Pollenca Port Mallorca

This genteel, old-fashioned resort at the mouth of Pollenca bay is particularly popular with families, and with older visitors In winter. There is also a large community of foreign residents, mostly retired British. The promenade along Passeig Voramar, all whitewashed villas and pine trees leaning into the sea, is perfect for an early evening walk. Look out for the bust of Hermen Anglada Camarasa, the Catalan painter who spent many years in Pollenca and whose work is displayed in the Fundacio la Calxa in Palma ( A favourite walk from Port de Pollenca is the 3km hike across the Formentor peninsula through the Boquer valley, a paradise for ornithologists and lovers of wild flowers.