Cala S'Almonia

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Location

South-East Mallorca
Spain
39° 18' 46.2996" N, 3° 7' 7.6512" E
ES
General info: 

With beautiful views and crystal clear water it's a great place for swimming and snorkelling. Picturesque and quiet, it's no surprise that it's popular with the locals.

Pack light as to reach the cala you'll need to go down a steep set of stairs, a total of 120 steps. At the bottom, head right along the rocky ridge. Some people prefer to lay down on the flat, eroded areas of rock and jump in from the sides. It's certainly deep enough, although I recommend water shoes to make scrambling out kinder on your feet.

Getting there: 

There is a small makeshift car park nearby. Don't park on the yellow line as traffic police do pass by and will give you a ticket!

Interesting places nearby

Megeve is one of world’s iconic ski destinations. Created by a Baroness of the famous Rothschild family a century ago as a French answer to St Moritz, it has always been synonymous with the best of everything.

Meribel (1,450m), a firm British favourite, is also known as ‘Little England upon the Alps’.

Located four kilometres (two-and-a-half miles) from the village of Mijanès, on the sides of Canrusc mountain between 1500 and 2000 meters high, the winter ski resort of Mijanès - Donezan is a real alternative to the next big resorts.

Under-developed ski area little known outsuide France and close to the Italian border ( 22km/16 miles away over a pass open in Summer). Limited facilities but friendly, relaxed and unpretentious atmosphere and very reasonable prices.

BASE: 4593ft
SUMMIT: 7217ft
VERTICAL DROP: 2624ft

NO. OF. LIFTS: 3
Gondolas: 0
Chairs: 1
Surface: 2

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