Business Information -- S’Illot
There are a selection of businesses normally for sale in the resort of S’Illot. These can range from British owned bars to Spanish restaurants and the occasional shop. S’Illot itself is a quieter resort although has grown in recent years to meet its neighbour Cala Bona. This has created additional business for the bars in the area. Buying a business in S’Illot can be a good investment if you are careful about the location.
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Resort Information -- S’Illot
The resorts of S’Illot and its nearest neighbour Sa Coma, are part of the municipal district of Sant Llorenç des Cardassar, and are situated along the east coast of Majorca, neatly sandwiched between the resorts of Cala Millor and Porto Cristo.
Public transport around all of the east coast is at best “unreliable”, but for the very brave or very foolish, buses do run into Palma 4 times each day during the summer, inland to Manacor 9 times a day, south to the Caves of Drach 5 times a day, and north to the resort of Cala Millor 10 times each day. Over the years many visitors to Mallorca have asked us for information on bus timetables, and although our general advice is the “sit and wait, and enjoy the sun”, timetables are published each year on the bus stops throughout the town and also on local bus operator’s Aumasa web site, although, clearly no responsibility can be accepted as to either the content or accuracy of information provided by these external sources.
Most visitors to S’Illot would be surprised to learn that until the late 1970′s the east coast of Majorca did actually have its own railway line running from Manacor to Arta, passing through the local towns of Sant Llorenç and Son Carrió. Although the grand station of “Pou Vell” still remains in the centre of Sant Llorenç, sadly there are no plans to reinstate this line, which for a relatively small investment of the much hated “tourist tax”, would undoubtedly prove to be both a major tourist attraction and amenity for the area.
Unlike nearby Sa Coma, the resort of S’Illot is not a modern purpose built holiday resort, but a traditional Mallorcan fishing village that really only started to adapt during the mid 1980′s to meet the ever increasing demand for tourist accommodation on the island. Visitors to S’Illot will often stand and stare as the few remaining fishing boats here are hauled up each day, over the rocks and onto a concrete ramp at the end of the beach.
Over the last 25 years or so, S’Illot has continued to grow in a fairly controlled manner by Mallorcan standards. In all fairness to the local council, considerable efforts have clearly been made to maintain “green zones” and to extend protection over areas of special environmental interest, the most notable of these being the Punta de n’Amer headland which we’ll cover in more detail on our Attractions page, and it is sincerely hoped that this policy is allowed to continue into the long term against the ever increasing demand for tourist beds.
A wide traffic free promenade also runs through S’Illot, north towards the resort of Sa Coma and south to the smaller sheltered beach of Cala Moreya, which you may sometimes see written as Cala Moraia. If during your stay here you venture into Sa Coma, don’t expect to find a mirror image of S’Illot, as most visitors find the contrast between the two resorts to be quite surprising.
If you are looking for all night karaoke bars or night clubs with foam parties every night, I am afraid that S’Illot just will not appeal to you. Evening entertainment here is generally hotel based, although the resort does have a small number of lively bars, but even these tend to have few customers after about midnight reflecting the family market that the town attracts. However, if you ever tire of S’Illot and are looking for a wider selection of bars and restaurants, the “bright lights” of the more lively Cala Millor are only around 5 minutes away by taxi.
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