The island divides by coast and by taste. The west, from Port d’Andratx to Dei\u00e0 and S\u00f3ller under the Tramuntana mountains, has the finca hotels and the villas with the views: La Residencia in Dei\u00e0, Cap Rocat on the bay of Palma, the estates above Andratx. The north around Pollen\u00e7a and Alc\u00fadia is for families and sailing; the south-east, from Portocolom to Santany\u00ed, for quiet coves and the island’s best new hotels. Palma itself is a city break in its own right, with the Sant Francesc and Can Bordoy hotels in the old town and Son Vida’s golf estates twenty minutes above it.<\/p>\n
Sailing and golf fill the calendar: the marinas at Port Adriano, Puerto Portals and Palma, two dozen golf courses, and the Tramuntana roads that bring cyclists in spring and autumn. A day in the mountains is the island’s signature: the train from Palma to S\u00f3ller, lunch in Fornalutx, the drive to Sa Calobra. Palma’s cathedral, the Mir\u00f3 foundation and the Saturday market at Santany\u00ed round out a week; the wine villages around Binissalem are an easy afternoon.<\/p>\n
A car meets the aircraft at the general aviation terminal and the motorway does the rest: Palma in fifteen minutes, Andratx in forty, Dei\u00e0 in fifty, Pollen\u00e7a in an hour. In August the Tramuntana roads and the approach to Port d’Andratx slow in the evening; a helicopter to a villa or a hotel with a landing area takes ten to fifteen minutes and is arranged with the flight. Boats from Puerto Portals reach the coves of the south-west in half an hour.<\/p>\n
Mallorca keeps central European time, so a German or Swiss departure lands with no jet lag, and the afternoon flight from Hamburg arrives in time for dinner. Palma’s airport is the island’s only one and among Europe’s busiest in summer, which is why the slot and the parking position are part of every summer quote. Cards work everywhere, Catalan and Spanish share the signs, and dinner runs late by German standards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mallorca ist die Mittelmeerinsel, die Deutsche am h\u00e4ufigsten anfliegen, und eine der unkompliziertesten Ank\u00fcnfte im Mittelmeer: ein gro\u00dfer Flughafen f\u00fcnfzehn Minuten von Palma, ein Vorfeld, das jeden Jet nimmt, und die ganze Insel innerhalb einer Stunde vom Flugzeug. Ab Hamburg, Frankfurt oder M\u00fcnchen sind es zwei bis drei Flugstunden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":58026,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-57998","destination","type-destination","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n