Porto Colom Mallorca

This fishing village, once the port for Felanitx, was named In honor of Christopher Columbus, who is said without much evidence to have been born here. Until the late 19th century Porto Colom was busy supplying wine to France; but when phylloxera killed the vines, its role as a port diminished and it has only recently discovered a new life as a tourist resort. Popular with Mallorcan and Spanish visitors and set inside a deep natural harbour, it still has the feel of a small fishing port with boats around the quay and pastel colored houses lining the waterfront, each with its own landing stage. Cala Maral, 2km south, has a wide sandy beach leading to a narrow rocky cove.