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

The ski resort of Flaine is a specially constructed town, dedicated to skiing.

A small ski centre, purpose built in 1959, with a huge amount of cross-country ski terrain accessed from it. Facilities are limited, but this is a rare opportunity to discover an under-developed French ski centre.

Built at 1800 metres high, in the heart of the Catalan Pyrenees, between France and Spain, Font-Romeu offers a scenic view over the surrounding mountain ranges which rise up to more than 2900 metres.

Formigal is located in the Pyrenees in the province Huesca. Formigal is at an altitude of 1500 m with lifts going up to 2250 m.

BASE: 5577ft
SUMMIT: 7874ft
VERTICAL DROP: 2296ft

NO. OF. LIFTS: 7
Gondolas: 0
Chairs: 2
Surface: 5

Full service ski centre with snow-making on the piste and natural ice rink, discothèque and eight hotels ranging up to three-star.

BASE: 2952ft
SUMMIT: 5741ft
VERTICAL DROP: 2788ft