Located in the North of Mallorca’s island, is one of the most attractive and with more personality municipalities of the island. It has an area of 151.7 km2 and a population of 15.000 in habitants.
| Bahía de Pollença | Pollença Town |
Apart from the town with the same name, it includes the areas of Port de Pollença and Cala Sant Vicenç, as well as the peninsula of Formentor. Pollença offers a great range of posibilities: to practise all kinds of nautical sports, beaches and inlets of transparent waters, landscapes that offer the posibility of doing interesting excursions on foot (Cala Bóquer, Cala Sant Vicenç...) as well as an important and wide range of cultural oportunities, from the prestigious Classical Music Festival of Pollença (member of the European Association of Festivals) to the popular festivities all year round.
Pollença is, without any doubt, one of the most attactive and beautiful areas of the island. Its stimulating configuration has always been the subject and motivation of painters from all over the world, who have represented it in their canvases. The most representative image of this town is “El Calvari”; a mountain with 365 steps end at the top with a view of all the municipality. The Roman Bridge, the “Puig de Maria”, the Parish Church, the main Square, Saint Domingo’s Cloister, The Museum of Pollença, as well as other places of cultural interest, can be visited through the streets that preserve the traditional architectural style of the town.
It is one of the main tourist enclaves in Mallorca, and it is the second most populated area in the municipality. At the back of a wide bay there is the “Fortalesa” (fortress) protected by the “Punta de l’Avançada”; it was built in 1624 and nowadays is a private property. Port de Pollença combines modern tourist opportunities and moreover, it is an ideal place to practice all kinds of nautical sports and to enjoy nature.
It is the third most populated area and it is important to emphasize its quietness and its wonderful views; the “Cavall Bernat” stands out and at its feet thare is a group of inlets of light and crystalline waters: “Cala Barques”, “Cala Clara”, “Cala Molins” and “Cala Carbó”. There is as well a group of seven prehistoric caves, “L’Alzineret”, belonging to the Mediterranean Bronze Age.
It is one of the most wonderful and most visited places in our island; a meeteng place of intellectuals, politicians and artists. From Formentor and following the road that takes us to the lighthouse, we find inlets of incomparable beauty, “Cala Figuera”, on the left, “Cala Murta” and “Cala En Gossalba”, on the right. The road ends at Formentor lighthouse, northern extreme of the island of Mallorca. A visit to “El Mirador del Colomer” (Colomer’s viewpoint) and “La talaia d’Albercuix” (Albercuix Watchtower) is a must.
Informacition & some photos from: www.ajpollenca.net
