Palma
The capital of the island counts 400 000 inhabitants and conceals pretty jewels, starting with its cathedral and its old animated districts. A stopover not to be missed, even if swimming in turquoise waters is a must for you! Most of the rental companies are based here - or as close as possible. Port infrastructures are important; you will find in Palma all the equipment and professionals you could need.
Magaluf
To get away from the buildings bordering the Bay of Palma, you could head for the open sea, due south... but if urbanisation is not a problem for your crew, why not play ethnologists and discover the world of parties and youth? The local Ibiza is just in front of our bow, it's Magaluf... A superb beach, a very decent shelter, curiously very few boats... and of course very large buildings. The city is dead in the morning, softly playful in the afternoon on the deckchairs, wakes up at nightfall to explode at three in the morning. The real fiesta, especially for the English, is every day, and without real control - the Spanish policemen even solicited the bobbies, in vain! Between two cocktails as colorful as mysterious, an interesting experience.
Cala Portals and Cala Figuera
Just a few miles to the south-east of Magaluf lies an astonishing anchorage divided into three distinct coves. The place is quickly crowded in season and the constructions a little too visible on the North side. But the water delivers an incredible emerald colour... A much more seductive stopover than the disappointing Las Illetas anchorage - saturated and flat - north of Magaluf. Further south, Cala Portals is almost wild. Deafening cicadas singing in the warm season guaranteed, but the seats are expensive.
Andraitx
Santa Ponsa offers good shelter, but the city can disappoint. The calas of the surroundings are numerous, the waters always as clear, but the urbanization took the top and this until San Telmo. Andraitx is the last port to be truly protected in all weathers before reaching the far west and long north coast of the island. It is possible to moor on a dead body, roughly against one euro of the foot (the length of the boat, not your size...). Good atmosphere on land and restaurants with feet in the water.
Peninsula de la Forradada
After the island of La Dragonera, a sort of land vessel sinking towards Mallorca, we set off again for this famous North coast, still relatively wooded. After a few miles we discover an incredible 600 m long peninsula - Peninsula de la Forradada - mysteriously pierced. A path leads to a villa visible from the sea which was the property of Archduke Luis Salvador of Austria, who used to anchor his steamer at the foot of his house. The mooring, precisely, is beautiful, photogenic to wish - but completely open to the West.
Puerto Soller
It is the only real shelter on the North Coast - pontoon or anchorage. A beautiful bay in a setting of hills and cliffs, a city full of charm - you would stay a few days! Try to anchor there before 4 pm; the lake is quickly saturated in summer, with all the trouble that can cause in terms of evitage.
Cala Kill
Little sheltered - it is exposed to the North -, the spectacular Cala Tuent takes root at the foot of the highest peaks of the island, including the imposing Puig Mayor - 1 455 m all the same. A breathtaking panorama.
Torrente de Pareis
You are well in the heart of the famous North coast, so wild... Very few villages, few real shelters, but only white rock, ochre, gold and increasingly slender cliffs. The cove of Torrente de Pareis ends with a beach and an amazing lagoon. A beautiful site, but also accessible by road - so frequented in the middle of the day in summer.
Pollensa
To turn the famous Cabo Fromentor, which cuts into the azure. Imposing, majestic, and perfectly accore, you can shave it to leave its VHF antenna there - when the weather is calm, of course. Still some sheltered beaches, some islets at rock level before discovering the vast bay of Pollensa. A vast well sheltered anchorage area, and above all a welcoming and lively city, bordered by impressive rocky peaks, distilling a unique light
Cala Es Calo
Just a few cables from Cabo Ferrutx, which borders to the north-east the immense bay of Alcudia, a splendid anchorage, Cala Es Calo. A small dock half collapsed, golden rocks, pines, turquoise water, peaks over 400 meters high: the environment is exceptional and absolutely wild. This is where you can spend the night - as long as the wind does not blow from north to east, hardly bothered by the violent gusts that sometimes come from heights.
Petro Port
On the south-east coast of Majorca, the map shows dozens of calas, each more attractive than the other, but the southeasterly wind and a bottom of swell quickly make them infrequent. We are satisfied with the excellent shelter of Porto Petro and its luxurious villas. Three distinct anchorage areas and a small harbour - with reduced draught, attention - await you. To prefer to the bling bling bling Cala d'Or - yachts lit at night and luxury boutiques to gogo.
Cala Figuera
Further south, four last calas before turning Cape Salines, the southernmost point of the island: Marmols, Figuereta, Llombart and Santanyi. But it is the one of Figuera, deeply embedded in the rock and pines that will seduce you the most. A small unit will be more at ease manoeuvring there than a 45 feet ; the small breakwater nevertheless allows the mooring ass to dock.
Puerto Colonia de Sant Jordi
Just to the northwest of the Pointe des Salines, we discover the Cala Caragol and its beautiful beach lined with a dense pine forest, the cala de poche Entugores and still beautiful anchorages between rocks and dune - playa des Carbo and playa de sa Roquetas. In Sant Jordi, sailboats are numerous at anchor during the summer, stuck between the port and a beautiful beach, but the site is superb and the town friendly and lively. A stopover not to be missed!
Cala Pi
Before sinking into the bay of Palma, a pretty calanque, Cala Pi. Not too busy in the morning, it offers one last time the treasures of the island: cliffs and turquoise waters. Just a few metres to the south, the cala Beltran is wilder but so narrow it is reserved for small units.
