sea at Alcúdia
and Pollença, Prat de San Jordi and the Salobrar de Campos where
salt has been extracted for centuries |
