The Best Beaches

Why is the Mediterranean sea around Mallorca so blue?

What is the use of the most beautiful beach if the water is not turquoise? 
Mediterranean is not Mediterranean. And just in Mallorca, the many shades of blue are striking. The water around the island is particularly clear and transparent, the bright sand is in contrast to dark areas of sea grass and rocks. The crystal-clear water we owe to the Poseidon gras, also called green treasure on the seabed, abundant in the sea off the Balearic Islands. The protected Neptune grasslands and algae filter the water, making them extremely important for the marine ecosystem of the sea.

"Posidonia oceanica", as the Latin name is, is perceived by tourists especially as annoying and stinking when the dead brown plant parts are flushed to the beach. Even yacht owners are often ruthless and anchor in the seagrass meadows. In order to prevent this, anchoring berths and buoys have been anchored to the seabed on many beaches and bays in Majorca, where boats can moor. Because we need the seagrass with its photosynthesis to clean the water and fish use the seagrass meadows as a retreat. In addition, seagrass plays an important role in the protection of the beaches: it slows down waves that wash away the sand. And the discarded leaves, which are washed ashore, counteract erosion, for example, during storms and feed crustaceans and shellfish.

While algae are found all over the world, the Mediterranean, and especially the Balearic Islands are the Eldorado of the Posidonia oceanica, as well as being 40 meters deep, when the water is clear enough for photosynthesis.

Curious: Seagrass grows very slowly and can grow old. At Formentera, seagrass was discovered that is 100,000 years old.

The top ten beaches in Mallorca of the travel portal Trivago

In a recent survey by the travel portal Trivago.es, the beaches in Mallorca were voted among the ten most popular in Spain. In the top ten are the Platja de Muro in the north of Mallorca, followed by the beach of Cala Millor on the east coast, Colonia de Sant Jordi in the south and the Playa of Port d'Alcúdia, also in the north.

Our recommendations for the best beaches in Mallorca

The northeast can offer particularly natural bays and beaches. From the Cala Agulla in Cala Ratjada, a long sandy beach with infrastructure and pine forest, leads a shady and worthwhile trail to Cala Mesquida, which can also be reached by car. The Cala Mesquida is sparsely populated, high sand dunes reach to 1 kilometer into the country and the color of the water is in no way inferior to the Caribbean.

The west coast is impressive, rough and wild. Only a few small bays can be found on the cliffs. But they are the more romantic. Especially the Cala Deia is often used as a movie set. Easily accessible from Deia via a hiking trail or by car (parking is available), the bay offers some summer cottages, a rocky beach and a wild-romantic restaurant reminiscent of Robinson Crusoe. The restaurant is only open in summer. 
Also on the west coast are the bays of Estellencs and Port de Canonge worth a visit. Here, small fishing boats anchor in the deep blue water, a stone beach leads into the sea and simple but typical beach bars invite you to eat and have a drink.

In the north are not only the best beaches in Mallorca set, but also small bays which are worth a swim stop. The Cala San Vincente is one of them and even the journey is extremely spectacular, because the view extends far beyond the north coast to the sea. Cala San Vicente is a traditional fishing village that made concessions to tourism, but still retains its old charm.