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Resorts In Northern Mallorca

By: Mark Bartley

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The main airport on Mallorca quickly expanded with passenger volumes tripling in its first three years of commercial operation during the early sixties. Now, after decades of almost continuous improvement, the airport is a superb example of design and efficiency and can handle over 20 million passengers every year.

That expansion has been supported by the growth of tourism on Mallorca. The early sixties saw the start of holidays abroad for many Europeans. Before that most people took holidays in their own country, but the availability of low cost air travel led to people travelling abroad, which caught the home tourism sectors by surprise and, at the same time, led to huge, and often unsightly, resort developments in places like southern Spain.

Fortunately Mallorca was able to witness the first resort development projects on mainland Spain and managed to avoid most of the early mistakes. High rise hotels and apartment blocks were avoided and the local authorities were able to make sure that local infrastructure in terms of utilities and transport systems were kept in step with the growth.

One of the first villages to transform under the new influx of tourists was the fishing village of C'an Pastilla. This tiny village was just a couple of miles from the airport and in the 1960's experienced lots of new development, primarily due to its perfect location at the western end of the Playa de Palma beach, a fantastic strip of sand stretching for almost 3 miles. The resort is still a favourite with British tourists, while the newer area of Arenal at the other end of the beach is more favoured by German tourists.

As visitor numbers continued to grow the Mallorcan authorities had to start looking elsewhere for new development to meet the demand. The East coast resorts of Cala D'Or, Cala Millor and Cala Bona are all very nice modern resorts, with great beaches and a wide choice of hotels. But these relatively small resorts were still not enough to cope with the ever increasing numbers of holidaymakers who wanted to come to Majorca.

Across the top of the island were two wonderful beaches in the bays of Pollensa and around the headland in Alcudia. The old town of Alcudia dates back many hundreds of years and today is a special place to visit with its narrow streets and fine choice of restaurants, but just to the east was an amazing 5 mile stretch of sand that was just too good for the tourism industry to ignore. Large swathes of land that had previously just be scrub and bordered some of the northern wetland areas, were rapidly transformed into modern holiday zones, complete with restaurants, cafes and nightlife. What brought people to the resort was the fantastic beach and the initial development has continued eastwards to an area now known as Playa de Muro.

A wide road runs along the coast here, set behind the first row of developments, which means getting around is easy. Many hotels in Playa de Muro are situated right on the beach.

Just like Arenal in the south, C'an Picafort has the benefit of seemingly endless stretches of soft sandy beaches and is also a hit with German tourists as well as the British. The area has more of a village atmosphere, with more than just a beachfront area. There is also a pretty marina area at the eastern end, although here the beach can become quite narrow and crowded.

Perfect for a peaceful family holiday is the resort of Colonia de Sant Pere. A small marina, just a few cafes and a compact man-made beach are all the resort provides, but for a week of relaxing on the beach, with very few interruptions, it could be just what many are looking for.

Finally, for more in the way of beach but still a very quiet place for a holiday, the bay at Cala Mesquida would be an alternative choice. The beach here stretches quite a long back inland so there is always plenty of room for everyone. There are also several reasonably sized hotels for visitors who don't want a villa or self-catering holiday.

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This region of the island is popular with visitors taking flights to Mallorca for a beach/summer/family holiday. Check Mark's other reviews for alternative destinations.

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