Alcudia Bay and Albufera Natural Park, Mallorca

Parc Natural de S’Albufera

by | posted: May 6, 2012
The wetland south of Port d’Alcuia, occupying the shores of Lake Grandeup to C’an Picafort, was once a swamp. Most of it was drained in the 1860s, but a portion remains, which in 1985 become the Parc...
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Dragon cave on Mallorca island

Mallorca’s caves

by | posted: April 9, 2012
Mallorca is famous for its caves, which are carved out of the island’s limestone rocks. Many were known by the locals for hundreds of years and they once provided shelter for the early settlers, or served...
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Cabrera Island, sunset in Port Cabrera

Cabrera Island National Park

by | posted: April 1, 2012
Cabrera (“goat island”) lies just 18 km (11 miles) from mainland Mallorca. A rocky, bare place and virtually uninhabited, it nevertheless has a rich history. It served as a prison camp during the Napoleonic...
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Mallorca, Cap Formentor

Cap de Formentor

by | posted: October 30, 2011
The FormentorPeninsula, at the northern end of the Serra de Tramuntana, is a 20-km (12-mile) long headland of steep cliffs, that is in some places 400 m (1,300 ft) high. The footpath from the road leads...
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