# Pollença and Cap de Formentor

A stone village with 365 steps, a quiet harbour and the road to the Formentor lighthouse, closed to cars in summer. An hour from Palma.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/spain/balearic-islands/pollenca-and-formentor · Revisado: 2026-11-13

Pollença is really three places. The village, of stone and tiles, 6 km from the sea, with its Plaça Major and the Calvari steps. The Port de Pollença, at the head of an open, calm bay, with a beach, a pine-lined promenade and boats. And the Formentor peninsula, a tongue of cliffs that pushes into the sea as far as the lighthouse, the northern tip of Mallorca. You can see all three in a long day; with a night, the plan breathes.

## How do you get there from Palma?

By car, take the Ma-13 motorway towards Alcúdia to the Sa Pobla and Pollença exit: about 55 km and nearly 50 minutes to the village, ten more to the Port. Without a car, TIB line 301 links Palma with Pollença and the Port de Pollença; check the Sunday timetable at tib.org before setting out, because it changes with the day and the season.

## Can you drive to the Formentor lighthouse?

In summer, no. The Formentor road, the Ma-2210, belongs to the Consell de Mallorca, which sets each season's restrictions together with the DGT (traffic authority). In 2026 they applied from 15 May to 18 October, every day from 10:00 to 22:00:

As far as Formentor beach you can drive in as long as there is room in the beach car park. When it fills up, the barrier at the exit from the Port lets through only authorised vehicles: buses, residents, bikes, taxis, VTC cars, coaches and vehicles of people with reduced mobility who hold a permit.

From the beach to the lighthouse only the shuttle bus, bikes, residents, emergency vehicles and authorised vehicles may pass. No private car, no hire car, no taxi.

The alternative is line 334, which leaves the Port for the lighthouse roughly every 35 minutes and stops at the es Colomer viewpoint, the beach and Cala Figuera-Cala Murta. You can also reach the beach on the Lanchas La Gaviota boat, 25 minutes from the quay. Outside those dates, or before 10:00, the road is open as far as the lighthouse.

## Where to park?

In the village, the streets in the centre are narrow: leave the car on the outskirts and walk in, or book a hotel with parking, such as the Hotel Juma. On Sundays, with the market in the Plaça Major, arrive before 10:00. In the Port, park to take the boat or the bus to Formentor; the shuttle also has stops at Bóquer and Can Singala, on the road in.

## How much time do you need?

A day covers the morning in the village and the afternoon at Formentor. With two days you can devote a whole one to the peninsula: the lighthouse early, the es Colomer viewpoint and Formentor beach by boat; and another for the Sunday market, the Calvari and a short route, such as the Puig de Maria or the Bóquer valley.

## When to go

April, May and June, and September and October. It is good for walking, the sea is warm enough for a swim from the end of May and boats run from April to October. In July and August everything works, but Formentor beach and the Port fill up, and it pays to move early. In winter the village carries on with its Sunday market and its museums, but there are no boats to Formentor and some hotels close: Son Brull, for example, opens from 11 April.

## Where to stay

In the village, if you want the square, the market and dinners on foot: the Juma, right on the Plaça Major. In the Port, if you will be getting around by boat, bus or bike: the Illa d'Or, on the pine promenade. For a spa getaway among vineyards, Son Brull, 2 km from the village.

## Dónde está
- Cerca: Sóller and the Serra de Tramuntana (a 28.6 km), Valldemossa and Deià (a 36.5 km)

## Qué hacer
- **Formentor Lighthouse, at the northern tip of Mallorca** (1 h 30 · Everyone · Free): The lighthouse closes the Formentor road, about 20 km of bends from Port de Pollença above the cliffs of the peninsula. The tower is 22 m tall, but its light is 210 m above the sea: the highest in Mallorca. Today it runs by itself, remotely controlled and solar-powered, and the old lighthouse keepers' houses have a catering service.
Six years of building on a cape with no road
It was part of the series of lighthouses built in Mallorca so that ships could navigate safely at night, and it was the hardest of its time. Work began in 1857 and the first two and a half years went on opening the track to carry up the materials, with more than two hundred workers. They also worked on Sundays and holidays, and the Bishop of Mallorca had an altar set up right there so they could hear Mass before starting the day. It was inaugurated in 1863, with the keepers' houses beside the tower.
May to October: the barrier at km 8.7
The Consell de Mallorca, owner of the Ma-2210, regulates access every summer with the DGT (Spain's traffic authority). In 2026 it applied from 15 May to 18 October, from 10:00 to 22:00. The last stretch, from Formentor beach (the barrier at km 8.7) to the lighthouse, admits only authorised vehicles: the TIB shuttle bus, bicycles, residents, emergency vehicles and cars of people with reduced mobility with the V-15 sign and a permit requested from the DGT three working days in advance. No taxis or hire cars. You go up on line 334, which leaves Port de Pollença roughly every 35 minutes, or by bike.
If you enter by car before 10:00, you must have passed km 8.6 by 9:58 or you will be fined. Stopping outside the marked spaces is also fined, even with one wheel over the white line. The dates change each year: check them on the Consell's Formentor website or the DGT's before you go.
Out of season, by car
Outside those dates, and in season before 10:00 and after 22:00, the road is open to everyone. In November you can drive up to the lighthouse in your own car; bus 334 does not run then.
On the way: es Colomer, Cala Figuera and Cala Murta
The road passes the es Colomer viewpoint, beside the Albercutx watchtower, descends to Formentor beach and continues above Cala Figuera, Cala Murta and Cala en Gossalba, where the bus has a stop. The peninsula belonged to the family of the poet Miquel Costa i Llobera, who wrote El pi de Formentor here. From the sea you see it on the boat excursion to the cape.
- **Es Colomer Viewpoint and Albercutx Watchtower** (30 min · Everyone · Free): It is the first stop on the Formentor road: a balcony on the Punta de la Nau, more than 200 m above the sea, facing the islet of es Colomer. From here you see the Serra de Tramuntana and the Mediterranean.
The islet painted by the Pollença School
Es Colomer is about 300 m long and rises 112 m above the water. The painters of the Escola de Pollença and many artists who came through here from the end of the 19th century painted it again and again: for them it summed up the rugged coast of the sierra. The good light is the afternoon's, and at sunset groups gather to watch the sun go down over the sea.
Antonio Parietti and his road
At the viewpoint there is a monument to Antonio Parietti Coll, the engineer who designed the Formentor road and the viewpoint itself. Half an hour is enough to look out and see the monument.
Climbing to the Albercutx watchtower
At the top, at 380 m, you see the Albercutx watchtower, one of the lookout towers built between the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th against pirates. With Joan Binimelis's system, the tower keepers gave warning with smoke by day and fire by night, from tower to tower as far as Palma, in a little over half an hour; to Inca, sa Pobla or Campanet the warning arrived with messengers on foot or on horseback. Centuries later it was an observation post during the world wars and the Civil War: abandoned military installations remain, with drawings of aeroplanes on the walls, and the access track was opened by Republican prisoners from a nearby concentration camp. From the top you see Cap de Formentor, es Colomer, Pollença bay and the Cavall Bernat range.
Several walking routes leave from the viewpoint, one of them to the tower. The town council does not publish its distance or time: ask at the Port tourist office before setting out, and bring water.
By car or on the 334
The viewpoint is on the first stretch of the Ma-2210, between Port de Pollença and Formentor beach. In season (in 2026, 15 May to 18 October), from 10:00 to 22:00, you can drive past only while there is room in the beach car park: when it fills, the barrier at km 2, on the way out of the Port, closes to unauthorised vehicles. Stopping outside the marked spaces is fined. Line 334 stops at the viewpoint, and by bike it is the first stop on the ride to the lighthouse. The rest of the year access is free.
- **Formentor Beach** (4 h · Families · Free access): A stretch of sand nearly a kilometre long, narrow, with very fine white sand, backed by a forest of pines and holm oaks whose branches almost touch the water. It is in the Formentor inlet, the Pi de la Posada cove, which it shares with Cala Gentil, the Hotel Formentor and, opposite, the islet of Formentor. It is 12 km from Port de Pollença by road and 3.5 miles by sea.
Clear water over a sandy bottom
The bottom is sand and shelves gently: about 3 m at 200 m from the shore and about 5 m at 300 m. The water is clear and calm for swimming far from the shore and, with a mask, looking at the sea floor. Between the coast and the islet of Formentor there is a channel barely a metre deep: do not cross it by boat or anchor in it.
Boat, car or bus

By boat, the most comfortable way: the Lanchas La Gaviota boat crosses the bay from the Moll Nou in about 25 minutes, from April to October, for €18 return. You come back on whichever boat you like the same day: in summer, at 12:30, 13:30, 15:30 or 16:30.
By car: in season (in 2026, 15 May to 18 October), from 10:00 to 22:00, the car park at km 8 admits cars without a permit until it fills. Then the traffic light at km 2, on the way out of the Port, goes red and the barrier comes down: you wait on the service road for a space to free up or come by bus. Entering with the barrier closed is fined. Taxis can reach the beach. Before 10:00 and out of season, the road is open.
By bus: line 334, which leaves from Alcúdia and Port de Pollença, has a stop at the beach.

Adam Diehl's hotel
The Hotel Formentor was opened in 1929 by the German-born Argentine businessman Adam Diehl, who wanted a refuge for artists; the investment ruined him and in 1935 he left for Buenos Aires. Winston Churchill, Charles Chaplin, Grace Kelly, John Wayne and Octavio Paz passed through, and from 1959 it hosted the Formentor Poetry Conversations promoted by Camilo José Cela. According to the town council, it is being rebuilt today.
If you arrive in your own boat
The inlet is a good anchorage, but with south-east, south or south-west winds anchors can drag. Do not pass through or anchor in the islet's channel.
Sunloungers, lifeguards and dogs: ask first
The town council does not publish whether there are sunloungers, lifeguards, showers or a beach bar on the beach, or whether dogs are allowed. Ask at the Port tourist office before going and, just in case, bring water and food.
- **Pollença's Calvari and its 365 steps** (45 min · Anyone who can climb stairs · Free): A stairway of 365 steps, one for each day of the year, climbs from the centre of Pollença between cypresses and fourteen crosses of about three metres, the stations of the Way of the Cross, to the Calvari oratory. At the top you have the most complete view of the town, with its rooftops and the bay beyond.
Five minutes from Plaça Major
The stairs begin on Carrer del Calvari, a five-minute walk from Plaça Major via Plaça dels Seglars. It is just another street in the town: there are no opening hours or entrance fee. With the climb, a stop at the top and the descent, allow three quarters of an hour. It is steps from start to finish: with a pushchair, a baby carrier is better. Most of the stairway was built between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th.
The oratory and the fishermen's image
The oratory at the top dates from the end of the 18th century and took its present appearance in a thorough renovation in the 1960s. It holds a 14th-century sculptural group, Christ with the Virgin at his feet, which according to tradition was found by fishermen near Cala de Sant Vicenç. The town council does not publish opening hours for the oratory; ask at the tourist office in Plaça Major if you want to see inside.
When the hill belonged to the Templars
After the conquest of 1229, James I gave the Templars a large territory in the north of Mallorca for their help. They were almost feudal lords of Pollença: they collected taxes, held the parish of Nostra Senyora dels Àngels and administered justice. On this hill they put the gallows, in view of the whole town, and that is why it was first called Puig de les Forques. When Pope Clement V dissolved the order, in 1312, its property passed to the Hospitallers, the future Order of Malta.
The Good Friday Davallament
It is one of the best-known Holy Week events on the island. On that day a very valuable image of Christ is brought down from the Calvari and carried in procession down the stairway to the church of Nostra Senyora dels Àngels. All of it is done in silence, lit only by the brotherhoods' torches.
What time to climb
First thing or as evening falls, when the stairs are in shade and the sun is not punishing. You can go up with a dog, on a lead.
- **Boat from Port de Pollença to Formentor beach** (50 min · Families, without a car · Desde 18 € per person, return): When the Formentor road fills up, the boat is the relaxed way to reach the beach: 25 minutes across Pollença bay from the Moll Nou, with a toilet, a bar with cold drinks and snacks, a covered shaded area and an open upper deck. It is run by Lanchas La Gaviota, which now sells its tickets as Pollensa Boat Trips.
Boarding behind the Stay
The departure pier is at the Moll Nou in Port de Pollença, just behind the Stay restaurant. When you book, a confirmation arrives by email with a link to the exact spot on Google Maps. You board by a ramp, but the company warns that access depends on the state of the sea and the pier: if you use a wheelchair, check before booking.
Departures and returns by month
The boat runs from April to October; in November and in winter there is no service.

April: leaves at 11:00 and returns at 12:30.
May: leaves at 11:00 and 13:00; returns at 12:30 and 15:30.
June to September: leaves at 11:00, 12:00 and 13:00; returns at 12:30, 13:30, 15:30 and 16:30.
October: the same three departures; the last return is at 15:30.

The ticket is open-return: you choose on the beach which boat to come back on, always on the same day.
Open ticket: €18 and free up to age five
The standard ticket costs €18 return and the reduced fare €9.50; children under 5 do not pay. Travel insurance is included. You can take your bike or the child's pushchair, and your own food and drink too. Book on their website by card up to an hour before departure, if there are places left, or pay in cash on the pier before boarding. In July and August it is best to book days ahead.
Cala Murta and the lighthouse seen from the water
From May to October the same company runs a two-and-a-half-hour excursion to the cape. It leaves at 10:30, crosses the bay, stops for a swim at Cala Murta or Cala en Gossalba (depending on the number of passengers and the sea) and carries on to Cap de Formentor, with the lighthouse and the cliffs seen from below. On the way back you can stay at Formentor beach and return on the 13:30, 15:30 or 16:30 boat, or stay on board to the Port. Its website advertises it at €29 for the standard fare, sometimes discounted.
What to bring and what not to
Swimsuit, towel, sun cream and sunglasses, and a snorkelling mask if you want to look at the sea floor on the beach: they do not lend them. If you are spending the whole day, a dry change of clothes. You cannot swim during the crossing.
- **By bike from Port de Pollença to Formentor lighthouse** (4 h 30 · 40 km · Fit cyclists or e-bike riders · Desde 18.2 € per bike per day): The Formentor road, the Ma-2210, is one of the classic climbs of Mallorca cycling, and from mid-May to mid-October the bike is one of the few vehicles that can ride all of it when cars are not allowed through. From Port de Pollença to the lighthouse it is about 20 km, with two long climbs: the one to the es Colomer viewpoint, more than 200 m above the sea, and the last one towards the lighthouse, whose light is at 210 m. The round trip comes to about 40 km.
Hire on Carrer Joan XXIII
In the Port, Rent March hires bikes by the day, at Carrer Joan XXIII, 89. Their starting prices: e-bike from €18.20, road bike from €22.75 (specific models from €31.20 to €45.50), mountain bike from €13, leisure bike from €10.40 and children's bike from €5.20. Their website does not say what is included (helmet, lock, puncture kit) or the deposit: ask when you book on 971 864 784 or 669 983 456. With an e-bike, the route is within reach of anyone used to pedalling for a couple of hours.
The Ma-2210 without cars, May to October
In 2026, from 15 May to 18 October and from 10:00 to 22:00, the road has two barriers. The one at km 2, on the way out of the Port, lets cars through only while there is room in the beach car park; the one at km 8.7, beyond the beach, closes the lighthouse section to everything not authorised. Bicycles are authorised on both sections, as is the TIB bus 334. If you set off from 10:00 you share the last stretch almost only with the bus and other bikes. Outside those dates and hours, cars use the whole road.
Where it is worth getting off the bike
The first stop is the es Colomer viewpoint, with the islet ahead. Then you descend towards the beach, pass above Cala Figuera and Cala Murta and climb to the lighthouse, where the old lighthouse keepers' houses have a catering service. On the way back, stop at Formentor beach for a swim. If your legs are not up to the return, from April to October the Lanchas La Gaviota boat carries bikes from the beach to the Port.
Wind, bends and water
The road is narrow, with tight bends and no hard shoulder. Stopping outside the marked spaces is fined in season, so choose carefully where to put a foot down. Wear a helmet, a rear light and plenty of water: there are no fountains on the peninsula. In a strong tramontana the final stretch is hard going and the road can close because of rockfalls; the Consell de Mallorca publishes incidents in real time.
- **Climb to the Puig de Maria sanctuary** (1 h 30 · 4.3 km · Some walking habit · medium difficulty · Independent · free): The hill that rises south of Pollença, at 330 m, has a sanctuary dedicated to the Virgin on its summit, with a church, refectory, guesthouse and a view over the bays of Pollença and Alcúdia. The town council's official route adds up to 4.31 km and about 287 m of ascent on a dirt track: an hour and a half in total. It rates it medium difficulty: short, but with a steep slope.
From Camí del Puig, beside the Palma road
The path starts on Camí del Puig de Maria, south of the town, beside the Palma to Port road. The track runs almost entirely in the sun up to the walls of the old monastery. The town council does not publish where to park: if you come by car, ask at the tourist office or set off on foot from the town.
A vow against the Black Death
In 1348 the Black Death reached Mallorca and killed one in five people. That year permission was given to build a chapel here as a plea for protection; according to tradition, locals had found an image of the Virgin on the hill, drawn by some lights. The chapel was finished in 1355. In 1362 three nuns came up and founded an enclosed community, and in 1371 the monastery was consecrated, surrounded by walls and a tower to watch for attacks from the sea. In the 15th century it had its best period, with daughters of noble families among the nuns. In 1564 the bishop closed it because many nuns did not accept the reforms of the Council of Trent, and they moved to Palma. It reopened in 1638, no longer with a religious community.
The refectory and the Virgin of the altarpiece
The church mixes the original Gothic, an 18th-century Baroque renovation and the Neo-Gothic restoration of the end of the 19th century promoted by the poet and priest Miquel Costa i Llobera. On the main altarpiece is the 14th-century image of the Virgin, and the refectory is one of the best preserved of its kind. Up there is also a small museum on the life and customs of the place in different periods.
Sleeping in a cell
The sanctuary has a guesthouse with 12 cells for an overnight stay, run over time by different religious communities. The town council does not publish contact details or prices: ask at the Pollença tourist office, in Plaça Major, and book in advance.
Before you set off
Go up first thing or late in the afternoon, with water and a cap. From the top you see Pollença, the bays of Pollença and Alcúdia, the Serra de Tramuntana and the Albufera de Pollença. At the foot of the hill, among vines and olive trees, is the hotel Son Brull; in the town, the Calvari is the other climb, shorter and by steps.
- **Bóquer Valley to the cove** (1 h 30 · 5.5 km · Families · Independent · free): The most rewarding short walk from Port de Pollença climbs a valley between two mountain ranges to an undeveloped cove of pebbles and very clear water. It is 5.49 km round trip, 174 m of cumulative ascent and an hour and a half in total, on a path. The town council rates it low difficulty.
Avinguda de Bocchoris, on the way out of the Port
The path starts on Avinguda de Bocchoris, in the Bóquer housing estate, signposted from the road from the Port towards Formentor. If you are staying in the Port you can walk from your hotel; if you come by car, the town council says to park on the estate and continue on foot. TIB bus 334 has a Bóquer stop on the Ma-2200. The route is well signposted all the way to the sea.
Country-estate houses, lime kilns and two crags
First you pass old country estates and lime kilns, and then the valley opens out, with the Cavall Bernat range to the west. The last kilometre and a half runs among pines and passes two large rocks before dropping to the cove. You return the same way.
Bocchoris, the village of the slingers
Beside the path are the remains of Bocchoris, a Talaiotic settlement from around 1000 BC, one of the most important on the island. Its inhabitants were slingers, and their aim took them to fight in Carthaginian and Roman armies. Pliny mentioned the place in the 1st century BC, and Bóquer takes its name from it.
Pebbles, posidonia and three metres of depth
The cove runs about 300 m into the coast, enclosed by bare limestone cliffs; to the west, Cavall Bernat rises to 360 m and falls almost sheer into the water. The little beach, on the left, is cobbles and gravel, often with posidonia on the shore. The sea bed is sand: about 2 m deep at 100 m from the shore and about 3 m at 150 m. It is open to north and north-west winds, so in a tramontana the water comes in choppy. Some fishermen keep their boats there, and boats use it as an anchorage.
No shade, no services
There is little shade and no fountain or beach bar: bring water, a cap and something to eat. The path has loose stones, so closed shoes are better than sandals, and water shoes help for getting into the water over the pebbles. The valley crosses private land: respect the gates and ask at the Port tourist office if you are bringing a dog.
- **Sunday market in Pollença's Plaça Major** (1 h 15 · Everyone · Free entry): Every Sunday of the year, from 9:00 to 13:30, Pollença's Plaça Major fills with stalls, which carry on through Plaça de ca les Monnares and the surrounding streets. It is above all a market of local produce, with some crafts and other goods, and it is used by locals and passers-by alike.
Fruit, cured meats and bread
Most stalls sell food: seasonal fruit and vegetables, cured meats, cheeses, olives, bread and sweets. Among them are some selling crafts and manufactured goods. Entry is free.
Arrive before ten
Come early: first thing you can still park near the centre and the fruit stalls are fully stocked. If you are staying at the Hotel Juma, the market is set up in front of the door.
The whole morning in the centre
The market fits in with everything else a few steps away. The Calvari stairway starts five minutes from the square. The Museu de Pollença, in the old Sant Domingo convent, is open on Sundays from 10:00 to 13:30 and admission is free.
Wednesday in the Port and the night market
If you are staying in Port de Pollença, the market there is on Wednesday, at the same time, from 9:00 to 13:30. It was officially established in 1984, although informal selling stalls had existed since the 1950s, and in summer it fills with visitors. From June to September there is also a night market on the Port's seafront, from 19:00 to 24:00, with about fifteen stalls.
Two fairs in the cloister
Pollença holds its fira normally on the second Sunday of November, with fair days from Saturday to Monday. The first written mention dates from 1784, and since 1984 there has been a crafts show in the Sant Domingo cloister. In April, in the same cloister, the Fira del Vi brings together wines from Mallorca: it has been organised since 2004 by the Vi Primitiu association with the town council.
- **Museu de Pollença in the Sant Domingo convent** (1 h · Everyone; a plan for a rainy day · Free): Pollença's municipal museum occupies the old Sant Domingo convent, in the centre of the town, and can be visited free: both admission and guided tours. It officially opened in 1975 and today holds one of the most complete painting collections in Mallorca, alongside Gothic altarpieces from the town's churches.
A Dominican convent of 1588
The convent was built between 1588 and 1616. The Dominicans lived in it until the confiscation of 1836; afterwards it was a Guardia Civil barracks, a warehouse and a library. The church has a basilica plan, with ten side chapels, each with an altarpiece of its period; the main one, of the Mare de Déu del Roser, was made between 1651 and 1662 and holds a 15th-century image. The Baroque cloister is rectangular, with four arcaded galleries on Ionic columns.
Painters who came from Paris
At the start of the 20th century painters began arriving in Pollença from Paris: Anglada Camarasa, Tito Cittadini, Bellini, López Nagil, Montenegro. Others followed, from Latin America and from the island. In 1962 the Salón Estival de Pintura was born, today the Certamen Internacional de Artes Visuales, and its prizewinning works make up the museum's contemporary art collection.
From prehistory to the mandala
Besides painting, there is a prehistory room, ceramics from the convent itself, the Gothic altarpieces, the collection of the Argentine artist Atilio Boveri and a Buddhist Kalachakra mandala. An hour is enough to see it calmly; with the church and cloister, a little more.
Tuesday to Sunday mornings
According to the town council, it opens Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 to 14:00 and Saturdays and Sundays from 10:00 to 13:30. It is closed on Mondays and public holidays. The tourist office publishes slightly different hours (Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 to 14:00), so if you go at the weekend near closing time, call first on 971 531 166 or write to museu@ajpollenca.net. The address is Carrer Pere J. Cànaves Salas, s/n.
Before or after the museum
It is a few minutes' walk from Plaça Major and from the foot of the Calvari. On Sunday it fits with the square's market, which closes at the same time. It is also the back-up plan if it rains or is too hot for Bóquer or the Puig de Maria. In November, during the fira, the cloister hosts the crafts show, and in April the Fira del Vi.
- **Photo Session in Pollença Old Town, from Plaça Major** (30 min · Couples, friends, families with children aged 17 and over and solo travellers who want natural photos in the stone streets · Holiday, 30 min and 10–15 photos, €55 per person (discounted to €17 on 14 November 2026); Exclusive, 1 h and 20–25 photos, €70 per person; Photos and reel, 1 h 30 and 25–30 photos plus a vertical video, €190 per group): You meet in Pollença's Plaça Major with Yosvany, a photographer who has spent nine years taking holiday photos in Mallorca, and in half an hour or an hour you walk the stone streets of the old town: church doorways, flights of steps, flowerpots, the mountain behind. He tells you how to stand without it looking posed, and in less than two days you have the edited photos in a private gallery. He sells it only as a service on Airbnb, which is where you book: €55 per person for the short session, which on 14 November 2026 appeared discounted to €17.
Three sessions

Holiday session: 30 minutes, two or three nearby corners and 10 to 15 photos edited. €55 per person.
Exclusive session: one hour, four to six places and 20 to 25 photos. €70 per person.
Photos and reel: an hour and a half, four to six places, 25 to 30 photos and a vertical video for social media. €190 per group.

The first two are delivered in under 48 hours; the reel one, in under 72. All are private and in the old town. The listing allows participants from age 17.
Which corners work well
The square, with the church of Nostra Senyora dels Àngels, is the starting point. A step away are the foot of the Calvari, with its steps among cypresses, and the cloister of the Sant Domingo convent, home to the Museu de Pollença. The photographer's sample photos are of these streets: a couple facing the mountain with a full moon, two friends in front of a church doorway, a stone staircase. With the one-hour session or the reel one there is time to climb a few stretches of the Calvari.
Sundays are different
On Sunday morning the square fills with the market and it is hard to get a clean shot. On that day, it is better late in the afternoon, once the stalls have packed up.
- **Pollença Free Tour, from the Sant Domingo Cloister to the Calvari** (1 h 30 · Anyone who wants to learn Pollença's history from a local and doesn't mind climbing steps · Free; at the end you leave whatever tip you decide): Pollença has a history of pirates, of painters who came from Paris and of a town that climbed the 365 steps of its Calvari in prayer. Pedro tells it in an hour and a half on foot, in Spanish, on a free tour that you book for free on Freetour.com: at the end everyone leaves whatever tip they see fit. It is the cheapest way to understand the town before going into its museum or sitting down on the Plaça Major.
Where it starts and where it goes
The meeting point is the gates of the Sant Domingo cloister, the former Dominican convent that houses the Museu de Pollença. In front there is a little square with low stone walls; the guide carries a tablet so you can recognise him. From there the route passes three places:

The Sant Domingo cloister, the convent and what it says about the town's past.
The steps of the Calvari: 365 steps climbed in about fifteen minutes, in two or three stretches, with stops to catch your breath and listen.
The Joan March gardens, next to the convent.

Bring comfortable shoes: the climb to the Calvari is the physical part of the walk. At the top, in the oratory, you see the town and the bay.
Times and booking
The slots change by day: you choose them in the listing's calendar. On Saturday 14 November 2026 there were two, at 11:00 and at 18:00. There is no minimum group, booking and cancelling are free and nothing is charged in advance. If you can't go, cancel: the platform penalises no-shows. The tour is in Spanish only.
How it fits into the day
In the morning, start with the eleven o'clock free tour and continue to the museum, which is in the same convent and free; it closes at 14:00 on weekdays and at 13:30 at weekends. The afternoon slot pairs well with dinner at the Port. On Sundays, the Plaça Major has a market until half past one.
- **Travel Photo Session with Flor Galarza, from Port de Pollença** (1 h · Couples, multi-generational families and groups who want a wedding photographer's reportage, at a more relaxed pace than an express session · Standard session, 1 h, €420; marriage proposal, 1 h with help choosing place and time, €480; intimate wedding or elopement, 2 h, €580): Flor Galarza is a wedding photographer in the north of Mallorca, with a studio in Pollença, and she also does one-hour sessions for travellers: couples, families, people travelling alone. Her meeting point is in Port de Pollença, and her sample photos are of headlands over the sea, rocks with waves and jetties. She sells it as a service on Airbnb, which is where you book, at a group price of €420 an hour, for up to ten people.
Three commissions

Standard session: one hour outdoors, for couples, families or solo travellers. €420.
Marriage proposal: one hour, with help choosing the place and the time when the light and the crowds cooperate. €480.
Intimate wedding or elopement: two hours, handled like a reportage. €580.

She accepts groups of up to ten people and children from age two: it is one of the few sessions on this coast genuinely designed for big families.
Where it takes place
The photographer travels within the area marked on her map, based in Port de Pollença; for anywhere else you need to write to her first. Her sample photos give an idea of the settings: a couple on top of a headland with the cliffs behind, as from the Es Colomer viewpoint on the way to Formentor; flat rocks with the sea breaking; a jetty with the bay behind. Agree the place by message when you book, because from mid-May to mid-October the Formentor road restricts car access from 10:00 to 22:00.
The photographer
She has ten years' experience and more than six hundred sessions, trained at the Escuela Argentina de Fotografía and has taken photos for the lifestyle magazine Spend In. Because of her wedding work, her style is reportage: natural light and unforced gestures.

## Dónde comer
- **Celler La Parra** (Restaurant, Port de Pollença, €€). Qué pedir: the suckling pig or the roast Mallorcan lamb, and the trampó or the frito to start.
- **Stay Restaurant** (Restaurant, Port de Pollença, €€€). Qué pedir: the bluefin tuna tartare caught in Mallorca or the Mallorcan shoulder of lamb; the set menu includes wine, water, dessert and coffee.
- **Gran Cafe 1919** (Café, Port de Pollença, €€). Qué pedir: a sobrasada and cheese coca with a coffee, or tapas to share on the terrace; children have their own menu.

## By car: By car from Palma, with the Formentor clock in mind
From Palma it is about 55 km along the Ma-13 motorway to Pollença, a little under an hour, and ten minutes more to the Port. The car is convenient for moving between the town, the Port and the Puig de Maria; at Formentor the calendar rules. From mid-May to mid-October, from 10:00 to 22:00, you can drive in only as far as the beach while there is room in its car park, and you cannot drive up to the lighthouse.
Presupuesto orientativo: 90–170 € por persona y día.
### Dónde dormir if you're driving
- **Hotel Juma** (Small hotel): Dates engraved at the entrance
The Juma is at number 9 Plaça Major in Pollença, facing the church and in the middle of the Sunday market. It opened in 1907 and is still in the hands of the same family: it presents itself as the oldest hotel still operating in Mallorca. On the entrance floor the dates of its history are still engraved, 1907, 1958 and 1997. The same house runs L'Hostal Boutique Rooms, opened in 2003 on Carrer del Mercat, a minute's walk away.
Seven rooms, two categories
There are only seven. The standard doubles, of about 16 m², have air conditioning and heating with controls in each room, wifi, Chromecast and locally produced toiletries. The superior doubles, of about 20 m², are corner rooms with direct views of Plaça Major, with the same equipment and more space. They keep their original joinery and Mallorcan-style furniture. Their website gives no check-in or check-out time, nor says whether dogs are allowed: ask when you book.
What you gain by booking on their website
Booking direct, the hotel offers free parking (limited spaces), a best-price guarantee, priority for upgrading to a better room, early check-in if the room is ready, check-out until 13:00 if requested beforehand and a discount on breakfast. The website does not say which rates include breakfast: check when you book.
The car in a centre of narrow streets
From Palma it is about 55 km along the Ma-13 motorway towards Alcúdia and the exit for Sa Pobla and Pollença. The centre has narrow streets and the square fills with stalls on Sunday mornings: if you come by car, ask for parking when you book and ask which way to arrive that day. Without a car, TIB bus 301 links Palma with Pollença and the Port.
The square at all hours
On foot you have the Calvari, the Sunday market at the same door and the Museu de Pollença, and the Puig de Maria starts on the edge of the town. The Port and the boat to Formentor are about 6 km away.
- **Hotel Illa d'Or** (Hotel): A 1929 hotel over the water
The Illa d'Or opened in 1929, when there were almost no houses around it in Port de Pollença; its website keeps the photo from then. It is at the end of the Pine Walk, the quietest stretch of the seafront promenade, with its own jetty over the bay. It is a superior four-star.
Rooms and facilities
It has double rooms, suites with big windows onto the sea and apartments with a living-dining room opening onto the garden. There are three pools: an outdoor one, a heated indoor one and one facing the sea for adults only, aged 16 and over, like the spa, with a hydrotherapy circuit, sauna, steam bath and treatments. A gym, tennis court, laundry, left-luggage and vehicle hire complete the picture.
For eating, there is the panoramic restaurant La Terrassa, the gourmet 1929, with views of the promenade, and a snack bar. The hotel also has a traditional sailing boat, the Isabel María, for outings with guests.
For cycling
It hires out bicycles, and has a garage to store them, a washing area and a washing machine. The Formentor road starts at the door: in season, with cars cut off from 10:00 to 22:00, it is the best starting point for cycling up to the lighthouse.
Getting there
From Palma, about 60 km along the Ma-13 and through Pollença. Without a car, TIB line 301 reaches Port de Pollença; the stop for line 334 to Formentor is in the Port itself.
- **Son Brull Hotel & Spa** (Spa hotel): At the foot of the Puig de Maria, at kilometre 49.8
Son Brull is a former 18th-century monastery converted into a five-star hotel, a member of Relais & Châteaux and holder of a Michelin Guide Key for 2026. It sits at the start of the Serra de Tramuntana, at the foot of the Puig de Maria, 2 km from Pollença and 6 km from the sea. You reach it by the Palma to Pollença road, the PM-220, at kilometre 49.8, just before entering the town. Parking is free, with two electric-car charging points, and staff carry up your luggage and park your car at the entrance.
Mind the dates: the hotel warns that it is closed until 11 April, while it renovates the rooms and the pool area.
Nine ways to sleep
The rooms range from the superior and deluxe to the duplexes, the grand deluxe and premium deluxe, the junior suites (some with a terrace) and the villa suites, with a terrace and private pool. They are understated, in wood and white, with views of the countryside. Check-in is from 15:00; if you arrive earlier, you can use the spa while the room is prepared. Cots for babies aged 0 to 2 are free.
What comes from the estate
The estate has 32 hectares in terraces with centuries-old olive trees, citrus, fig trees, a vegetable garden and organic vines. From the three hectares of vines, with Mallorcan varieties such as callet, gorgollassa, giró ros or prensal blanc, come the house wines; from the olive trees, table olives and its oil. The oranges go into the breakfast juice and marmalade, the hens lay the eggs and the bees give honey twice a year. Two donkeys, Siona and Masiana, keep the grass down.
The 3/65 and the bistro
There are two restaurants: the 3/65, serving gastronomic Mallorcan cooking, and a Mediterranean-flavoured bistro and bar, where breakfast is also served. The hotel recommends booking a table in advance and warns that the long tasting menu at the 3/65 is not for small children, who are better off eating in the bistro. Vegetarian dishes can be adapted for vegans with 24 hours' notice.
A spa also open to those not staying
The spa opens every day from 8:00 to 20:00, with a sensations pool, steam bath, sauna and cold-water pool; treatments from 10:00 to 19:00. It admits over-16s, like the gym. Without staying at the hotel you can spend the day with advance booking, from €160 per person with the 9:00 yoga class. For guests there is yoga every morning, a tennis court with rackets and balls, and electric and mountain bikes for a maximum of two hours, booked 24 hours ahead.
Children and ages
The main pool is for over-12s and babies aged 0 to 2. Families with children aged 3 to 12 are directed by the hotel to the villa suites, which have their own pool. The tourist tax is €4.40 per person per night for over-16s, with a 75% discount between 1 November and 30 April.
Two kilometres from the town, eight from the Port
The Puig de Maria starts almost at the door. Pollença, with the Calvari and the Sunday market, is 2 km away; the Port and the boat to Formentor, about 8.
### Servicios
- **Bus 334 to Formentor Lighthouse and restricted access**: TIB shuttle Alcúdia – Port de Pollença – lighthouse · 15 May to 18 October · Every 35 min from the Port

## Car-free: Car-free, on the TIB bus and by boat
Pollença is one of the few corners of northern Mallorca that is easy to get around without a car. TIB line 301 runs from Palma to the town and the Port; in season, the 334 climbs from the Port to Formentor lighthouse, and the Lanchas La Gaviota boat crosses to the beach. In summer you do even better than by car, because the lighthouse road is closed to cars from 10:00 to 22:00.
Presupuesto orientativo: 80–150 € por persona y día.
### Dónde dormir without a car
- **Hotel Juma** (Small hotel): Dates engraved at the entrance
The Juma is at number 9 Plaça Major in Pollença, facing the church and in the middle of the Sunday market. It opened in 1907 and is still in the hands of the same family: it presents itself as the oldest hotel still operating in Mallorca. On the entrance floor the dates of its history are still engraved, 1907, 1958 and 1997. The same house runs L'Hostal Boutique Rooms, opened in 2003 on Carrer del Mercat, a minute's walk away.
Seven rooms, two categories
There are only seven. The standard doubles, of about 16 m², have air conditioning and heating with controls in each room, wifi, Chromecast and locally produced toiletries. The superior doubles, of about 20 m², are corner rooms with direct views of Plaça Major, with the same equipment and more space. They keep their original joinery and Mallorcan-style furniture. Their website gives no check-in or check-out time, nor says whether dogs are allowed: ask when you book.
What you gain by booking on their website
Booking direct, the hotel offers free parking (limited spaces), a best-price guarantee, priority for upgrading to a better room, early check-in if the room is ready, check-out until 13:00 if requested beforehand and a discount on breakfast. The website does not say which rates include breakfast: check when you book.
The car in a centre of narrow streets
From Palma it is about 55 km along the Ma-13 motorway towards Alcúdia and the exit for Sa Pobla and Pollença. The centre has narrow streets and the square fills with stalls on Sunday mornings: if you come by car, ask for parking when you book and ask which way to arrive that day. Without a car, TIB bus 301 links Palma with Pollença and the Port.
The square at all hours
On foot you have the Calvari, the Sunday market at the same door and the Museu de Pollença, and the Puig de Maria starts on the edge of the town. The Port and the boat to Formentor are about 6 km away.
- **Hotel Illa d'Or** (Hotel): A 1929 hotel over the water
The Illa d'Or opened in 1929, when there were almost no houses around it in Port de Pollença; its website keeps the photo from then. It is at the end of the Pine Walk, the quietest stretch of the seafront promenade, with its own jetty over the bay. It is a superior four-star.
Rooms and facilities
It has double rooms, suites with big windows onto the sea and apartments with a living-dining room opening onto the garden. There are three pools: an outdoor one, a heated indoor one and one facing the sea for adults only, aged 16 and over, like the spa, with a hydrotherapy circuit, sauna, steam bath and treatments. A gym, tennis court, laundry, left-luggage and vehicle hire complete the picture.
For eating, there is the panoramic restaurant La Terrassa, the gourmet 1929, with views of the promenade, and a snack bar. The hotel also has a traditional sailing boat, the Isabel María, for outings with guests.
For cycling
It hires out bicycles, and has a garage to store them, a washing area and a washing machine. The Formentor road starts at the door: in season, with cars cut off from 10:00 to 22:00, it is the best starting point for cycling up to the lighthouse.
Getting there
From Palma, about 60 km along the Ma-13 and through Pollença. Without a car, TIB line 301 reaches Port de Pollença; the stop for line 334 to Formentor is in the Port itself.
### Servicios
- **Bus 334 to Formentor Lighthouse and restricted access**: TIB shuttle Alcúdia – Port de Pollença – lighthouse · 15 May to 18 October · Every 35 min from the Port
- **Bus 301 Palma – Pollença – Port de Pollença**: TIB intercity line between Palma, Pollença and Port de Pollença

## By bike: By bike, with the lighthouse road almost to yourself
The climb to Formentor lighthouse is one of the classics of Mallorca cycling. From mid-May to mid-October, from 10:00 to 22:00, bicycles can ride the whole Ma-2210 while cars are kept out. From the Port to the lighthouse is about 20 km with two long climbs.
Presupuesto orientativo: 100–180 € por persona y día.
### Dónde dormir if you're cycling
- **Hotel Illa d'Or** (Hotel): A 1929 hotel over the water
The Illa d'Or opened in 1929, when there were almost no houses around it in Port de Pollença; its website keeps the photo from then. It is at the end of the Pine Walk, the quietest stretch of the seafront promenade, with its own jetty over the bay. It is a superior four-star.
Rooms and facilities
It has double rooms, suites with big windows onto the sea and apartments with a living-dining room opening onto the garden. There are three pools: an outdoor one, a heated indoor one and one facing the sea for adults only, aged 16 and over, like the spa, with a hydrotherapy circuit, sauna, steam bath and treatments. A gym, tennis court, laundry, left-luggage and vehicle hire complete the picture.
For eating, there is the panoramic restaurant La Terrassa, the gourmet 1929, with views of the promenade, and a snack bar. The hotel also has a traditional sailing boat, the Isabel María, for outings with guests.
For cycling
It hires out bicycles, and has a garage to store them, a washing area and a washing machine. The Formentor road starts at the door: in season, with cars cut off from 10:00 to 22:00, it is the best starting point for cycling up to the lighthouse.
Getting there
From Palma, about 60 km along the Ma-13 and through Pollença. Without a car, TIB line 301 reaches Port de Pollença; the stop for line 334 to Formentor is in the Port itself.
- **Son Brull Hotel & Spa** (Spa hotel): At the foot of the Puig de Maria, at kilometre 49.8
Son Brull is a former 18th-century monastery converted into a five-star hotel, a member of Relais & Châteaux and holder of a Michelin Guide Key for 2026. It sits at the start of the Serra de Tramuntana, at the foot of the Puig de Maria, 2 km from Pollença and 6 km from the sea. You reach it by the Palma to Pollença road, the PM-220, at kilometre 49.8, just before entering the town. Parking is free, with two electric-car charging points, and staff carry up your luggage and park your car at the entrance.
Mind the dates: the hotel warns that it is closed until 11 April, while it renovates the rooms and the pool area.
Nine ways to sleep
The rooms range from the superior and deluxe to the duplexes, the grand deluxe and premium deluxe, the junior suites (some with a terrace) and the villa suites, with a terrace and private pool. They are understated, in wood and white, with views of the countryside. Check-in is from 15:00; if you arrive earlier, you can use the spa while the room is prepared. Cots for babies aged 0 to 2 are free.
What comes from the estate
The estate has 32 hectares in terraces with centuries-old olive trees, citrus, fig trees, a vegetable garden and organic vines. From the three hectares of vines, with Mallorcan varieties such as callet, gorgollassa, giró ros or prensal blanc, come the house wines; from the olive trees, table olives and its oil. The oranges go into the breakfast juice and marmalade, the hens lay the eggs and the bees give honey twice a year. Two donkeys, Siona and Masiana, keep the grass down.
The 3/65 and the bistro
There are two restaurants: the 3/65, serving gastronomic Mallorcan cooking, and a Mediterranean-flavoured bistro and bar, where breakfast is also served. The hotel recommends booking a table in advance and warns that the long tasting menu at the 3/65 is not for small children, who are better off eating in the bistro. Vegetarian dishes can be adapted for vegans with 24 hours' notice.
A spa also open to those not staying
The spa opens every day from 8:00 to 20:00, with a sensations pool, steam bath, sauna and cold-water pool; treatments from 10:00 to 19:00. It admits over-16s, like the gym. Without staying at the hotel you can spend the day with advance booking, from €160 per person with the 9:00 yoga class. For guests there is yoga every morning, a tennis court with rackets and balls, and electric and mountain bikes for a maximum of two hours, booked 24 hours ahead.
Children and ages
The main pool is for over-12s and babies aged 0 to 2. Families with children aged 3 to 12 are directed by the hotel to the villa suites, which have their own pool. The tourist tax is €4.40 per person per night for over-16s, with a 75% discount between 1 November and 30 April.
Two kilometres from the town, eight from the Port
The Puig de Maria starts almost at the door. Pollença, with the Calvari and the Sunday market, is 2 km away; the Port and the boat to Formentor, about 8.

## By plane: Fly to Palma and an hour to Pollença
Pollença is about 60 km from Palma airport, which has direct flights from almost every city on the Spanish mainland. From the airport, the Palma ring road and the Ma-13 motorway towards Alcúdia put you in Pollença in a little under an hour. If you are staying in the town or the Port and getting around by bus and boat, you can do without a car.
### Dónde dormir if you're flying
- **Hotel Juma** (Small hotel): Dates engraved at the entrance
The Juma is at number 9 Plaça Major in Pollença, facing the church and in the middle of the Sunday market. It opened in 1907 and is still in the hands of the same family: it presents itself as the oldest hotel still operating in Mallorca. On the entrance floor the dates of its history are still engraved, 1907, 1958 and 1997. The same house runs L'Hostal Boutique Rooms, opened in 2003 on Carrer del Mercat, a minute's walk away.
Seven rooms, two categories
There are only seven. The standard doubles, of about 16 m², have air conditioning and heating with controls in each room, wifi, Chromecast and locally produced toiletries. The superior doubles, of about 20 m², are corner rooms with direct views of Plaça Major, with the same equipment and more space. They keep their original joinery and Mallorcan-style furniture. Their website gives no check-in or check-out time, nor says whether dogs are allowed: ask when you book.
What you gain by booking on their website
Booking direct, the hotel offers free parking (limited spaces), a best-price guarantee, priority for upgrading to a better room, early check-in if the room is ready, check-out until 13:00 if requested beforehand and a discount on breakfast. The website does not say which rates include breakfast: check when you book.
The car in a centre of narrow streets
From Palma it is about 55 km along the Ma-13 motorway towards Alcúdia and the exit for Sa Pobla and Pollença. The centre has narrow streets and the square fills with stalls on Sunday mornings: if you come by car, ask for parking when you book and ask which way to arrive that day. Without a car, TIB bus 301 links Palma with Pollença and the Port.
The square at all hours
On foot you have the Calvari, the Sunday market at the same door and the Museu de Pollença, and the Puig de Maria starts on the edge of the town. The Port and the boat to Formentor are about 6 km away.
- **Hotel Illa d'Or** (Hotel): A 1929 hotel over the water
The Illa d'Or opened in 1929, when there were almost no houses around it in Port de Pollença; its website keeps the photo from then. It is at the end of the Pine Walk, the quietest stretch of the seafront promenade, with its own jetty over the bay. It is a superior four-star.
Rooms and facilities
It has double rooms, suites with big windows onto the sea and apartments with a living-dining room opening onto the garden. There are three pools: an outdoor one, a heated indoor one and one facing the sea for adults only, aged 16 and over, like the spa, with a hydrotherapy circuit, sauna, steam bath and treatments. A gym, tennis court, laundry, left-luggage and vehicle hire complete the picture.
For eating, there is the panoramic restaurant La Terrassa, the gourmet 1929, with views of the promenade, and a snack bar. The hotel also has a traditional sailing boat, the Isabel María, for outings with guests.
For cycling
It hires out bicycles, and has a garage to store them, a washing area and a washing machine. The Formentor road starts at the door: in season, with cars cut off from 10:00 to 22:00, it is the best starting point for cycling up to the lighthouse.
Getting there
From Palma, about 60 km along the Ma-13 and through Pollença. Without a car, TIB line 301 reaches Port de Pollença; the stop for line 334 to Formentor is in the Port itself.
- **Son Brull Hotel & Spa** (Spa hotel): At the foot of the Puig de Maria, at kilometre 49.8
Son Brull is a former 18th-century monastery converted into a five-star hotel, a member of Relais & Châteaux and holder of a Michelin Guide Key for 2026. It sits at the start of the Serra de Tramuntana, at the foot of the Puig de Maria, 2 km from Pollença and 6 km from the sea. You reach it by the Palma to Pollença road, the PM-220, at kilometre 49.8, just before entering the town. Parking is free, with two electric-car charging points, and staff carry up your luggage and park your car at the entrance.
Mind the dates: the hotel warns that it is closed until 11 April, while it renovates the rooms and the pool area.
Nine ways to sleep
The rooms range from the superior and deluxe to the duplexes, the grand deluxe and premium deluxe, the junior suites (some with a terrace) and the villa suites, with a terrace and private pool. They are understated, in wood and white, with views of the countryside. Check-in is from 15:00; if you arrive earlier, you can use the spa while the room is prepared. Cots for babies aged 0 to 2 are free.
What comes from the estate
The estate has 32 hectares in terraces with centuries-old olive trees, citrus, fig trees, a vegetable garden and organic vines. From the three hectares of vines, with Mallorcan varieties such as callet, gorgollassa, giró ros or prensal blanc, come the house wines; from the olive trees, table olives and its oil. The oranges go into the breakfast juice and marmalade, the hens lay the eggs and the bees give honey twice a year. Two donkeys, Siona and Masiana, keep the grass down.
The 3/65 and the bistro
There are two restaurants: the 3/65, serving gastronomic Mallorcan cooking, and a Mediterranean-flavoured bistro and bar, where breakfast is also served. The hotel recommends booking a table in advance and warns that the long tasting menu at the 3/65 is not for small children, who are better off eating in the bistro. Vegetarian dishes can be adapted for vegans with 24 hours' notice.
A spa also open to those not staying
The spa opens every day from 8:00 to 20:00, with a sensations pool, steam bath, sauna and cold-water pool; treatments from 10:00 to 19:00. It admits over-16s, like the gym. Without staying at the hotel you can spend the day with advance booking, from €160 per person with the 9:00 yoga class. For guests there is yoga every morning, a tennis court with rackets and balls, and electric and mountain bikes for a maximum of two hours, booked 24 hours ahead.
Children and ages
The main pool is for over-12s and babies aged 0 to 2. Families with children aged 3 to 12 are directed by the hotel to the villa suites, which have their own pool. The tourist tax is €4.40 per person per night for over-16s, with a 75% discount between 1 November and 30 April.
Two kilometres from the town, eight from the Port
The Puig de Maria starts almost at the door. Pollença, with the Calvari and the Sunday market, is 2 km away; the Port and the boat to Formentor, about 8.

## As a family: Boat, a quiet beach and stairs you can count

With children, Pollença works by boat and on foot. Formentor beach has clear, shallow water, and you reach it in 25 minutes by boat; in the town, counting the Calvari's 365 steps is a game, and the Sunday market fills a morning.

### What works best
The boat to Formentor beach: under-5s do not pay and pushchairs fit

Formentor beach, with fine sand and calm water

The Calvari's 365 steps, with views from the top

The Bóquer route: 5.5 km round trip, easy, with a cove at the end

The lighthouse on bus 334, without bends at the wheel

### Where to sleep
Hotel Illa d'Or, with an outdoor and an indoor pool for everyone (the sea-facing one and the spa, from age 16)

Hotel Juma, on the square, for small families: double rooms only

### Where to eat
Gran Cafe 1919, €16.50 children's menu with ice cream

Stay Restaurant, with a children's menu, next to the boat

### Bear in mind
In summer, set off early: Bóquer and the Calvari have no shade

The Formentor road can cause car sickness; the boat is easier going

The beach is not very wide: arrive before midday

### Qué hacer as a family
- Formentor Lighthouse, at the northern tip of Mallorca
- Es Colomer Viewpoint and Albercutx Watchtower
- Formentor Beach
- Pollença's Calvari and its 365 steps
- Boat from Port de Pollença to Formentor beach
- Climb to the Puig de Maria sanctuary
- Bóquer Valley to the cove
- Sunday market in Pollença's Plaça Major
- Museu de Pollença in the Sant Domingo convent

## Consejos

### Formentor, in the morning or by boat
In season, bus 334 and the boat avoid the barrier queue. Out of season, go up before 10:00 and you will have the viewpoint to yourself.

### On Sunday, market and Calvari
The Plaça Major market runs from 9:00 to 13:30, and the steps start five minutes away.

### Eat in the Port
Celler La Parra opens on Sunday with non-stop cooking until night; Stay, every day on the boat quay.

## Preguntas frecuentes

### When is the Formentor lighthouse road closed?
In 2026, from 15 May to 18 October, from 10:00 to 22:00. During those hours only bus 334, bikes and authorised vehicles pass. The dates are set each year.

### How do you get to the Formentor lighthouse without a car?
On TIB line 334 from the Port de Pollença or Alcúdia, in season, or by bike. The boat does not stop at the lighthouse: it goes to Formentor beach or passes beneath the cape on the excursion.

### Can you drive to Formentor beach?
Yes, as long as there is room in its car park. When it is full, the way is closed at the exit from the Port. The boat from the Moll Nou is the alternative: 25 minutes, from €18 return.

### How long does it take from Palma to Pollença?
About 50 minutes by car along the Ma-13, and a little more to the Port. By bus, TIB line 301.

### What day is the market in Pollença?
On Sundays from 9:00 to 13:30 in the Plaça Major. In the Port de Pollença it is on Wednesday, and in summer there is a night market.

### Pollença or Port de Pollença to stay?
The village for atmosphere and dinners on foot; the Port for the beach, the boats and the bus to Formentor. They are 6 km apart.