There are always a choice of bars for sale and businesses for sale in Santa Ponsa, the concentration of business in this area always ensures that. The summer season is normally very busy with the chance of some Winter trade as there are many ex pats living in the area year round.

There are many Irish bars, karaoke bars, themed bars restaurants and late night music bars around the Santa Ponsa area and it is known as a resort where good success can be achieved with the right business.

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Resort Information -- Santa Ponsa

The very popular holiday resort of Santa Ponsa, along with its more infamous neighbours Palma Nova and Magaluf, are all part of the municipal district of Calvia on the south west coast of Majorca approximately 20km, or 12 miles west of the capital Palma.

Unlike the nearby “Brit” resorts of Palma Nova and Magaluf which are 5km away to the east, Santa Ponsa has developed a very strong Celtic theme and has become very popular with both Irish and Scottish visitors. In response to this market, a large number of both Irish and Scottish themed bars and restaurant have in recent years opened in the town.

The main beach is reasonably large, and in recent years it has been extended with imported sand to accommodate an increasing number of visitors to the resort. Even so, in high season it can still become very crowded due to its popularity with both tourists and locals alike. If you wish to escape from the crowds, there is a smaller secondary beach set in its own sheltered cove about 15 minutes walk away which can be reached from the Avda. Rei Jaume I. Both beaches have the usual facilities expected of a modern resort, along with a good variety of water sports equipment available for hire. Swimming in the bay is generally quite safe with no strong currents, and fairly shallow waters, however, care must always be exerted when the flag system is in operation.

Regular boat trips along the south west coast operate from both the main beach and marina at Santa Ponsa, and at around £10 per head represent excellent value for money. The boats are all quite modern, with both a small bar and toilet facilities onboard. On most trips the captain will usually stop for about 30 minutes giving you the chance to dive or jump off the back of the boat and cool off in the sea.

Santa Ponsa has quite a wide selection of cafes, bars and restaurants and excellent facilities for visitors on self catering arrangements. In response to the strong UK and Irish influences in the town, many supermarkets now also stock readily recognisable UK branded goods, although in many cases the prices charged may be considerably higher than those you would expect to pay at home. Although the underlying principle of consumer choice was once explained to me by a local shopkeeper as, “if you don’t like the price, you don’t have to buy”.

The resort really come alive in the early evening, but is never in the same league of its neighbours Palma Nova and Magaluf. Although, from the size of our Restaurants and Bars pages, you will quickly realise that Santa Ponsa has an abundance of bars, restaurants, and live music venues, catering for families with children.

All things considered, the town is cheerful, easy going and is essentially a family resort, although little now remains of the original village that was Santa Ponsa before the onset of mass tourism in the early 1960′s.

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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.

Businesses for sale in Soller are very few and far between. It is a major day trip destination due to the Soller railway and the interest in the twon that this train brings. Occasionally you may find a small bar for sale either in the town or in the Port Of Soller, also we have been involved in craft and antique type shop sales in this area.

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Resort Information -- Soller -- Puerto Soller

The municipal district of Soller covers an area of around 44 km2 deep in the heart of the Sierra de Tramuntana mountain range. The area is dominated by the impressive “Puig Mayor”, which at 1,445m above sea level is the highest mountain in Majorca.

The village of Puerto de Soller is the only resort along the rugged west coast of Majorca, which although being only 35km north west of the capital Palma, and the Son Sant Joan International airport, the isolation of the area by the Sierra de Tramuntana mountain range once necessitated one of the longest transfer times on the island. However, since the opening of the direct C-711 road, passing through the impressive “Túnel de Sóller”, journey time has now been cut to a more respectable 40 to 45 minutes.

The actual resort of Puerto de Soller is an almost perfect horseshoe bay enclosed by two headlands, which is not too dissimilar from many of the resorts on the north coast of Menorca.

At a little over 3km inland from the port is the original old town of Soller. The main road that joins the two is shared with both trams and numerous coaches, as most of the major tour operators to Majorca incorporate a boat trip around the harbour at Puerto de Soller into their “Scenic West” type day trips. As a result this road can become very busy and congested during the summer months.

This tramway is the only working tram on the island and is known locally at the “Orange Express”. Not for the colour of the carriages, but due to the fact that its route meanders from the old town, through orange groves to terminate at the harbour at Puerto de Soller.

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If the thought of driving the 35km back down to Palma either via the tunnel, or through the winding mountain pass, complete with its terrifying hairpin bends, isn’t that appealing, then why not let the train take the strain. From a converted 17th Century manor house in the old town of Soller, the “Tren de Soller” clatters its way down to Palma around 5 times everyday. Both tourists and locals alike, have been making this journey now for the past 90 years in the vintage brass and mahogany carriages that are a trademark of this train, whilst admiring the breathtaking scenery enroute.

The main town beach is quite small with few, if any facilities, so really will have a very limited appeal to families with children. The Local Authorities are planning the creation of an artificial beach complete with a new wooden promenade for the town, possibly funded by the proceeds of the much hated Tourist Tax. The sand for this beach will be dredged from offshore and an underwater pontoon then constructed to ensure that it is not reclaimed by the sea. The promenade is planned to be 3m wide and equipped with lighting and benches along its length. The overall project has an estimated cost of almost two million Euros, and will take about 5 months to complete once the contract is awarded.

The area is most popular with middle aged couples, and those interested in walking and scenery, who use the town as a convenient base to get into the mountains that have protected the resort for many years.

Certainly worth a mention here are the 2 villages of Fornalutx and Biniaraix, who are both approximately 4km from the centre of old town, nestled at the base of the “Puig Major”. At both villages, the last 100 years appear to have completely passed them by, and visitors can experience the traditional Majorcan way of life, and how the island used to be before the tourists started to arrive.

The resort of Porto Colom in the South East of Mallorca normally has a selection of bars and restaurants for sale. These are to be found in the central square or in the adjoining beach area of Cala Marsal.

The trade in this area is mainly UK and German with a good level of resident ex pats giving a small possibility of a Winter trade.

There has been a downturn of UK visitors to Porto Colom in recent years but this looks set to improve with a major UK tour operator coming back to the area.

There can be some bargain priced bars and restaurants around here if you know where to look and who to ask.

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Resort Information -- Porto Colom

The resort of Porto Colom is the principle coastal development of the municipal district of Felanitx, on the southern half of the east coast of Majorca. Although as the crow flies the resort is only around 65km, or 40 miles east of Palma and the Son Sant Joan International airport, it has to be said that the road over to the east coast is not particularly good, and it is not unusual for the transfer to take approximately 1.1/2 to 2 hours from the time you actually leave the airport grounds.

The municipality as a whole covers an area of around 170 km2, and along with the administrative town of Felanitx encompasses a handful of picturesque inland villages, and the two other coastal resorts of Cala Ferrera and Cala Serena.

The name of “Felanitx” originates from the Latin word “fenalicius”, which roughly translates into English as “a place where fenas grows”, although records show that the first signs of human settlement in the area actually took place over 2000 years before the birth of Christ.

Porto Colom is the site of one of the most important, and best preserved, “Naveta” or prehistoric burial sites on Majorca, and for this reason in 1996 the Department of Prehistory of the University of the Balearic Islands established the archaeology project known as “Projecte Closos of Can Gaià”, in an attempt to further understand the ancient civilisations of the island.

Porto Colom still remains a small traditional fishing village, that has so far resisted full scale tourist commercialisation. A small amount of mainly residential building work is going on, although the town will never become another Magaluf or Palma Nova.

The main feature of the town is the large natural harbour, which is the home to a number of small fishing boats and an ever increasing number of leisure craft. From the harbour looking inland on a clear day, it’s also possible to see the Sanctuary of Sant Salvador in the distance.

Around the harbour area there is a fair selection of shops for the everyday holiday essentials, along with more souvenir shops behind the beach at Cala Marcal, and it is here to a large extent, that most of the tourist development has taken place. The town has two reasonably sized supermarkets the first “Ca’s Corso”, is next to the Ca’s Corso Apartments and the other Spar is situated by the side the harbour next to the Club Nautico offices. Both offer a good selection of fresh and cooked meats, wines and spirits, fresh fruit and vegetables, along with Mallorquin specialities and British branded products. But don’t expect too much competition with their prices, as they are both owned by the same people.

The resort is very popular with British visitors who aren’t looking for mass commercialisation in a resort, such as water parks and countless karaoke bars, many of which who have subsequently fallen in love with the resort and bought second homes in the area.

Holiday accommodation here mostly falls within the 3 or 4 star standard, which is then supplemented with a fair selection of good value self catering apartments to choose from.

Paguera also known s Peguera in the South West of Mallorca is certainly one of the busiest resorts and many bars and restaurants have the benefit of a longer season than normal.

There are a selection of bars for sale in this area including several British bars, as this area has a large concentration of German tourists and residents German themed bars are always popular.

Many of the British run bars are in the side streets off the main tourist street. Occasionally we come across larger businesses for sale on the main street, but these tend to sell quickly and it can be a matter of who not what you know.

Currently there are several businesses for sale on agency websites and several more for private sale. Varying from cafe type establishments to late night music bars.

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Resort Information -- Paguera

The resort of Paguera, along with the neighbouring resorts of Palma Nova, Magaluf and Santa Ponsa, are all part of the municipal district of Calvia on the south west coast of Majorca.

Paguera is often unkindly referred to as “Little Germany” by many of the English speaking residents on the south coast. But in all fairness, the resort is very popular with the German tourist who do make up the vast majority of visitors here, many of which are attracted by the small network of coastal hiking routes towards the back of the resort.

The resort offers visitors a choice of 3 beaches, called “Playa Palmira”, “Playa Tora” and “Playa La Romana”, which are all joined by a fairly new pedestrian promenade. During the summer months all 3 beaches can become very busy, although in all fairness to the local council, they are usually kept very clean.

Behind the promenade there’s a long shopping street running the length of the resort, where most of the restaurants and bars seem to be concentrated. Despite the majority of visitors to Paguera being German, there is also a small number of British owned bars and restaurants along this street, which we’ll cover in more detail on our Restaurants and Bars pages.

Before the growth of the tourist industry on the island during the 1960′s, Paguera was originally a tiny fishing village, however, the last 40 years has seen it develop and grow, into a popular modern tourist resort with plenty of restaurants and facilities.

Whilst not quite in the same league as the neighbouring resorts of Palma Nova and Magaluf, Paguera is certainly not the resort for those seeking peace and quiet. If this is what you are looking for along the south coast, then perhaps the nearby resort Camp de Mar may be more suitable. Although in all fairness, from the end of October onwards, when most of the families leave the island, many of the hotels do close until Easter of the following year, and the few visitors that do remain see a completely different side of Paguera.

Most of the hotels in the town are found towards the back on the resort in quite a hilly area. Whilst this affords most visitors a good view back over the town, it does make Paguera particularly unsuitable for those with mobility problems, or families with young children in pushchairs.

One particular problem we did encountered in the town, was the sheer volume of traffic and the limited parking spaces available. In recent times this has been eased slightly with the construction of a bypass, which does take some through traffic away from the town, but nevertheless, there still appears to be a constant game of “musical chairs” going on, competing for the few parking spaces that are available.

All things considered Paguera gives the impression as being a busy, lively resort that always has something going on. Somewhat of a German “oasis” amongst the other Brit dominated south coast resorts.

Business opportunities in Deia are very few and far between. We can sometimes source restaurants for sale or shops. It`s a beutiful place to visit and the majority of the tourists here are either day trippers or wealthy stars or business people who have villas in the area.

Businesses change hands in Deia for premium prices as business is rarely effected by the economy and the bars and restaurants are generally up market and can command a premium price.

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Resort Information -- Deia

The mountain village and municipality of Deya, which you may also see written as Deià in many of the local guide books and travel guides, lies in the heart of the Sierra of Tramuntana mountain range, mid way along the north west coast of Majorca, and approximately 28km from the capital Palma.

Although being one of the smallest and remotest municipalities on the island, the area is widely regarded as being the cultural centre of Majorca. Instead of all the night clubs and karaoke bars so popular in the southern resorts, you’re more likely to find it’s the musuems and art galleries that attract visitors here.

Most, if not all, of the visitors to the village are independent travellers who prefer to make the short 30/40 minute trip inland from the airport either by taxi or hire car. The few tour operators that do go here describe the village as being “small and exclusive”, but perhaps many don’t actually realise how small it really is.

The latest census shows a resident population of the 15km2 that make up the municipality, of just 840 people, and little has really changed over the past years to increase this figure. In fact if we are honest, little has really changed in the village for the past 150 years!

Deya is surrounded by narrow terraces that have for centuries been cultivated with olive and citrus trees, these and the old village church standing proud over the stone houses, will be a familiar and comforting sight for anyone returning to the village.

The skyline above the village is dominated by the imposing the mountain Teix, which is pronounced locally as “tesh”, and at 1062m above sea level is the second highest mountain on Majorca. For those intested in statistics, the highest mountain on the island is the “Puig Mayor”, overlooking nearby Soller, at 1445m above sea level.

A settlement on this site can be traced back to pre-historic times, although a recognisable village really only began to take shape under the Moorish rule of the island between the 10th and 12th Century. The first tourists to Deya first began to arrive in the late 19th Century, even in those days attracted by the prospect of peace, solitude and outstanding scenery.

One of the first visitors to Deya was the Archduke Luís Salvador of Austria, who was responsible for the construction of many of the impressive manor houses in the area. A trend followed more recently by the British businessman Richard Branson, who refurbished the stately houses of Son Moragues and Son Canal to create the best known hotel in the area, the very exclusive La Residencia.

Over the past Century, the village has welcomed a number of celebrity guests, including the English poet and novelist Robert Graves who first bought property there in 1932 with his mistress Laura Riding, and then subsequently returned there to live in 1946 with his second wife Beryl Hodge. The Parish church in Deya is where Graves was buried after his death in 1985, his simple headstone inscribed in the drying concrete reading “Robert Graves, Poeta, 1895-1985″.

More recently in 1962 the American painter and archaeologist Dr. William H. Waldren also founded the Deià Archaeological Museum and Research Centre in the town.

Without a doubt the most famous foreign residents, that currently own property around Deya, are Michael Douglas and his wife Catherine Zeta Jones, who are often known to visit their fabulous villa in the town during the summer months.

In all fairness, other than the numerous visitors who arrive throughout the day on the tour buses, most of the visitors here are middle aged couples who are attracted by the cultural heritage of the area and chose Deya as a base to escape into the Serra de Tramuntana mountains along the network of paths and tracks that cover the area.

It has to be said that Deya is particularly unsuitable for those with mobility problems. The streets are very narrow and very steep, and certainly no concessions or consideration is given to disabled access.

Campos until recently would not have been the place to buy a business unless you wanted a locals bar. However the town has changed over the last couple of years and now has its fair share of tourists visiting the market and the craft shops on the main street.

Its proximity to one of the main beaches on the island, Es Trenc has seen it get busier as people find out what it has to offer. Its also on the main route to the busy South East resort of Cala Dor.

Having said that if you are looking for a busy tourist based bar to buy then Campos is not the place just yet.

What we do find quite often are rural hotels for sale in the Campos area.

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Area Information – Campos

The municipal district and small residential town of Campos, is situated almost midway between the towns of Llucmayor and Santanyí in the south east corner of the island, approximately 40km or 25 miles east of the capital Palma.

The south east corner of the island is now regarded as being the centre of the Majorcan dairy industry, and visitors to the area often comment on the large number of windmills which are again being put into use driving water supply pumps. A Majorcan specialty that is produced in the town is the “Piris” cheese, which is allowed to mature in a mixture of brine and paprika for approximately 3 months before it is ready eat.

Campos still remains primarily a residential town, and few concessions are made to the small number of tourists who do make it here. These visitors are generally independent travellers who are looking to escape the commercialism that has dominated much of the island, and who use the town as a convenient base to further explore the south east coast and in particular the unspoilt beaches of Sa Ràpita and Es Trenc.

If you’ve never visited Majorca before, the Es Trenc beach is a totally undeveloped 3km long stretch of coast, that is famed for its beautiful fine white sands, and crystal clear waters, which in recent years has become particularly popular with nudists. Behind Es Trenc a channel then leads to the Es Salobar wetlands, which is second is size only to the Parc Natural de s’Albufera on the north coast of the island between the resorts of Alcudia and Playa de Muro.

Cala Mondrago is not really an area where you will find business for sale, there are a couple of bars and restaurants and occasionally they do change hands but normally very quickly, its one of those cases of knowing who to talk to.

There is the possibility of creating a rural hotel or bed and breakfast type business in or around Cala Mondrago as the area itself is very beautiful and attracts many tourists during the day, arriving by car from all over the island or by the local bus and road train service from nearby Cala Dor

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Resort Information -- Cala Mondrago

The secluded resort of Cala Mondrago is part of the municipal district of Santanyí, approximately 8km, or 5 miles, south of the chic resort of Cala d’Or on the south eastern coast of Majorca.

If all you’ve ever seen of Majorca is the popular resorts along the south west coast of the island, you may be somewhat amazed to discover that a resort like Cala Mondrago still exists in the 21st Century, however, if you find the thought of isolation and seclusion appealing then read on.

Cala Mondrago is one of the few coastal resorts on the island, that as yet remain undiscovered by the major tour operators.

The main feature of Cala Mondrago is without a doubt the lovely sandy beach, which is flanked by two rocky headlands. However, despite the isolation of the resort, this beach can still become quite busy during summer weekends with the influx of visitors from the local inland towns around Santanyi. It’s here that you’ll also find the only shop in the town, although even this is really limited to selling a range of beach goods and souvenirs. Beyond this, you’ll have to make the trip either north to Cala D’or, or alternatively inland to Santanyi for even the most basis holiday essentials.

Despite continued pressure and an every increasing demand for both holiday and residential accommodation, it is highly unlikely that Cala Mondrago will ever grow beyond the development that we see today. In 1992 much of the area around Cala Mondrago was recognised for its extraordinary ecological value to the island, and was declared a Natural Park by the Balearic Islands Government, thus affording it special protection from future commercial development.

The resort of Cala Mandia has a selection of bars and restaurants for sale and to rent. Business can be good in the height of summer, there are two major hotels and several smaller ones in the area, this is supplemented by an ever increasing amount of new build apartments and villas on the edge of the resort. The mix of tourists is predominantly German, although there are an increasing number of Scandinavian and British. There is very little or no winter trade to be had in Cala Mandia although one of the hotels in the area does open earlier than most.

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Resort Information -- Cala Mandia

If you’ve never heard of the resort of Cala Mandia before, you can be certainly be excused, since most of the maps of the island don’t as yet recognise this as being a resort in its own right. However, if you look closely enough you may see a reference to the development of Porto Cristo Novo, some 4km to the south of Porto Cristo on the east coast of the island. If only to add further confusion, a number of the tour operators are also marketing this destination as Playa Romantica, which literally translates into English as “Romantic Beach.”

In any case, this fairly remote area of the east coast, is part of the municipal district of Manacor around 70km to the east of the capital Palma, and generally visitors should normally expect a transfer time of around 1.1/2 to 2 hours from leaving the airport grounds.

Cala Mandia, Playa Romantica, or Porto Cristo Novo, which ever way you wish to refer to it, is still a relatively new resort destination that has been specifically developed to meet the ever increasing demand for tourist accommodation on the island.

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If you’ve ever visited Majorca before, you may recognise that the town of Porto Cristo is synonymous with two of the biggest tourist attractions on Majorca, namely the Caves of Drac and Caves of Hams. As a result of this close proximity, Porto Cristo can sometimes become very busy during the summer months with coaches of day visitors. To a large extend Cala Mandia escapes this attention of the general public, and the only day visitors to the town are normally those looking for a relaxing day on the beach.

All things considered, it’s a very quiet resort, perfect if you want to retreat and get away from it all, but still within easy reach of the more lively resort of Cala Millor which is only a short taxi ride away.

One of the most prestigious areas of Mallorca for owning a business is Portals Nous and in particular the harbour area of Puerto Portals. Surprisingly some of the businesses for sale in Portals Nous are currently on the market, this can be for a variety of reasons and it’s always worth finding out why.

The marina of Puerto Portals is prime location for a restaurant or bar and any that come up for sale here normally sell quickly and at the asking price due to the increased trade and prices that having the boating fraternity on your doorstep can bring.

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Resort Information -- Portals Nous -- Bendinat.

For all intents and purposes Bendinat is a small residential suburb of the resort town of Portals Nous, which in turn is part of the municipal district of Calvia, on the south west coast of Majorca.

Bendinat is still relatively undiscovered by most of the major tour operators, and many visitors to the area do tend to be independent travellers who prefer to make the transfer either by taxi, or by hire car. In theory it is possible to make the journey by public transport, although I’d never relish the thought of getting on a bus with a suitcase and flight bag, and then trying to find the right change, and I seriously doubt that the very thought of using public transport would certainly not be a consideration for any of the visitors here.

The contrast between Bendinat, and its nearest neighbours, the perhaps more familiar south west resorts of Palma Nova and Magaluf, can only be described as striking. The area is aimed very strongly at professional couples and families looking for the cultural aspects of nearby Palma, as opposed to the clubs and bars of Magaluf. A major feature of Portals Nous is the Puerto Portals marina, which the local council proudly claims to be “the best in Spain”. Although, clearly an exaggeration of the truth, it certainly helps to raise the profile of the resort to have a number of very expensive yachts moored here.

As with most of the other resorts along the south coast, Bendinat is most popular with the British visitor, many of which now own property in the area, who are looking for a quiet holiday base that both offers ready access to the nearby nightlife and attractions of Palma Nova, and also the culture of the capital Palma. Bendinat is still growing in a controlled manner, and has been marketed by at least one developer as having “possibly the best address in Mallorca”, which at the very least should add another 10,000€ to the market price of any property.

In keeping with the general exclusivity of the town is the Royal Bendinat Golf course, whose honorary president is no less than His Majesty King Juan Carlos of Spain. The original course, designed by Martin Hawtree, was opened in 1986, and was then subsequently extended to 18 holes during 1996.