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Cala Figuera is one of the most beautiful fishing harbours in the Mediterranean, and it sits right in our patch, the southeast of Mallorca. A pocket of whitewashed houses, fishing boats and boathouses leaning out over the water, within the municipality of Santanyí. Let's be clear from the start so there are no surprises: Cala Figuera is, above all, a working fishing village with real charm, rather than a...

Cala Mondragó is one of the few picture-postcard coves in Mallorca that is also genuinely easy to enjoy. White sand, turquoise water and pine woods, all inside a protected nature park in the southeast of the island, in the municipality of Santanyí. Unlike other wild coves that take real effort to reach, Mondragó pairs untamed beauty with easy access and services, which makes it ideal for families and...

Caló des Moro is the most photographed cove in Mallorca, and it sits right in our corner of the island, the southeast. A tiny pocket of white sand and almost unreal turquoise water, wedged between cliffs and pines in the municipality of Santanyí. It's so postcard-perfect that it has travelled the world on social media. We'll tell you honestly what it's really like: the spectacular side, and also what's...

Es Trenc is Mallorca's great wild beach, and it's right on our doorstep. More than two kilometres of fine white sand, turquoise water with a Caribbean air and not a single building in sight: a protected stretch of sand in the heart of the southeast, between Campos, Ses Salines and the Colònia de Sant Jordi. We know it twelve months of the year, so this is our full guide, with no postcard gloss: what it's...

Fornalutx appears on every list of the prettiest village in Spain, and rightly so: the slate stairways, the flower pots, the stone fountains, the orange terraces and the square with its 13th-century church make up one of the most beautifully kept and photogenic old centres in the whole Mediterranean. But before you fall for the photos, it's worth being clear about what it is and what it isn't. Fornalutx is...

Artà is one of the most authentic villages in the Llevant of Mallorca, and one that surprises almost everyone who discovers it beyond the beaches of the north. It has a walled sanctuary with sweeping views, a prehistoric settlement among the holm oaks, some of the most unspoilt coves on the island a short drive away, and a cultural identity entirely its own that owes nothing to tourism. If you're after a...

Deià is one of the most beautiful villages in Mallorca, and one of the most honest if you're thinking of actually living here: it pays to know exactly what it is and what it isn't. It has no supermarket, no doctor, no secondary school. It has around 600 people, a narrow mountain road, sea views that stop you mid-sentence, and a silence that is almost impossible to find in the twenty-first century. For...

Alcúdia is one of the most complete villages in northern Mallorca, and one of the most surprising for anyone who looks beyond the beach. Fourteenth-century medieval walls you can still walk along, the ruins of the Roman city of Pollentia, two markets a week, the largest bay on the island, the s'Albufera nature park, and ferry links to Menorca and mainland Spain. This isn't just a holiday spot: it's an...

Pollença is one of those northern Mallorcan villages that seems to have it all: a beautiful historic centre, mountains, sea and a cultural life that doesn't shut down in winter. The Calvari with its 365 steps, the Sunday market — one of the best on the island —, the Music Festival in the cloister, the Port de Pollença and the spectacular Formentor peninsula just a short hop away. And an international...

Sóller is one of those villages people visit for a day and then can't quite bring themselves to leave. An orange-growing valley wedged between the peaks of the Serra de Tramuntana, a wooden train that has rolled down to Palma since 1912, a tram that carries on to the sea, and a Port set on a bay so enclosed it looks like a film set. And yet it's also a real, year-round village — with its market, its...