| - (nearly) all towns & villages with a short comment - |
Towns & villages
of Mallorca
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| Alaró | (B2) | Romantic little village, ruin of castle (altid. 822m) with a beautiful view. Photo of the village |
| Alcudia | (C1) | In the summer season lots of tourists at one of the longest beach of the island. |
| Alfabia | (B2) | Nice gardens and a cool breeze in summer. |
| Algaida | (C3) | Many typical restaurants (at the road to Manacor). |
| Andraitx | (A3) | Here lives Claudia Schiffer, Michael Schumacher and many other VIPs. |
| Arenal | (B3) | This is where all the tourism started... (photo) |
| Artá | (D2) | A must on your sightseeing tour: the historic castle! (Photo) |
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| Banyalbufar | (A2) | A vineyard high over the blue sea. Photo |
| Binissalem | (B2) | Beautiful historic marketplace. Visit the islands only wax-museum. Good wine area. Photos of the village and the church (15th century) |
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| Ca'n Picafort | (C2) | Dream beaches! |
| Cala Bona | (D2) | Quiet little village near Cala Millor. |
| Cala D'Or | (D4) | Nice yacht harbour with some good restaurants. Good for holidays (only) in summer. Photo |
| Cala Figuera | (D4) | A Nice and romantic spot with a small harbour. (Photo) |
| Cap de Formentor | (C1) | The beautiful north cap of the island. Great view! (photo 1). (photo 2). |
| Cala Gamba | (B3) | Surburb of Palma with some good seafood restaurants... |
| Cala Mayor | (B3) | Pure tourism! |
| Cala Millor | (D3) | Very crowded and noisy. (see photo) But pretty good for kids. |
| Cala Pi | (B4) | Beautiful beach with pine trees. |
| Cala Ratjada | (D2) | Family atmosphere. In summer lots of young people and families. Here is a photo of the romantic town. |
| Cala San Vicente | (C1) | Not as intimitate as in the past. |
| Cala Santanyi | (D4) | Crowded in summer - dead in winter. |
| Calvia | (A3) | The richest community on the island. |
| Campos | (C3/C4) | Country atmosphere. Good stop for a 'Café con leche'. |
| Can Pastilla | (B3) | Tons of tourists in summer. |
| Coll den Rabassa | (B3) | Suburb of Palma. Not many tourists and not much to see. |
| Colonia Sant Jordi | (C4) | Sleepy coastal village with best beach in Mallorca: 'Es Trenc'. |
| Consell | (B2) | Village between Palma and Inca. No tourism (except on sundays - biggest Bootsale and Fleemarket in Mallorca!). Good wine area. |
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| Dejá | (B2) | Artist village (Photo) not only for artists - even better: Cala Dejá with its terrific bay. Cala Dejá (Photo) |
| Dragonera | (A3) | Little rocky island with steep coast, little bays and anchor places. |
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| Esporlas | (B2) | Little mountain village, typical mallorquin, good walkways and some country restaurants. |
| Estellenç | (B2) | Village at the steep coast, dreamlike nature, small bay and good seafood restaurants. |
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| Fornalutx | (B2) | Village of the year! A must on your island roundtrip. |
| Formentor | (C1) | The north cap of the island (photo). 300m steep coast, nice view. |
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| Galilea | (A3) | Hint: A very pitoresque village. |
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| Inca | (C2) | Biggest market in Mallorca (thursday). Good old original pubs here ('Celleres'). Inca is famous for its many leather factories and shops. |
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| La Calobra | (B2) | After driving the adventoures route downhill take a bath at Torrent de Parais. Here's a photo of the curvy road. |
| La Rapita | (C4) | Here is the most beautiful beach of Mallorca: 'Es Trenc'. |
| Llubi | (C2) | Very interesting market (tuesday). |
| Llucmayor | (C3) | Typical majorcan town. Small narrow streets, pitoresque market. Worth to see on your island round trip. |
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| Magaluf | (B3) | Bacon & eggs for breakfast! Lots of english tourists here. Biggest disco on the island: BCM - worth to see. |
| Manacor | (D3) | Center of the souvenir manufacturers. Visit the pearl factory 'Orchidea'! Many furniture manufacturers and shops |
| Maria | (C2) | Very typical original village. |
| Montuiri | (C3) | Not much tourism. Typical majorcan village, country life - but worth to see. Some good restaurants. |
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| Orient | (B2) | The time didn't change here... |
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| Paguera | (A3) | In summer overloaded with mostly german tourists: 'man spricht deutsch'... |
| Palma | (B3) | The heart of Mallorca! Here are 2 photos of the terrific cathedral: - 1 - and - 2 - |
| Playa de Palma | (B3) | Thousands of (mostly) german tourists. Have you ever heard of 'Ballermann 6'? Ask any German - he will tell you... |
| Pollenca | (C1) | Culture capitol of Mallorca |
| Porreres | (C3) | Very typical village. In the museum 2 original paintings from Salvatore Dali. |
| Portals Nous | (B3) | Yachts, big money and VIPs... Most exclusive harbour of Mallorca. |
| Portals Vells | (B3) | Quiet nice little village. |
| Porto Colom | (D3) | Former fishing village - perfect to relax. |
| Porto Cristo | (D4) | Visit the dragons cave! Really worth to see. |
| Porto Petro | (D4) | A romantic spot on the island, not crowded and ideal for dreaming and relaxing. Nice harbour. Good cuisine. |
| Puerto Pollenca | (C1) | Outstanding fishrestaurant at the harbour! |
| Puerto Soller | (B2) | The "little San Francisco Bay" of Mallorca - excellent view, nice harbour (photo 1), another shot of the bay (photo 2) |
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| Randa | (C3) | Three monasteries and a marvellous view. Many paragliders start from here. |
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| Sa Pobla | (C2) | Not much to see around here... |
| Santa Margalida | (C2) | ...same |
| Santa Maria | (B2) | A good stay is the Hotel "Read's" - a typical mallorquin mansion with all comfort. |
| Sencelles | (C2) | Geographical center of the island. Typical village life. |
| Sineu | (C2) | Big cattle market on wednesday. Here's a photo of a nice mallorquin restaurant in a windmill in Sineu. |
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| Valdemossa | (B2) |
Already Frederic Chopin was here!
Visit his nice museum (photo) (really worth to see). Valdemossa is a nice old and historic village (photo). |
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