Paguera Mallorca Spain

This is a compact resort with a bustling, thriving, occasionally chaotic, atmosphere, with tourists and traffic competing for limited space. A bypass takes some traffic away from the resort so the main coast road, which is packed for most of its ¾-ml length with shops, bars and restaurants, is slightly easier to negotiate than in the past.

There are quiet, winding residential streets on the uphill side, where most of the hotels are located, although parking is a problem even here. A small park with pine trees, near the tourist office, has a fair-sized water slide.

Before the growth of the tourist industry on the island during the 1960′s, Paguera was originally a tiny fishing village, however, the last 40 years has seen it develop and grow, into a popular modern tourist resort with plenty of restaurants and facilities.

It is a lively, crowded resort favoured by German visitors who make up the vast majority here. It would be regarded by most as being of superior quality to, say, Magalluf, but equally it is not ideal for those seeking peace and quiet. The traffic and hills make it less than ideal for the elderly or disabled.

The accommodation here is more hotels than apartments, which accounts for the large numbers of bars and restaurants. There are a few good-class 4-star establishments but most are in the middle order.
Locality:
Paguera is on the south west coast of Mallorca (14 mls W of Palma, 20 mls from the airport). It is sitated on undulating land on the margin of a broad, south facing bay, and is sheltered behind by steep, wooded hills.

Beaches are mediocre with the better beaches situated on the east side. Those in the central bay area are very narrow and crowded but shallow, equipped with pedalloes and good for children. All of the beaches are of moderately fine, light sand.
During the daytime the most populat activities are water sports and golf at the 2 golf clubs nearby.
The nightlife here is several small-scale disco/bars and nightspots. There are entertainment and shows in the hotels.
There are bistros, pavement cafes, seafood and general restaurants in particularly generous numbers.

There are dozens of souvenir shops and an adequate provision of minimarkets should meet most needs. Behind the promenade there’s a long shopping street know as locally “El Bulevar”, and it’s here where most of the restaurants and bars seem to be concentrated. Paguera has an excellent selection of souvenir shops and Spa type supermarkets, which are supported with others selling local arts and crafts and famous designer label clothes.

Camp De Mar Mallorca Spain

The holiday resort of Camp de Mar, along with the towns of Andratx, Port d’Andratx, S’Arracó, and Sant Elm, are the principal developments of the municipal district of Andratx in the extreme south west corner of Mallorca.
Despite the aggressive tourist developments that has gone on at many of the other more well known south coast resorts, Camp de Mar has somehow managed to maintain the image of a small and exclusive beach resort that has remained somewhat isolated from most of the other tourist areas on the island.

The half dozen or so hotels to be found here are predominantly of a 4 or 5 star standard and, in the main, cater for both German and British guests looking for a peaceful beach holiday. It is in a deep, sheltered bay with a S-facing beach and an islet, reached by a rickety causeway, which is the site of a restaurant. A square watch-tower behind the beach and another on the headland are reminders of the days when this coast was terrorised by pirates. Now it’s the day trippers who disturb the peace, on high days and holidays, at least.

Locality:

Camp De Mar is on the south west coast, (it is 16 mls W of Palma and 24 mls from the airport). It is set in a valley between two rocky headlands creates a flat area leading to the beach. Most of the resort buildings are on a low rise to one side, with apartments on higher slopes.
Other than the restaurants and bars to be found in these hotels, the range of amenities in the resort is however surprisingly limited.

Evening entertainment here is also generally hotel based.

Daytime activites are centred around the beach and general relaxation. If however, the prospect of lying on a sunbed for 2 weeks doesn’t hold to much of an appeal to you, or should you wish to experience a more typical Mallorcan family resort, then Paguera is around 3km away to the east, and the more lively Santa Ponsa a little further around the bay.

For the more active visitor, the south west of the Mallorca around Camp de Mar has no less than 6 championship standard golf courses, the nearest being the Golf de Andratx who’s 18th green is adjacent to the grounds of the very exclusive 5 star Royal Dorint Hotel.