Breathtaking! Even though the road is challenging, it's totally worth it! The car park is rather small for the amount of people driving there, but there's also a bus available.
It was designed by Emili Pou. It began to illuminate with a fixed optic and a rotating external part of 6 red lenses. The luminous appearance was of white light varied by red flashes every 2 minutes. It used an oil moderator lamp for 3rd order lighthouse. It was inaugurated on 30-11-1861. In 1899, due to the problems caused by humidity in the building, the roof was replaced by a gabled tile roof. In 1912 a 55 mm oil vapor incandescent Chance lamp was installed, keeping the same optical apparatus and luminous characteristic. A two-wick Chance lamp was used as an auxiliary. In 1924 the original optic was replaced by another one with a mercury float for the five external rotating lenses and a fixed catadioptric part, its appearance was of fixed light varied by groups of 3+2 white flashes. This optic can be contemplated nowadays in the Exhibition of Maritime Signals of the lighthouse of Portopí. In 1969 the lighting system was electrified, keeping the fixed part of the optic but removing the external rotating lenses that were coupled to the rotation mechanism. The intermittence would now be produced by an electric flashing lamp. In 1971 a horizon optic was installed. Due to the strong winds that frequently punish this area of the Balearic Islands, during the second half of the XIX century there were many occasions in which the lighthouse keepers had to help the victims of shipwrecks that occurred in its vicinity, being decorated in one occasion with the Cross of Charity by the Government of Spain in 1869, as a result of a strong storm that caused several misfortunes in the area.
Small village with Some restaurants along the harbour. Small fair, but no tourist shops.
On the initiative of the Town Council of Sóller, its tower and a small building were built in 1842 but it would not be illuminated. It was transferred to the Ministry of Public Works in 1852 and inaugurated on February 20, 1859 as a 4th order lighthouse. As it was not designed by any engineer, something usual then, the internal construction of the tower was atypical for the lighthouses of the time and it lacked a service chamber, so that the lighthouse keepers assigned there had to carry out their shifts in the same lantern, which would provoke their protests as they had to do their work in harsher conditions than the rest of their colleagues in the other lighthouses. Its first luminous appearance was of fixed light and it used a moderator lamp of olive oil, but some years later it was replaced by a Maris lamp of 2 wicks. In 1918 the lighthouse was electrified but in April 1952 a strong storm destroyed the electric line and the Aladdin type emergency lamp had to be used until August 1963 when its lighting system was electrified again. In the 1970s, a sealed beam lamp optic was installed, which remained in service until November 2008. It currently has an acrylic optic and 400 w discharge lamps. Although today the lighthouse is very well communicated with the Port of Soller, nevertheless in the 19th century this signal was quite isolated and in winter, with the frequent rains in the area and some torrents in full activity, the torreros took more than two and a half hours to reach the small population center that then existed in the port. When the torrero of Sa Creu needed to be replaced, generally one of the two who lived in Cap Gros would come.
In the municipality of Banyalbufar is the splendid Viewpoint of Ses Ànimes, crowned by a defence tower, the Torre des Verger, de Ses Ànimes or sa Talaia, on top of an impressive cliff. It was built in 1579 to defend the coast and the town from pirate raids, with money allocated by the Gran i General Consell (Great and General Council) . From this inspiring spot, you can enjoy spectacular views of the north coast of Mallorca, and on a clear day you can even see the most western point of the island of Sa Dragonera. Enjoying the sunset from this vantage point is a moving experience, one of the best gifts that nature has bestowed upon us. At the end of the 19th century, the tower became private property. It was restored in 1995 by the Govern Balear, and is now listed and declared an Asset of Cultural Interest. It is a symbolic representation of Banyalbufar, and one of the sights most associated with the coast of Mallorca.
La Foradada (in some places also called na Foradada) is a peninsula of the Sierra de Tramuntana of Mallorca that is located in the municipality of Deià. It receives this name because it has a hole visible from several points of the Sierra. The panoramic view from the viewpoint of Son Marroig is especially polished, where at sunset a good group of people gather to admire a view that is impressive.
Exceptional viewpoint located in the Puig del Mirador, where you can enjoy a panoramic view of the city of Palma.
Portopí is the third oldest functioning lighthouse in the world, after the Tower of Hercules in La Coruña and the Lighthouse of Genoa. Inside is installed a permanent exhibition of maritime signals, which can be visited by appointment. This exhibition is open to the public every Thursday between 9:30 am and 1:30 pm. Visits can be arranged by e-mail or telephone. * Height above sea level: 41 m. * Luminous appearance: group of two flashes every 15 seconds. * Daytime appearance: quadrangular stone tower, 38 meters.
It was designed by Emili Pou. It was originally a 6th order lighthouse. The land was owned by the Marquis of Palmer who ceded to the State the compensation corresponding to its expropriation. At the beginning it had a catadioptric optic of 300 mm of diameter for fixed light, of the French manufacturer Henry Lepaute. It was inaugurated on August 31, 1863. At the beginning there were two sailors assigned to the lighthouse for its supply service. In 1917 carbide illumination and a 4+1 occultation appearance produced by clockwork rotating screens placed around the optics began. Later a dioptric drum optic was installed and in 1957 the luminous appearance of the lighthouse was modified at the same time that the installation was electrified. 32 V flashers were installed, producing a luminous appearance of 2+1 flashes every 10 seconds. That same year an equipment with wind turbine was put in service, first in Spain of this type, but it was not successful mainly due to the absence of wind with the required constancy, which motivated its substitution by two generators. In 1958 the tower was extended by 6.5 m. to increase the geographical range. In 1983 the photovoltaic system was incorporated, being the first lighthouse in Spain to be illuminated by solar panels.
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