Puerto Pollensa is a great coastal town for all the family, located on the north coast of Mallorca, about 32 miles from Palma and 5 miles from Alcudia and from Puerto Pollensa's mother town, Pollensa.
This vibrant town is located in a magnificent bay, sandwiched between smaller beautiful sheltered bays and the Tramuntana Mountain range. The beautiful sandy beaches, good restaurants, bars (including British and Irish pubs) and shops here make it a very popular holiday destination.
There is a wide range of water sports including scuba diving, snorkeling, sailing, windsurfing, kite surfing, canoeing, parasailing and much more! There is a cycling route which runs from Alcudia to Puerto Pollensa, making the area particularly popular with cyclists during the mild winters here.
The resort has a shaded pine walkway where you will find restaurants and bars dotted along its length and a marina which is worth visiting where boats can be chartered.
Tourists have been coming to Puerto Pollensa since the 1920's, and the hotels on the sea front still retain an old fashioned air, having been built long before the concrete boom of the 1960's developments. During the summer months the town attracts mainly British families looking for something more than the hussle and bussle of the popular south coast resorts. However, once the families have left from October onwards, the town then becomes very popular with middle aged couples who are able to take advantage of extended stays, escaping from the cold British winters.
Evening entertainment here is mainly hotel based, although the town does have one very well established disco called Chivas which first opened it doors 1969, but don't expect to find loud music and non stop karaoke bars. If that is what you are looking for then Puerto Pollensa is not for you.
The bay of Pollensa is home to a multitude of luxury yachts, as well as a mixture of colorful local fishing boats which sadly in recent years are now in the minority. There are a number of small natural beaches in the area, as well as the recently extended artificial one, all offering the usual selection of facilities and water sports. Although, the warm shallow waters of the bay do make it especially popular with families with small children.
Without a doubt the main feature of the town is the dramatic Sierra de Tramuntana mountain range that surrounds and shelters it. For the more active ones, there are numerous walks into these hills from where the views back over the bay are stunning.
