Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Platja des Trenc
BEACH
The largest undeveloped beach in Mallorca, runs 3km northwest from the southern edge
of Colònia de Sant Jordi. With long stretches of frost white sand, azure water and a rest-
ful setting among pine trees and rolling dunes, des Trenc proves just how pretty the Mal-
lorcan coast was before development got out of hand. Officially a nudist beach, des
Trenc draws a mixed clothed and unclothed crowd.
To reach the parking lot, take the signed turn-off west off Ma6040. The narrow, paved
road passes mounds of yellowed salt at the Salines de Llevant salt fields then winds its
way alongside fields sprinkled with wildflowers to reach the low-lying marsh area near
the beach.
Centro de Visitantes Ses Salines
AQUARIUM
(cnr Carrer de Gabriel Roca & Plaça del Dolç; adult/child €6/3;
10am-noon & 3-11pm)
At
the northeastern end of town, a block back from the Platja Es Port, this stone-and-glass
swirl of a building is part aquarium, part interpretation centre for the offshore marine en-
virons of the Parc Nacional Marítim-Terrestre de l'Arxipèlag de Cabrera. The visit ends
with a climb up a spiral ramp that wraps around an extraordinary mural by Miguel
Mansanet, based on 16th-century Mallorcan maps of the Mediterranean.
Activities
Team Double J
BICYCLE RENTAL
( 971 65 57 65;
www.teamdoublej.com
;
Avinguda de la Primavera 9; per day from €7.50-15, per
week €35-120; 9.30am-1pm & 4-7pm Feb-Oct)
Rent bikes here; the team can also give you
a map and information on area routes.
Piraguas Mix
KAYAKING
( 971 65 24 74;
www.piraguasmixkayaks.com
; S'Alqueria Rotje, Campos; sea kayaks per day from
€30, guided excursions per person €30;
9am-9pm)
One of the most respected sea- kayak-
ing outfits on the island.
Eating
Marisol
INTERNATIONAL €€€
( 971 65 50 70;
www.restaurantemarisol.eu
;
Carrer de l'Enginier Gabriel Roca; mains €12-26;
12.30-10.30pm;
)
Opt for pasta, pizza, fish and shellfish, rice dishes or stews at a
