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Mallorca is a bilingual island, Since the Balearic Islands received their auton-omy statute in the 1980s, the islanders’ native Catalan (català) has recovered its oalongside Spanish. This signiFrancoist policy which had largely eliminated minority languages from public life and schools.This said, it would be pushing a point to say that Catalan, or its local dialect,

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Cap de FormentorBreathtaking peninsula

high above the Med (p112)

PollençaPilgrimage town with

medieval streets (p106)

SóllerEnjoy an evocative train trip

to this pretty village (p92)

DeiàArtsy and beautifulcoastal village (p90)

Fornalutx & BiniaraixOrchards and

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TalaiaMoreia(432m)

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Sa Punta

Cales de Mallorca

SonServera

Montuïri

Platges deMallorca

Costa de los Pinos

Cala d'Or

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Illa de CabreraPristine archipelago with

stunning coves (p154)

ArtàCastle lookout andgreat food (p136)

Cala RatjadaUnspoiled east coast

beaches (p140)

Parc Natural de S'AlbuferaBest birdwatching in

the Mediterranean (p117)

Platja des Coll BaixIsolated and near-perfectwilderness beach (p117)

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PALMA & THE BADIA DE PALMA . . . . . . . . . .40PALMA DE MALLORCA . . . . 42BADIA DE PALMA . . . . . . . . . 72East of Palma . . . . . . . . . . . .73West of Palma . . . . . . . . . . . .75

WESTERN MALLORCA . . . . . . . . . 78THE SOUTHWEST . . . . . . . . 79To Cap de Cala Figuera . . . .79Andratx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79Port d’Andratx . . . . . . . . . . . .79Sant Elm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83SERRA DE TRAMUNTANA . . 84Andratx to Valldemossa . . 84Valldemossa . . . . . . . . . . . . .87Port de Valldemossa . . . . . 90Deià & Around . . . . . . . . . . . 90Sóller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92Port de Sóller . . . . . . . . . . . .95Biniaraix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Fornalutx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98Road from Sóller to Alaró . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99Cala de Sa Calobra & Cala Tuent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101Monestir de Lluc & Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

NORTHERN MALLORCA . . . . . . . . 103Pollença & Around . . . . . . . 106Pollença . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106Cala Sant Vicenç . . . . . . . .109Port de Pollença . . . . . . . . . 110

CAP DE FORMENTOR . . . . 112BADIA D’ALCÚDIA . . . . . . . 112Alcúdia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112Port d’Alcúdia . . . . . . . . . . . 114Cap des Pinar . . . . . . . . . . . 115Parc Natural de S’Albufera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117SOUTH OF ALCÚDIA . . . . . 118Ca’n Picafort & Around . . . 118Son Serra de Marina . . . . . 119Colònia de Sant Pere . . . . . 119

THE INTERIOR . . . . . 120THE CENTRAL CORRIDOR 121Santa Maria del Camí & Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Binissalem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Santa Eugènia . . . . . . . . . . .124Inca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125Around Inca . . . . . . . . . . . . .126Sineu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128Sa Pobla & Muro . . . . . . . .129THE SOUTHEAST . . . . . . . . 129Algaida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129Montuïri & Around . . . . . . .130Petra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Manacor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131Felanitx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

EASTERN MALLORCA . . . . . . . . 134ARTÀ & AROUND . . . . . . . . 136Artà . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136Parc Natural de la Península de Llevant . . . . .138Capdepera . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Cala Ratjada . . . . . . . . . . . .140Coves d’Artà & Platja de Canyamel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143CALA MILLOR TO PORTOCOLOM . . . . . . . . . . 144Cala Millor & Around . . . . .144Porto Cristo . . . . . . . . . . . . .145Portocolom . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

SOUTHERN MALLORCA . . . . . . . . 150FROM CAP ENDERROCAT TO SA RÀPITA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Cala Pi & Around . . . . . . . .152Sa Ràpita & Around . . . . . .152COLÒNIA DE SANT JORDI & AROUND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153Colònia de Sant Jordi . . . .153Platja des Trenc . . . . . . . . .155Ses Salines . . . . . . . . . . . . .155SANTANYÍ TO CALA D’OR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157Santanyí & Around . . . . . . . 157Cala Figuera . . . . . . . . . . . .159Parc Natural de Mondragó . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159Portopetro . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159Cala d’Or . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

ACCOMMODATION . .162PALMA DE MALLORCA . . . 164WESTERN MALLORCA. . . . 165NORTHERN MALLORCA . . 169THE INTERIOR . . . . . . . . . . .171EASTERN MALLORCA . . . . 172SOUTHERN MALLORCA . . 174

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