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Study Spanish in Majorca
Majorca
Majorca is a major sunshine destination!
It is famous for its beaches, its attractions and its eternal sunshine.Most visitors tend to stay around only part of the
coastline, many without realizing about the magnificent inland scenery of
plains and mountains that can also be enjoyed.
Palma, the island's capital, has a population of
approximately 300,000, which is practically half of the entire population of
the island. It stretches some 15 km along the coastline, from El Arenal and
Palma beach in the east as far as the cosmopolitan districts of Cala Mayor
and San Agustivities .
The beaches
Illetes
- Two coves some 75 and 150 meters wide, respectively. Pine trees stretch as
far as the shore. Excellent sand.
Portals Nous - Small beach with a magnificent
urban development.
Palma Nova - Excellent beach with fine sand, good installations and pine
groves.
Magaluf - Magnificent beach with fine sand and crystal-clear waters.
Santa Ponsa - Another beach with fine sand and crystal-clear waters.
Peguera - Interesting tourist resort. Beautiful, quiet beach with fine sand
surrounded by pine trees.
Cala Fornells - Small beach with fine sand.
Puerto de Andratx
- Nearby are the beaches of Camp de Mar and that of San Telm, which is
sheltered by Dragonera island. Both have pinewoods.
TO THE EAST
Banyalbufer -
(535 inhabitants) Magnificent nearby coves. Typical scenery with tomato
fields all around.
Valdemossa - (1,300
inhabitants) The Royal Carthusian Monastery has reminiscences of Chopin and
George Sand. There is also a small port just a few kilometres away.
Deia - (414
inhabitants) A pituresque mountain village with the Llucalcari cover and a
small beach.
Puerto de Soller -
(1,000 inhabitants) Its semi-circular beach is approximately one kilometer
in length.
La Calobra - A very
beautiful cover. Nearby is the Monastery of Lluc and the Torrent de Pareis
beach.
THE
NORTH EAST COAST
Puerto de Pollensa -
(300 inhabitants) It has the beaches of Cala de Sant Vicencs and Formentor,
the former situated some 7 km away from Pollensa. It is very cosmopolitan
and has beautiful pine groves running right next to the beach. Formentor
beach is 9 km from the port of Pollensa and 16 km from Pollensa itself.
Puerto de Alcudia -
(500 inhabitants) Has an extensive beach with fine, clean sand, and is the
location of many urban developments.
Can Picafort - (800
inhabitants) Extensive beach with fine sand and pine groves.
Cala Ratjada - (1,500
inhabitants) The location of the Artby is an aquarium and a safari park.
Porto Colom - (411
inhabitants) Has beautiful beaches, like those of Porto Colom, Cala Murada,
Cala Marsal and Arenal.
Satanyi - (6,640 inhabitants) Here we find the fishing port
of Cala Figuera, surrounded by pine trees. Cala Santanyi lies 5 km away and
has fine sand and clean, shallow waters. Other interesting sites include
Port Petro, Cala Llonga and Cala D'or - the latter being surrounded by rocks
and pine trees.
  
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