The best beaches on the island of Mallorca

Swimming in the sea and Mallorca, it goes together. The appearance and character of the beach depends on which coast of the island it is located on. Weather also plays an important role, because sunny days with a pleasant water temperature are ideal for swimming and sunbathing.

• northeast – along the two wide bays of Bahía de Pollenca and Bahía de Alcúdia stretches a long coast with several kilometers of but narrow sandy beaches,
• southeast – narrow, rocky coves (called bays) ending with a small, deep inland sandy beach,
• southwest – a coast similar to that in the northeast, near the metropolis of Palma with busy city beaches and outside it, on the contrary, with beautiful, semi-deserted beaches,
• northwest – difficult-to-access bays under the steep slopes of the Serra de Tramuntana mountain range, more suitable for boat trips and adventure expeditions.

Map: Beaches on the island of Mallorca

Muro Beach

Fine, light sand, a gradual descent into the water, a length of 1 m, the resort of Playa de Muro at the back and the location in the bay of Bahía de Alcúdia make Muro Beach a dream come true for anyone who wants to relax at its best. It means pleasant walking barefoot, access to the sea suitable even for children, enough space (alternating sections with and without service), a choice of services such as restaurants in the city and wonderful views of the mountains in the north and south-east direction.

Nikki Beach

A slightly different beach, that's Nikki Beach. It's actually a beach club on the southernmost, about 50m stretch of Magaluf's town beach. It belongs to a worldwide network of luxury beach clubs, where you can find yourself well and experience an unusual atmosphere. Here with quality music, a private pool and a view of the bay of Bahía de Palma and the capital. Official website: https://mallorca.nikkibeach.com/

Es Trenc

The uniqueness of Es Trenc beach in the south of Mallorca lies in its length (almost 3 km) and its location between the village of Covetes and the forest near the resort of Colónia de Sant Jordi. There is hardly a single hotel near it! So you will enjoy peace and solitude, but the price for that is remoteness and more complicated transportation. You can reach Covetes by bus, but you have to walk further - it is about 200 m to the northern edge of the beach. The second option is a car and a paid parking lot in the southern part. The beach here offers basic facilities (restaurant, toilets, lifeguard supervision), but of course also many more tourists than in the north.

Inlets

Dozens of coves, often a few hundred meters long and around 50 to 100 m wide, cut into the south-eastern rocky coast of Mallorca. Their shores are mostly lined with steep, albeit low cliffs, and end in the form of wonderful sandy beaches. True, not long, but perhaps even 300 m wide. A number of them are semi-wild (Cala Mitjana, Playa Sa Nau, Cala Brafi, Cala Magraner, etc.), without equipment and often naturist. Others (such as Cala Ferrera, Cala Murada, Domingos Petit a Gran, Cala Romantica, etc.) are surrounded by hotel complexes and hundreds of tourists crowd them under umbrellas.

Playa de Formentor

The kilometer-long Formentor beach roughly in the middle of the southern coast of the peninsula of the same name has a special charm. It is easily accessible by bus and by car (paid parking) along the road from Port de Pollenca to Cape Formentor. Its advantage is the shade from the surrounding dense vegetation, nice views and excellent infrastructure, headed by a restaurant by the harbor pier roughly in the middle of the beach. In history, it was loved by important personalities such as Winston Churchill or Charlie Chaplin.