Formentor Beach

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.