Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Tours
Segway Tours
SEGWAY
( 605 666365;
www.segwaypalma.com
;
Carretera del Arenal 9; 1/2/2½hr tours €35/65/79)
See
the city by Segway (zippy battery-powered two-wheel scooters), with one-hour beach
tours, two-hour tours to Es Portitxol and 2½-hour excursions that go to the Catedral and
back to Platja de Palma.
Eating
There's no shortage of places to eat in Platja de Palma and S'Arenal, offering anything
from German sausages to mediocre paella; most people come here for the partying, not
fine food. A predominantly German crowd pours in for endless drinking and deafening
music, a phenomenon known as
Ballermann
(after the name of a famous beachside
drink-and-dance local - Balneari 6).
Drinking & Nightlife
The core of the nightlife takes place in enormous beer gardens on or near Carrer del Pare
Bartomeu Salvà, known to German revellers as Schinkenstrasse (Ham St) and about
three-quarters of the way along the beach east towards S'Arenal (orientation points are
Balneario 5 and 6 on the beach). There's very little to distinguish one from the other.
Puro Beach
LOUNGE, BAR
(
www.purobeach.com
; 11am-1am May-Sep, to 7pm Apr & Oct; )
This laid-back lounge car-
ries more than a hint of Ibiza with a tapering outdoor promontory over the water and an
all-white bar that's perfect for sunset cocktails, DJ sessions and open-air spa treatments.
Most of the toned, bronzed bods here wear white to blend in with the slinky decor.
Our tip: go for a drink or two and skip the sky-high-priced fusion food. It is a two-
minute walk east of Cala Estancia (itself just east of Ca'n Pastilla).
Getting There & Away
Bus 23 runs from Plaça d'Espanya to Ca'n Pastilla and parallel to Platja de Palma
through S'Arenal and on past La Porciúncula to Aqualand (€1.25, one hour). Buses run
every half-hour or so and once every two hours they continue on to Cala Blava (€1.35;
one hour 50 minutes). Bus 15 runs from Plaça de la Reina and passes through Plaça
