Set of small coves located in the municipality of Alcúdia, where you can enjoy a quiet swim in its beautiful waters.
The most peculiar thing about this place is not the bathing area, an artificial and improvised place, but the well-preserved old fishermen's houses that every tourist comes to visit at the mouth of the torrents. TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BEACH: • Crystalline waters • Rocky beach • Length 800m, width 400m. • Low occupancy level EQUIPMENT: • Litter bins • Chiringuito • WC ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: • It has parking • Near hotels • Near restaurants
TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS: - White sand beach - Blue flag beach - Length 3400m, width 80m - The bottom of the sea is sandy EQUIPMENT: - Parking near the beach - Water activities - It has a walkway for disabled access. - Sun loungers and umbrellas available - Showers available - Lifeguard available ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: - There are bars and restaurants near the beach - There is no area for pets - There is a promenade around the beach - There are visible buildings around the beach - High occupancy in high season - Easy accessibility - There is public transportation nearby during the summer
In 1523 this house belonged to Francesc Burgues, the royal procurator. On 26 November 1541 the emperor Charles V stayed here, after the failure of the military expedition against Algiers. It was the most expensive house in the 1576 property valuation. In 1636 it belonged to Nicolau Burgues and it currently belongs to the Blanes family. A great semicircular arched doorway leads into the vestibule area, with the staircase to the right. A segmental arch with the coat-of-arms of the Burgues family carved in the capitals provides access to the courtyard, with the coat-of-arms of the Blanes family to the left.
Palace dating from the XVIII century with a magnificent stairway and lovely gardens. Located in the township of Bunyola, this estate includes an ancient Mallorcan house boasting one of the loveliest gardens on the island. It was purchased by the Ministry of the Environment and the Council of Mallorca in 2002, and it was slated to be converted into a major international environmental centre. It is also a piece of island history, which spans a period between the 15th and 19th centuries. It's clear historical value led the government of the Balearic Islands to protect it by declaring it an Asset of Cultural Interest. Its gardens just beckon you to get lost with a great book in your hands, to retreat from the noise of the world for a spell just as the driving force behind the most important refurbishment of the home, Antoni Despuig i Dameto (1745-1813), must have done. Despuig turned the estate into a magnificent classical palace with an Italianate air whose ground floor houses an important art collection. The history of Raixa, nestled at the foot of the Sierra de Tramuntana (Tramuntana mountain range), dates back to the presence of the Muslims on Mallorca, who chose this site for founding their ARaixa farmstead because of its plentiful water and fertile lands. Next to it is another estate, Biniatzar, which is said to have been the exemplary olive-producing farmstead during the Islamic times. After the Catalans conquered the island in the 13th century, Raixa was passed among a series of owners, such as the Zaforteza-Tagamanent family, until it fell into the hands of the Despuig family in the 17th century.
Old medieval house which in 1606 passed into the hands of the Genovese jurist, J. Francesco Pavisi, who rebuilt it in the Manierist style, closer to the owner’s origins than the traditional city architecture. The traditional layout was maintained in the courtyard. Alterations were carried out in the 19th century when it was converted into a boarding house.
Pol·lèntia is the only Roman city that can presently be visited in Mallorca. It is also the best example of the Romanisation of the Balearic Islands, its ruins telling us of the pax romana times. Excavation work in Pol·lèntia began around 1920 and continues to this day. The part that is open to the public includes a small fragment of the wall, the ruins of three mansions and a street with an arcade. The area can be accessed via Sa Portella. Also worth a mention is its Roman theatre, the only still preserved in the Balearic Islands. It was built in the 1st Century and had a seating capacity of almost two thousand persons. Today a portion of the tiers and the stage can still be appreciated. An interesting complement to the visit is a trip to the Museu Monogràfic de Pol·lèntia, (Monographic Museum of Pol·lèntia) where valuable pieces found during the excavation works are on display.
It was designed by Eusebi Estada. It was inaugurated on 15-11-1910. It is one of the lighthouses of Sa Dragonera that replaced the old one of Na Pòpia, located on the highest peak of the island. Its appearance began with isolated flashes every 7 seconds, thanks to the use of the then new technology based on the use of mercury float buckets to produce a faster turn of the optics. This meant a drastic change in the beaconing of the island, since the old Na Popia lighthouse had a luminous appearance of flashes every 2 minutes. It was the first signal in the Balearic Islands that used a Chance lamp of incandescence of petroleum vapor, reason why some year later lighthouse keepers of other enclaves like Capdepera or Isla del Aire, had to spend some days in this lighthouse to learn the handling of these lamps, which ended up being the most used in the archipelago.
The Parish Church of Santa Maria del Camino (Mallorca) is a temple erected in the eighteenth century on an old church built in the thirteenth century and modified several times, without ever having changed its location coinciding with the current one. The facade follows the tradition of Mallorcan baroque, of smooth furniture, forming a single body. It has two lateral pilasters with scales and topped by green hydrias, a central rose window and two smaller oculi. The front has a mixtilinear pattern, reminiscent of the shape of a copiña, and blue tile decoration.
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