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de Mallorca. Continue 2.2km and then veer left; after 200m you'll reach the en-
trance to Can Roig.
Leave your car here and strike out along the wide, rocky track that parallels the
coast. After about 15 minutes, a slightly narrower path turns off to the right. Follow
it alongside a small gully and through patches of trees to reach
Cala Bota
, a
sheltered cove with a small sandy beach. A steep trail meanders around and above
the cove, giving a bird's-eye view of its beauty.
From Cala Bota, retrace your steps and take the second right toward the next
cove,
Cala Virgili
. The track brings you to a smaller trail that heads off right
down to this narrow, cliff-flanked cove, with limpid water for a refreshing dip. (The
walk down takes about 10 minutes.) Return to the main trail and follow it. You'll
pass a small trail on your right, but keep straight until you come upon a second
path. Take it towards the
Cala Pilota
, a lovely cove backed by cave-pocked cliffs.
The water is brilliantly turquoise.
Head back to the main trail and continue. Ignore the first right and instead take
the second, which rolls down to the final cove,
Cala Magraner
, the grandest of
the bunch both in size and beauty. The trail is wide at first but stops in a clearing;
another, narrower trail leads you the last few minutes. After splashing in the crys-
talline waters and exploring the small caves that dot the rock, walk the main trail
back to Finca Can Roig.
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Porto Cristo
POP 7360
Home to Mallorca's grandest caves, Porto Cristo is above all a day-trip destination and
attracts would-be spelunkers in their droves to its vast underground caverns. It's true that
as a resort it lacks some of the bang of glitzier destinations elsewhere on the coast, but
that's no bad thing - what Porto Cristo lacks in glamour it makes up for in quiet charm.
Sights
Coves del Drac
CAVE
(Dragon's Caves;
www.cuevasdeldrach.com
; Carretera Cuevas; adult/child €14/7; 10am-5pm
Apr-Oct, 10.45am-3.30pm Nov-Mar)
Mallorca has some wonderful cave complexes, but none
surpasses the utterly bewitching Coves del Drac. A 1.2km shuffle with the inevitable
