Travel Eye on Ca'N Picafort (Mallorca, Spain)

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Overview

The holiday resort of C'an Picafort is the principle coastal development of the municipality of Santa Margalida, 60km north east of Palma, at the eastern end of the Bay of Alcudia, on the north coast of Mallorca/Majorca.

Transfer time into the resort from the Son Sant Joan international airport on the outskirts of Palma is usually around 1.1/2 hours, although if you are driving the PM27 Motorway does now take you as far north as the town of Inca, but from there the journey become a little more complex as you have to cut across country, or continue north to Alcudia and then take the coast road east through Playa de Muro into C'an Picafort.

The town of Santa Margalida itself actually lies approximately 10km inland of C'an Picafort, and this is where most of the resident population of the area live. Depending on the route taken for your transfer from the airport, you may have already passed through it on the way into C'an Picafort.

This resort is much quieter than nearby Puerto de Alcudia, this is a place for families and couples to enjoy a relaxing seaside break.

There is a variety of hotels concentrated near, but generally not on, the 2 beaches, the better ones being at Son Baulo. Quality ranges from simple hostels to presentable 4-stars.

Locality

C'an Picafort is on the north east coast, (it is 38 mls NE of Palma and airport, 6 mls S of Puerto de Alcudia). It is NE-facing, on land that slopes gently down to the sea, with a vast, flat agricultural plain farther inland.

Entertainment/Activities/Things To Do:

The resort has a wide traffic free beachside promenade, which lined with restaurants and bars running from the marina and fishing harbour to the more modern Son Baulo area of the town a further 2km away to the east.

For beach lovers of all ages, the best of the resorts two main beaches is found in the Baulo district too, where you will also find a small protected nature reserve. Parents with small children should be aware that this area has a large pool of stagnant water and is host to a number of other "less protected" species of wildlife. Although again the local council are keen to point out that the presence of Mediterranean tortoises, red pheasants, hares, rabbits, weasels, dormice and Algerian hedgehogs, all contribute to making this area of great environment significance. In all fairness this beach a very clean has does have good facilities, although you should expect to pay around 10.5 € for the hire of two sun beds and an umbrella for the day.

Other than the numerous bars and restaurants, the resort really has very little other tourist attractions, and with the notable exception of the two nightclubs in the town, evening entertainment is generally hotel based.

A regular bus service runs along the coast road, running through Playa de Muro into nearby Alcudia. It costs just over 1 € per person for the one way trip, but please note that the buses can become very crowded at times, and are known to attract pickpockets. In comparison a taxi for the same journey costs around 10 € for a maximum of 4 people.